Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

20 years experience researching capital markets across Asia and the USA.

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>COMPUTEX 2026's first AI Robotics Zone showcased Taiwan's pitch:  supply enabling Physical AI solutions — motion, reducers, vision,  edge-AI compute — rather than build robot brands, echoing its semiconductor  playbook.</li>
<li>Commercially, the floor ran on robot arms and wheeled-base units for  manufacturing and logistics, plus edge-AI compute and machine vision; bipedal humanoids were mostly showpieces, with volume three-to-five years out.</li>
<li>High-Precision reducers remain a Japanese stronghold (Harmonic Drive  6324 JP, Nabtesco 6268 JP), but listed Taiwanese names are climbing: Turvo  (2233 TT) debuted a micro harmonic reducer at the show.</li>
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COMPUTEX 2026's first AI Robotics Zone showcased Taiwan's pitch:  supply enabling Physical AI solutions — motion, reducers, vision,  edge-AI compute — rather than build robot brands, echoing its semiconductor  playbook.
Commercially, the floor ran on robot arms and wheeled-base units for  manufacturing and logistics, plus edge-AI compute and machine vision; bipedal humanoids were mostly showpieces, with volume three-to-five years out.
High-Precision reducers remain a Japanese stronghold (Harmonic Drive  6324 JP, Nabtesco 6268 JP), but listed Taiwanese names are climbing: Turvo  (2233 TT) debuted a micro harmonic reducer at the show.


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