Best Hardware Solution

Sponsored by: Rinstrum

School: School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Awarded to the project demonstrating outstanding innovation and execution in hardware design and integration, proudly sponsored by Rinstrum.

METR4810 Project Bin Pick'n: Gaze Oriented Robotic Garbage Extractor (G.O.R.G.E)

by  Nicholas Hiscox, Gabriella Griffiths, Erin McGrath, Gundeep Somal

Supervisor(s): Pauline Pounds

The uni’s bins are overflowing: the students must build fully-autonomous garbage truck robots to empty (miniature) municipal wheelie bin contents, both regular garbage and recycling, into the appropriate delivery points. This fourth year project combines all the skills of mechatronics engineering to solve a tough challenge!

Outdoor Climate Monitoring Station with Wifi HaLow

by  Jiahong He

Supervisor(s): Matthew D'Souza

This project presents a low-power IoT-based outdoor climate monitoring station using Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) for long-range, energy-efficient data transmission. Each solar-powered node measures temperature, humidity, air quality, dust, and wind, transmitting data via MQTT to a cloud-hosted InfluxDB + Grafana dashboard for real-time visualisation.

The Uniq Phone: A Stylish, Functional 4G Dumbphone

by  Caiyan Jin, Ty Behnke, James Wood

Supervisor(s): Pauline Pounds

When the 3G shutdown killed her beloved Nokia 2730c, Prof Pounds was very sad. She resolved to create a new phone to rival the greatest phone ever made, brought into the 4G world...