Yuheng Leo Wang

ElectroGlide
A detachable motor attachment that helps push a manual wheelchair.

CIHANG PCR
A foldable wheelchair that drives itself, for hospitals, senior communities and rental fleets.

XIONGDA
A care robot that delivers medicine and meals in hospitals and assisted-living homes.

ROUTE
An airport wayfinding robot that leads travelers and tows their luggage.

CloudBuds
Soft earbuds that rest at the opening of the ear, designed for ear health.

AR Helmet
A riding helmet with directions on the visor and turn signals that follow the rider’s head.
Experience
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
Awards

7× Winner
Red Dot Design Award · Product and Concept, 2025–2026

Winner
iF Design Student Award · 2025

5×
IDEA · International Design Excellence Awards

Design of the Year
French Design Awards · 2025

Platinum, Gold
London Design Awards

Gold
New York Product Design Awards

Platinum, Gold
MUSE Design Awards

Gold, Silver, Bronze
International Design Awards · 2024
Grants and honors
- CES Innovation Awards2027
- William Stumpf Research Fund$5,000 research grant · 2026
- Illinois Design Challenge3× 1st place · 2023–2025
- TechSAge Stretch PITCH1st place · $2,000
- James Scholar, College of Fine and Applied Arts · Dean’s List2024
















