About Us — Past Seasons

Every season, a new idea.

Smart Ramen has been designing, building and competing together for years. Here is where we’ve been.

2025–26 · Unearthed

Smart Box

Archaeologists work on rough, uneven ground, and a trip or a drop can damage precious artifacts. Smart Box is a gimbal-stabilized carrier that keeps artifacts level while they are moved.

🏆 2nd Place Champion’s Award · Ontario Provincials

WPI WAFFLE · Worcester, MA

What’s inside

• Four ball bearings

• Two ergonomic grip handles

• A sturdy, lightweight metal frame

• A 3D-printed box with removable, padded lid and foam padding

Seven iterations

• Concept test: a mini gimbal built from LEGO

• Smart Box DIY: a PVC gimbal, with a how-to video

• Smart Box Power: motors keep the box level using a gyro sensor

• Smart Box Elite: our top-of-the-line model

• Iterations 5–7, Smart Box 3D: collapsible and fully 3D printed, so it can be shared as an STL file

Tested and expert-checked

We carried a rock, an apple and an egg, and took it off-road. Archaeologists from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum, and engineers from industry, gave feedback at every stage.

2023–24

Masterpiece

Smart Keys

Our innovation aimed to bring the joys and benefits of playing music to people of all ages, regardless of ability, financial access or musical background. We competed at the Western Edge Invitational in Long Beach, California.

2024–25

Submerged

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We competed at the Florida Sunshine Invitational in Daytona Beach, Florida. [ADD A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT]