FIRST Robotics

Year 1: A robot built to pick up cubes and place them on a high balance switch. On this robot, I mainly worked on machining parts for the robot. It was a great introduction to machining as a whole and it sparked a love that has persisted to this day.

Year 2: A robot built to move hatches around the field and flip its way on to a platform. On this robot, I worked design as well as manufacturing. I worked on the hatch pick up/drop off mechanism. This taught me about pneumatics. In addition, I was the operator of the robot in competition.

Year 3: A robot built to move Lego-like bricks on to a platform. I personally designed and built this intake system. This was a different experience from previous years, as I was learning rapid prototyping techniques and how to create a robot with far fewer machines.

Year 4: A robot built to pick up and throw rings into different heights of receptacles. This was my senior year and I was a team captain. This year posed a particular challenge as I had to coordinate the design and build of the robot from quarantine during the pandemic. As I went to a boarding school during this time, it was quite the task to coordinate all the subteams across the state.

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