Chinese Academy of Engineering

However, the coalesce motor is something that being identified by the industry is one of the most important motors for the humanoid.

And actually earlier this, not this year, earlier last year, and then there's something called the National Robot Standardization Technical Committee in China, and led by basically all the experts from the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and all the robotic giants like Ubitech and also Unitree.

And they all, I mean, so they published a white paper afterwards.

They identified, as mentioned, the Corliss motors as one of their big choke points because they still rely on a lot of foreign imports.

Wuhan University of Technology publicly identified Lavernia as a strategic scientist and reported that he received the Chinese Government Friendship Award in September 2017.

A Chinese Academy of Engineering document obtained by investigators credited Lavernia's work with helping China develop advanced materials and manufacturing technologies for defense weapons and equipment.

The records also contain an unsigned Chinese employment contract offering $50,000 per month, as well as research team funding, laboratory support, and other benefits, though the document does not establish that every proposed payment was received.

Now, investigators found that Lavernia repeatedly omitted Chinese affiliations and compensation from federal research disclosures and a Department of Energy top secret security clearance reinvestigation.