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National Final Second Prize

Competition robotics | Autonomous exploration

Mars Exploration Robot

A four-legged robot combining autonomous navigation, interchangeable sampling tools, and an EEG control interface.

National Final Second Prize | China-U.S. Young Maker Competition | Mar 2024 - Aug 2024

Team-built quadruped exploration robot demonstrated at the China-U.S. Young Maker Competition
Competition roadshow | Team-built quadruped

4

Legs

LiDAR + IMU

Navigation sensors

EEG

Control interface

Role

My role

I designed and 3D-printed the chassis and four legs, integrated the interchangeable sampling-tool interface, and connected the EEG input path for tool selection, sampling, and manual override.

System integration

Exploration system

The four-legged platform combines autonomous navigation, interchangeable sampling tools, and operator controls for surface exploration.

Autonomy

Navigation and sampling

LiDAR-inertial navigation

LiDAR-inertial SLAM supported autonomous navigation during surface exploration.

Interchangeable sampling tools

I integrated an interchangeable tool interface so the robot could switch sampling hardware for different collection tasks.

Operator control

Control interfaces

The EEG interface provided a separate control path for tool selection, sampling, and manual override while the robot operated autonomously.

Award

Competition result

The project received National Final Second Prize at the China-U.S. Young Maker Competition.

Young Maker Competition award ceremony group photograph
Award ceremony Competition ceremony record for the team's National Final Second Prize.
2024 China-U.S. Young Maker Competition National Final Second Prize certificate naming Robin Gong and the Mars Exploration Agency project
National Final Second Prize China-U.S. Young Maker Competition | 2024 View certificate PDF