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FTC Competition

Competition Robotics

Three seasons of FIRST Tech Challenge competition robotics. Each year brought a new game, a new robot, and a whole new set of engineering problems to solve under a deadline.

Season

Year 3 — DECODE (2025-26)

FTC Team #15891 · CAD Designer & Technical/Build Team Member

Y3
About This Season

About the Competition: DECODE immersed teams in an archaeology-inspired game where robots unlocked mysteries by uncovering field "artifacts". Alliances scored points by manipulating objects around a central obelisk, clearing tricky gate obstacles, and scaling the endgame field ramps.

Key Contributions: Smoothly transitioned into high school-level robotics as a freshman, immediately establishing authority as a vital contributor to the engineering and CAD roster.

  • Collaborated on the spatial mapping and complex rigging designs required to cleanly clear the field's archways and gate configurations.
  • Served as a highly versatile and valuable team member, blending technical design expertise with a collaborative mindset to help the team adapt to shifting defensive tournament strategies.
Year 3 DECODE Competition
Photo Gallery — Year 3
Year 3 Decode Final Robot Gallery 1 Year 3 Decode Final Robot Gallery 2 Year 3 Decode Final Robot Gallery 3
Season

Year 2 — INTO THE DEEP (2024-25)

FTC Team #23694 · Role: Team Captain & Lead Design Engineer

Y2
About This Season

About the Competition: The ocean exploration-themed challenge, INTO THE DEEP, required robots to harvest "samples" and use human-player-introduced clips to convert them into "specimens". Teams scored points by depositing elements into low/high baskets and chambers, concluding with a multi-tiered robot ascent up the central submersible structure.

Key Contributions: Appointed Team Captain; successfully delegated operational roles, established build timelines, and maintained cross-functional focus to guarantee base-level robot functionality.

  • Spearheaded extensive, multi-iteration CAD design processes to repeatedly refine the drivetrain and lifting sub-assemblies.
  • Utilized advanced 3D printing techniques to manufacture structural, lightweight performance parts, drastically improving the team's cycle efficiency and vertical climbing capability.
Year 2 Into the Deep Competition
Photo Gallery — Year 2
Year 2 Into The Deep Competition Gallery 1 Year 2 Into The Deep Competition Gallery 2 Year 2 Into The Deep Competition Gallery 3
Season

Year 1 — CENTERSTAGE (2023-24)

FTC Team #23694 · Role: CAD & 3D Printing Lead

Y1
About This Season

About the Competition: CENTERSTAGE challenged teams to bridge art and engineering by navigating a 12-foot field to collect and score hexagonal plastic "pixels". Robots aimed to drop pixels onto a vertical backdrop to build specific color combinations (mosaics), launch paper drones into designated landing zones, and suspend their robots from a rigging truss during the high-stakes endgame.

Key Contributions: Took full ownership of the team's Computer-Aided Design (CAD) workflow and 3D printing operations as a 7th grader.

  • Translated conceptual intakes and delivery mechanisms into exact digital models, ensuring custom-printed parts met strict game sizing constraints.
  • Optimized custom 3D-printed elements to securely grasp and stack pixels, enhancing the robot's reliability during qualifying matches.
Year 1 Centerstage Competition
Photo Gallery — Year 1
Year 1 Centerstage Final Robot Gallery 1 Year 1 Centerstage Final Robot Gallery 2 Year 1 Centerstage Final Robot Gallery 3