Thien Nguyen

Thien.

Oregon, USA · Oregon State University

Hi, I'm
Thien Nguyen

AI · Robotics

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About My Self

Builder at the edge of
AI & the physical world

I grew up in Vietnam with a restless curiosity — always taking electronics apart, rebuilding broken gadgets, and dreaming up machines that could think on their own. That childhood obsession with tinkering became a mission: build robots and intelligent systems that actually do something real in the world.

From coding my first semi-AGI robot at 14 to competing internationally in Malaysia with the GaraStem team, every project has pushed me deeper into AI, embedded hardware, and augmented reality. I believe the most interesting problems sit exactly at the edge where software meets the physical world — and that's where I build.

Now heading to Oregon State University to take this work further, one circuit and one model at a time.

3+
International Awards
4+
Major Projects
1st
Place Nationally
OSU
Oregon State University

Featured Work

Projects

2021–2022

Semi-AGI Friendly Robot

An independently researched robot integrating AI toward a semi-AGI architecture, designed with a friendly interface for intelligent human interaction.

AIRoboticsPythonEmbedded Systems

🏆 1st Place — Provincial Technology Innovation Competition · Full scholarship offer from Vietnam University of Science & Technology

2023–2024

GaraStem International Robot

Designed, programmed, and optimized a precision mechanical robot system for the GaraStem international competition. Role: Technical Team Lead.

RoboticsMechanical DesignProgrammingTeamwork

🏆 Provincial Champion · 3rd Place National · Bronze Medal International (Malaysia)

2023–2024

J.A.V.I.S. AI Robot

A conversational AI robot capable of natural human interaction and real-time computer cowork integration — the first self-built AI system with a fluid speech interface.

AINatural LanguageSpeech RecognitionRobotics

🏆 2nd Place — Young Informatics Competition (Tin học trẻ)

2024–2025

AR Smart Glasses

Smart glasses leveraging augmented reality to display contextual information and solve work tasks directly in the user's field of view — optimized for mobility.

AR/VRHardwareComputer VisionUX Design

🏆 2nd Place — Provincial Science & Technology Competition 2025

Picture of Project
Semi-AGI Friendly Robot

🏆 1st Place — Provincial Technology Innovation Competition · Full scholarship offer from Vietnam University of Science & Technology

Semi-AGI Friendly Robot · 2021–2022

GaraStem International Robot

🏆 Provincial Champion · 3rd Place National · Bronze Medal International (Malaysia)

GaraStem International Robot · 2023–2024

J.A.V.I.S. AI Robot

🏆 2nd Place — Young Informatics Competition (Tin học trẻ)

J.A.V.I.S. AI Robot · 2023–2024

AR Smart Glasses

🏆 2nd Place — Provincial Science & Technology Competition 2025

AR Smart Glasses · 2024–2025

MyorSTem Robot Stem

🏆 Champion — MyorSTem National Competition

MyorSTem Robot Stem · 2024

Regional Robotics Championship

🏆 3rd Place — Regional Robotics Competition

Regional Robotics Championship · 2024

Expertise

Skills

Languages

PythonProficient

Fields

AI / MLProficient
RoboticsExpert
AR / VRProficient

Hardware

ArduinoExpert
Raspberry PiProficient

Soft Skills

Content CreationExpert
Problem SolvingExpert
Expert
Proficient

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Let's work together

Open to internships, research collaborations, and interesting projects in AI, robotics, and AR/VR. Let's build something remarkable.