The Robockets is a high school robotics team that competes annually in the global FIRST Robotics Competition, where students have six weeks to design, build, and program a 120-lb robot to complete unique and complex challenges. As Technical President, I led a team of 50+ students to the World Championship while overseeing the design and integration of highly complex subsystems.

I was responsible for developing mechanisms such as a multi-jointed articulating arm with feedforward and inverse kinematics, a telescoping pneumatic elevator climber, and a high-velocity shooter with an adjustable hood controlled by vision tracking. I also contributed to drivetrain innovation, prototyping and manufacturing custom swerve modules to balance mobility and torque. Beyond technical design, I honed my manufacturing expertise on the lathe, CNC, mill, and laser cutter while managing system dependencies, project timelines, and cross-functional integration. Additionally, I supported the team’s data-driven strategy by modeling scouting data in Tableau to improve alliance selection and match performance analysis.

Outside of competition, our team gave back to the community by hosting STEM outreach initiatives, including Girls Who Code sessions, an annual Science Expo, and public demonstrations such as a Rube Goldberg challenge and driving around a t-shirt cannon built on a custom swerve drive at football games.