Machines with Heart, Built with Purpose.
Leading the fusion revolution of affective computing and embodied intelligence. Creating machines that truly understand and care - to elevate humankind, not replace.
Our Story
Joylift AI was founded by a team of entrepreneurs from Singapore and China - uniting world-class AI research with on-the-ground hardware-software integration expertise. We're building at the intersection of trust and velocity: Singapore's global business framework combined with China's unparalleled robotics ecosystem.
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Our mission is powered by Chief Scientist Huang Dong Yan, former Principal Scientist at UBTech and senior scientist at A*STAR. Dr. Huang's credentials include the CAAI Education Committee, CCF Speech Dialogue Group, Adjunct Professor at SIAT, CAS, and Tsinghua graduate supervisor. Her work spans 100+ papers, 50+ patents, and six national standards in China for voice interaction and emotional AI.
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That expertise is embedded in everything we build.
Our Mission & Values
Mission: Building the mental world model for safe, intelligent and empathetic robots. We empower machines to understand not just the physical world, but the human one - so they can collaborate safely, anticipate needs, and elevate humanity.
First-Principles Science
Empathy by Design
Human-Centered Safety
We build on Free Energy, Theory of Mind, and embodied cognition - not just pattern matching. Our team translates cutting-edge research into working robots, with scientific rigor embedded in every line of code.
True intelligence requires understanding, not just processing. Our approach to affective computing enables robots to recognize, interpret, and respond to human emotions naturally.
Technology should elevate, not endanger. We embed safety at every layer: from architecture design that anticipates harmful behaviors, to real-time monitoring, to safeguards that evolve with the system.
Our Partners
Research Excellence
Awards & Industry Recognition
3rd Place, Huawei Ascend Developers Competition (2024)
A*STAR's 30 Most Impactful Innovations (2021)
P&G Connect + Develop Award (2020)
ICASSP 2025 - Multimodal Humor and Sarcasm Detection Benchmark
IEEE Trans. on Affective Computing 2024 - Paralinguistics Benchmark
ACM ICMI 2021, 2017 - Facial Expression Recognition, Audio-Visual Emotion
ACM MM 2016 - Emotion Recognition in the Wild
GB/ 40691-2021T, GB/T 36464.1-2020, GB/Z 38623-2020
GB/T 41813.1-2022, GB/T 41813.2-2022, GB/T 44089-2024
National Standards Contribution
50+ patents filed globally · 22 granted in China · 6 international patents