Robotics
With the assistance of my mother and grandfather, I proposed and got approval to start a First Robotics Competition (FRC) team at Cor Jesu Academy, Team 7472 R2Jesu.
FRC is a robotics program for high school students. Teams are given a field challenge in January and have 3-4 months to design, build, and test a robot to meet the objectives in the game design. Teams are not able to accomplish everything so they must maximize accuracy and efficiency and prioritize specific goals. At competition, teams compete in qualifying rounds, in alliances of three randomly selected teams that change each match, and must learn how to work together to combine their team's skills and robot's abilities to earn the most points.
2021 Season - Infinite Recharge (virtual)
Team Captain
Linked are Google Drive folders with all the documentation I worked on in the 2021 season.
In the Innovation Challenge, we advanced to the St. Louis Regional Semi-finals. I led the presentation team during the interview to help us advance.
The 2021 season used the same robot as 2020 but added additional virtual challenges.
2020 Season - Infinite Recharge
Team Captain, Drive Coach
As the team captain, I worked closely with our mentors to run meetings. I was in charge of sending out information and organizing what people did each day. As Drive Coach, I worked with the drivers and communicated with other teams to combine our skills with theirs for the best outcome.
I helped design and build our robot, Finn. I was in charge of the electrical system and pneumatics system, and was a major contributor to the mechanical team.
2019 Season - Deep Space
Team Captain, Drive Coach
This was the inaugural year of the Cor Jesu Academy FRC team. I was elected Team Captain by my fellow teammates.
Our robot this year was named Leia. As a rookie team, we had to gather all of the tools and materials necessary to get started. I recruited people and worked hard to build a successful team.
At competition, we received the Imagery Award in honor of Jack Kamen which celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration of machine and team appearance.