Lumo Autonomous Robot.

Create Dare / 2025 Summer

Duration / 14 weeks

Software / Keyshot, Rhino

Focus / Problem solving, Form deverlopment

Digital Age

Smart cart were designed for time efficiency and pure autonomous experience in grocery store

Negative feedbacks

However, user experience for grocery shopping are not well considered.

Reddit

“I’m not scanning my own stuff or bagging my own stuff, I don’t work for free!”

Reddit

“This looks like a huge pain to use…”

Reddit

“Yeah...I’m not doing their job FOR them to HELP them SAVE money. Self-check is bad enough!”

Problem

Discovered key user needs by observing the shopping basket experience.

Difficult to walk

Heavy to hold

Self- bagging

Carrying home

Design Goal

Redefining the grocery basket as a smart companion for solo urban dwellers—provide hand-free experience, transporting purchases home, and extending into last-mile delivery.

Process

  • Ergonomic Study

  • Initial Ideation

  • AI Development

  • Main Form Ideation

  • Main form development

  • Proportion Adjustment

  • Basket Ideation

  • Basket development

  • Robot Surfacing Development

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