The object
Wang Tao, known as Frank Wang, designed and manufactured a helicopter flight-control prototype while at HKUST, then established DJI around a suite of flight-control technologies. DJI's XP 3.1 and later Phantom platform helped make camera-equipped multirotors usable beyond specialist model-aircraft circles.
What Frank did
Designed and manufactured the remote-controlled-helicopter flight-control prototype that led to DJI's XP 3.1 system.
Why it matters
Invest Hong Kong identifies XP 3.1 as DJI's first milestone product and calls Phantom 2 Vision a breakthrough consumer quadcopter; IEEE's history account describes the resulting flight-control platforms' broad robotics impact.
Living-status check
A 2026 DJI press biography identifies Wang as founder, chief executive officer and chief technology officer, documenting an active executive role.