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Chris Pena

BS in Product Design — Product Design
Course:
3D Modeling 3
Faculty:
Jeff Jones
Term:
2025 Spring

Trackman Tempo

A Data-Driven Golf Cart Experience integrating Performance, Navigation, and Play.

A next-generation golf cart system that combines launch monitor technology, autonomous navigation, and real-time course interaction. Designed to enhance performance, improve pace of play, and create a more engaging on-course experience.

Integrates Trackman-style radar and camera tracking with a mobile platform, capturing both club and ball data while supporting navigation, player tracking, and course awareness. Autonomous features include pathfinding, remote summoning, and obstacle detection through a multi-camera system.

Designed as an experience, not just transportation. Connected. Intelligent. Social.

Process:

Research into existing golf cart systems, launch monitors, and autonomous vehicle technologies informed the initial direction. This included studying Trackman radar systems, Tesla camera-based navigation, and current golf cart packaging constraints.

The project moved through iterative sketching, system integration studies, and platform development, combining launch monitor hardware, autonomous systems, and user experience features into a unified architecture. Exploration included skateboard-style battery layouts, sensor placement, and mixed reality interfaces.

The process emphasized systems thinking, balancing performance tracking, navigation, and user interaction. CAD, concept modeling, and visual exploration were used to resolve packaging, visibility, and modularity while maintaining a cohesive design language.

Learning Outcomes:

Developed a stronger understanding of integrated systems design, combining hardware, software, and user experience into a single product ecosystem.

Gained experience working across mobility, sports technology, and autonomous systems, including sensor integration, data visualization, and real-time feedback.

Strengthened ability to design at a systems level, balancing product architecture, user interaction, and modular platform thinking.

Built knowledge around emerging golf technologies, including launch monitors, AI-assisted gameplay, and connected course ecosystems.

Reinforced the role of industrial design in shaping experiences beyond the object, focusing on engagement, performance, and social interaction.

Project Website:
https://www.chrispena.design/
Tags:
Industrial Design