About
I’m Leo, an industrial design student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I design robots and assistive products, from a wheelchair motor to a home humanoid, and keep asking when they should step in.
Experience
Industry
Unitree Robotics · Industrial design intern, Hangzhou
Led product definition and industrial design of RD95, a home humanoid, through prototyping and engineering validation. HRI research and a neck upgrade for G1; designed the D2 robotic arm. RD95 case study
REON Technology · Industrial design intern, Boston (remote)
Energy storage products (EBS, a mobile power station, BMS), data visualization and explainer films.
ONOideas Studio · Co-founder
Award entries, renderings and product design for clients.
Research
Smart Support Systems study · University of Illinois, with Prof. Wendy Rogers
Home visits with older adults living with mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer’s disease or limited mobility, on social life, health and safety, and cognition.
Stretch robot study · University of Illinois
Home scans and questionnaires, then a first prototype and interviews.
LIFE Home · Communications and marketing intern, University of Illinois
About ten short films on the lab’s robots and research, and Open House news.
Awards
- XIONGDARed Dot Award: Product Design 2026, French Design Awards Design of the Year 2025, MUSE Platinum 2025, NY Product Design Awards Gold 2025, London Design Awards Platinum 2025
- ElectroGlideiF Design Student Award 2025, Red Dot Design Concept 2025, IDEA, MUSE Gold; William Stumpf Research Funding
- AR HelmetRed Dot Design Concept 2025, IDEA, MUSE Gold, International Design Awards Silver 2024
- CloudBudsRed Dot 2025
- ROUTERed Dot Design Concept 2026
- UOSONRed Dot Design Concept 2026, with a team of ten
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BFA in Industrial Design, minor in Game Studies and Design. GPA 3.86, James Scholar, Dean’s List.