2023 Winners & Finalists
Graduate Category Winners
G7 - A Multi-stable Elephant Trunk Robot Capable of Abrupt Stiffness Change
Zheng Kong, Yi Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
(1st Place Winner, Graduate)
G8 - A Passively Adaptive Legged Robot with Gear Differentials and Non-Backdrivable Prismatic Legs
Seonghoon Noh, Yale University, USA
(2nd Place Winner, Graduate)
G6 - 8R-Folding Metamorphic Robot Based on Metamorphic Mechanism
Mi Li, Wujie Shi, Southern University of Science and Technology, and Tianjin University, China
(3rd Place Winner, Graduate, Tied)
G4 - An Origami-inspired Iris Valve
Siyuan Ye, University College Cork, IrelandÂ
(3rd Place Winner, Graduate, Tied)
Undergraduate Category Winners
UG1 - COBRA: Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator
Henry Noyes, Nolan Smithwick, Northeastern University, USA
(1st Place Winner, Undergraduate)
UG6 - Continuum Robot and Intermittent Motion Mechanism for Quadruped Robot Applications
Chuhan Jin, Qianwen Zhang, Chenkai He, Feiyue Zhang, Dalian University of Technology, China
(2nd Place Winner, Undergraduate)
UG4 - Underactuated Parallel Robotic Hand with Linear Trajectory Based on the Watt Linkage Mechanism
Yinkai Dong, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
(3rd Place Winner, Undergraduate)
Graduate Category Finalists
G9 - Nigel: A Mechatronically Redundant and Reconfigurable Scaled Autonomous Vehicle of AutoDRIVE Ecosystem
Tanmay Samak, Chinmay Samak, and Rohit Ravikumar, Clemson University, USA
G1 - Deployable Vertical-axis Wind Turbine
Henry Vennard, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Undergraduate Category Finalists
UG7 - The Djembot
Murray Elinson, Marcel Grygo, Anthony Paolantonio, Kalani Pigao, Kristina Sunada, Joseph Tsui, and Steven Zheng, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA