China’s DJI, the world’s largest maker of consumer drones, is opening a Silicon Valley research and development center in hopes of harnessing the wealth of robotics talent in the area...and identifying potential new partners and investment targets in the process. DJI has hired two senior staffers to launch the Palo Alto, California office: former Tesla director of autopilot engineering Darren Liccardo and former Apple antenna-design team lead Rob Schlub. DJI is not saying how big the R&D center will be, or how many people will work there. According to Fortune, the expectation is that the Palo...
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