Yuheng Leo Wang

Unitree Robotics · Industrial design intern, Hangzhou

Led product definition and industrial design of the RD95 humanoid robot, from early requirements through design development, prototyping, engineering validation and production. A multi-DOF neck upgrade for G1 from HRI research, for more expressive movement in interaction and tasks. Designed the D2 robotic arm, a wearable data-capture headset and the NVIDIA H2 Plus humanoid facial redesign. RD95 case study

Human Factors and Aging Lab · Research assistant, Champaign

IRB-approved mixed-method HRI studies with older adults: interviews, co-design, field testing, qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, UIUC · Community-Academic Scholar

Site visits, service activities and interdisciplinary health research with community partners.

Disability Participation and Quality of Life Lab · Research assistant, Champaign

McKechnie Family LIFE Home · Undergraduate intern, Champaign

HRI studies with Jibo, PARO, JITA and Stretch 2 for aging and assistive technology research. Designed and tested a Stretch 2 kitchen-cleaning attachment through prototyping and user research.

REON Technology · Industrial design intern, Boston (remote)

Designed MPS G2, cut G1 tooling costs 78% with silkscreen updates, and defined an eco modular energy ecosystem.

Shenzhen Wandechang Innovation Intelligence · Industrial design contractor, Shenzhen (remote)

End-to-end design and development of the XIONGDA care robot and the CIHANG personal care robot: concept, industrial design, prototyping and engineering. wdcpcr.com

ONO Ideas Studio · Founder and director, Qingdao

MMM 2027, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling · Reviewer, Technical Program Committee

Reviews of research papers on multimedia modeling and human-centered intelligent systems.

ISHO, Beijing Jinri Xixin Technology · Intern, Beijing

Sleep-health research; a sleep-monitoring ring and broader sleep-product concepts.

KeyShot (Luxion) · Student ambassador

Led UIUC KeyShot workshops, made 15+ renders and animations, and supported tutorials and beta testing.

Game Studies and Design 102 & 103, University of Illinois · Guest speaker