Yu Hao Charity Foundation's "Sky Workshop" Program: A Spiritual Relay of "Dare to Dream and Act"

In 2009, in an ordinary laboratory at Tsinghua University, several students were arguing heatedly around a motor. No one was urging them to hand in their assignments, nor was there a specified deadline. However, they often stayed up until three or four o'clock in the morning, simply because "they wanted to make this three - rotor aircraft fly."

This self - organized small group is called "Sky Workshop". The initiator is Yu Hao, who was studying at Tsinghua University at that time. Later, he became the founder and CEO of Dreame Technology. He is also an early developer of quad - rotor aircraft and the inventor of three - rotor aircraft in China.

For many people, "Sky Workshop" was initially just the name of a university campus club. But for those teenagers, it was a place where "one dares to dream and act". Here, technology is not an exam question but a reality that can be created with one's own hands; an ideal is not an empty talk but a flame that still refuses to go out after numerous attempts and errors.

Later, after graduation, those teenagers who built airplanes founded Dreame Technology, transforming the technologies polished in the laboratory back then into intelligent products that have gone global. However, they have never lost the spiritual core of "Sky Workshop" - DREAM IT! DO IT! That kind of persistence in extreme innovation, the cherishing of top - notch innovative talents, and the adherence to the dual values of "technology + humanities".

Now, 17 years have passed. The Yu Hao Charity Foundation, initiated by Yu Hao, the founder and CEO of Dreame Technology, officially announced the new "Sky Workshop" Global Youth Innovation Leader Talent Support Program (hereinafter referred to as the "Sky Workshop" Program) on January 27th. It has transformed "Sky Workshop" from a laboratory at Tsinghua into a public - welfare support platform for global youth innovation talents.

Why "Sky Workshop"?

In Yu Hao's view, almost all the prototypes of Dreame Technology's core technologies can be traced back to the Sky Workshop back then - from new - type aircraft to robot motion control, and then to early deep - learning applications. But more important than technology is the environment itself: it allows young people to "dare to dream and act"!

The "Sky Workshop" during the Tsinghua University period started with the personal sponsorship of a teacher at first and later received special support from Boeing Company for ten years. It moved from Room 406, only 20 square meters in Zijing Apartment Building C, to Room 410, which is 85 square meters. Although the space was getting larger, the obsession of those young people with perfection remained unchanged.

Under Yu Hao's leadership, "Sky Workshop" gradually grew into the largest student technology club at Tsinghua. He and the club members won heavyweight awards such as the "Challenge Cup" and achieved remarkable results in fields such as drones, machine learning, and electronic design.

Zhang Jiahui, an early member of "Sky Workshop" and now an AI algorithm engineer for Dreame Technology's floor - cleaning robots, frankly said that what he is most proud of is not a specific technological achievement but the pursuit of perfection and the spirit of daring to dream and act. Students with different professional backgrounds gathered together to argue, cooperate, and tackle key problems for the project. This all - out atmosphere constitutes the most touching background color of the "Sky Workshop".

Group photo of the Sky Workshop team (Zhang Jiahui, first row, left - most)

As the founder of "Sky Workshop", Yu Hao has always conveyed a belief: dare to set lofty goals and use solid actions to break them down and achieve them step by step. This characteristic has continued from the campus to Dreame, becoming the internal driving force for the company's continuous innovation - because real breakthroughs start with daring to think and are achieved through firm actions.

The pursuit of perfection and the courage to dream and act are the spiritual sparks of "Sky Workshop" and have become the spiritual origin of Dreame Technology.

It's not just about money, but also providing "soil"

Against the backdrop of the intensifying global talent competition and the accelerated construction of the country's strategic scientific and technological strength, the Yu Hao Charity Foundation officially launched the "Sky Workshop" Program. This program aims to precisely support college students who have achieved outstanding results in world - class academic, scientific research, or innovation practices through an innovative public - welfare model, helping them accelerate their growth, connect to the global resource network, and achieve a leap from "excellence" to "leading the future".

However, the approach is very special - it doesn't just focus on grades like traditional scholarships, nor does it only emphasize the results like competitions. It is looking for those next - generation youth innovation leaders who are "already on the way".

The progress of society not only requires scientific research and technology to push the giant wheel of the era forward but also needs humanistic concepts to guide the direction. And Sky Workshop happens to be the intersection of the two. It encourages hardcore innovation and respects cross - field and diverse thinking.

In the view of the person in charge of the public - welfare program, "The best support is not to tell young people the answers but to protect their courage to ask questions." Therefore, the "Sky Workshop" Program not only provides funds but also relies on the brand resources of the public - welfare ecological cooperation to connect the selected candidates with diverse resources such as industries, academia, and mentors and creates an exclusive student exchange platform.

Members selected for the "Sky Workshop" Program will receive a special support fund of up to 200,000 yuan per person. However, the significance of this money goes far beyond the number. It can be used for participating in global top - level science and technology, humanities and social sciences innovation competitions, attending international academic conferences, and participating in cross - school and cross - national youth exchange activities.

In addition, the selection process of the "Sky Workshop" Program also reflects the practical style of "Sky Workshop": preliminary screening of materials + defense review, focusing on examining the gold content of the results, core abilities, and development potential to finally determine the list of selected candidates.

After a strict selection and review process, the first - batch of selected candidates for the "Sky Workshop" Program are from universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, with majors covering both science and engineering and humanities fields.

In the new "Sky Workshop", the spirit of "daring to dream and act" is being inherited by a new generation of young people. When Luo Changsheng, the captain of the "Vulcan Team" at Tsinghua University, tells the inspiring story of a 72 - hour ultimate comeback in the World Robot Competition, and when Yang Yuchen from Shanghai Jiao Tong University shares his cross - field exploration from the digital protection of Mogao Caves murals to the design of a manned lunar rover - these young talents who have shown their talents have finally got a dedicated platform to build up strength for their dreams.

One person can walk fast, but a group can walk far

Looking back, the reason why those teenagers in the Sky Workshop back then were able to persevere may not only be because of their love but also because of each other's presence - there were people who understood your persistence, accompanied you in daring to dream, and gave you firm support when you were questioned. The power of these "companions on the way" is more precious than any resource.

This spirit of daring to dream and act later followed them out of the campus and was integrated into the genes of Dreame Technology, becoming the company's confidence to challenge the technological no - man's land.

Today, the Yu Hao Charity Foundation, initiated by Yu Hao, has elevated this spiritual core, which originated on the campus and was tempered in the industry, into a public - welfare action for the future: the new "Sky Workshop" Global Youth Innovation Leader Support Program.

This program hopes to pass on this "daring to dream and act" power. It doesn't claim to "cultivate" but chooses to "gather" and "protect" - gather those explorations that have not yet been seen and protect those seemingly small but firm curiosities.

It quietly provides a space: allowing those who dare to think to have the confidence to try and enabling lonely explorers to meet like - minded partners. Here, innovation is not a solitary charge by one person but a process where a group of people illuminate and resonate with each other.

Because real breakthroughs often emerge from the soil of free trial and error and grow in a community of in - depth dialogue. And the "Sky Workshop" Program is exactly the place that is willing to accompany for a long time, support silently, and always believe in the inner strength of young people. Because "one person can walk fast, but a group of people can walk far."