LYKON — Lunar Exploration Armguard

Project Overview

LYKON is a Physical AI armguard concept for lunar exploration. It combines protective hardware, embodied sensing and context-aware assistance in a wearable form, helping an explorer access timely information without breaking focus during demanding surface tasks. The project received Third Place in the hackathon's hardware track.

What I Did

• Framed the product around lunar surface work, where information must remain close to the body and usable without interrupting the task.
• Designed a forearm-worn protective form that balances mobility, fast access and operation while wearing field equipment.
• Connected embodied sensing, environmental signals and human intent into one coherent Physical AI interaction concept.
• Developed the product narrative and rapid prototype for the hackathon hardware track, translating a speculative scenario into a focused use case.

System Logic & Product Flow

• Sense — capture movement, task and environmental signals through the wearable.
• Interpret — turn signals into context-aware risk, status and assistance cues.
• Assist — surface concise guidance without forcing the explorer to switch to a separate screen.
• Protect — keep the interaction embedded in a robust forearm form suited to demanding surface work.

Outcome & Reflection

The project showed how Physical AI can be designed as part of the body-worn system rather than as a separate interface. The strongest lesson was to begin with the constraints of the human task—attention, movement, protection and access—then decide what intelligence and sensing genuinely belong in the product.