FTC Competition

Competition Robotics

Three seasons of FIRST Tech Challenge competition robotics. Each season brought a new game challenge, a new robot, and a distinct set of engineering constraints to solve under 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: Transitioned into high school-level competition as a freshman. Contributed to spatial mapping and rigging designs for navigating field archways and gate configurations. Maintained design and build contributions while adapting to shifting tournament strategies.

  • 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. Delegated operational roles, set build timelines, and managed cross-functional execution. Led multi-iteration CAD work on drivetrain and lifting sub-assemblies. Produced structural 3D-printed parts that improved cycle efficiency and climbing performance.

  • 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 CAD workflow and 3D printing operations as a 7th grader. Translated intake and delivery mechanism concepts into precise digital models. Optimized custom-printed parts for reliable pixel grasping and stacking during qualifying matches.

  • 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