Selected Work
Design project overview.
Work spanning robotics research, on-device AI, autonomous systems, mentorship, last-mile delivery, and AI tool discovery — each a study in turning ambiguity into something usable.
Family Hub — Design Didn't Hand Off, It Shipped
Leading a three-person design team that took a wall-mounted family hub from zero to a shipping device, writing production code.
0→1 design lead·377 design commits·agents building an agent
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Flex-π — A World-Action Model for Robots
Co-authored robot-learning research: one checkpoint that trades speed for accuracy at deployment, across real bimanual manipulation tasks.
UW · Allen Institute for AI·6B world-action model·5 real-robot tasks
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Making On-device AI Instantly Understandable
Turned a raw on-device model into a product enterprises grasp in seconds — shipped in two weeks.
Product Hunt #1·$10M seed·10K+ API calls in month one
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MentorUp — Better Mentorship for STEMs
Founding designer for a 0→1 mentorship platform with an AI emotional companion.
0→1 founding designer·500+ early users·live · mentorup.info
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Smart Brook — Autonomous Cab Riding System
Redesign in-car AI to reveal how the vehicle thinks — built for trust, not just convenience.
Multimodal HMI·4-person team·10 interviews · 50+ surveys
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Espoirer — 0→1 Driver App
Last-mile delivery app for Japanese couriers.
92% → 97% delivery success·2× order volume·iOS & Android
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Nexa — Search-First AI Tool Discovery
A search-first discovery platform that helps users clarify intent over thousands of AI tools.
5M+ monthly visits·3 min+ avg session·60% mobile
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