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I am immensely grateful to all the members of my team who have worked so hard along side me for so many years. Even when things don't go as planned, we find a way to move past failures and succeed together. Thank you coaches, parents and volunteers for your mentorship, advice, and time.

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First Tech Challenge (FTC)

I am the team captain, lead programmer, and one of the founders of the FTC robotics team 14496 Roboctopi. 9 years of robotics has given me so much opportunity for learning and growth. I've learned how to present my ideas effectively,  to be humble even when everything is going your way, and to always be graciously professional. Here are a few of my best accomplishments so far: 


   - Built and directed a four-member software team
   - Mentored dozens of students regionally and internationally
   - Donated my software library (Cuttlefish) which I spent 5 years developing to the FTC community
   - Advocated for STEM education funding at state and federal levels
   - Attended the FIRST Championship twice
   - Won the Control Award and Think Award at the FIRST Championship
   - Found a way to significantly improve the performance of the mecanum wheels used by most teams
 

I have spent 10-60 hours per week on this activity since 2018. Additionally, I participated in FLL for 2 years before that. This is an ongoing activity during my senior year.

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​https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/team/14496

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Cuttlefish - Software
 

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https://14496roboctopi.github.io/Cuttlefish/

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I have spent 5 years and hundreds of hours developing my FTC robot control software library Cuttlefish. As a way to give back, I made Cuttlefish open-source and donated it to the FTC community. It is now actively used by more than 300 teams worldwide. It has been incredibly gratifying to directly support, communicate with, and mentor teams around the world using my software and their journey into programming, mathematics, and robotics.

 

Cuttlefish has a vast array of features including all of the basics for using a mecanum chassis (deadwheel odometry, navigation, etc.), a scheduling system (task queue state machine), an improved device interface, and enables automatic use of bulk data. Designed to make both the robot programming process, and the resulting code, simpler, better and faster. My highly modular architecture can be easily extended and includes thorough documentation and examples to get started quickly.

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FIRST Tech Challenge "Center Stage"

Season: 2023/24

Robot name: Sailfish

Competition Performance and Awards:

  • Ranked 14th highest in the world (out of 7,000+ teams)

  • Top 25 (#24) FTCStats.com Hall of Fame team

  • World Record Score (416 Points) with FTC 11212 The Clueless

  • Won Think Award at the FTC World Championship

  • Won Inspire Award San Diego Regional Championship

  • Winning Alliance first pick at the San Diego Regionals

  • Won San Diego Tau/Lovelace League Championship

  • Won Inspire2 Award at the Tau/Lovelace League Championship

  • Rising Tide Award (technical mastery) Maryland Tech Invitational

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FIRST Tech Challenge "Power Play"

Season: 2022/23

Robot name: Catamaran

Competition Performance and Awards:

  • Ranked 5th highest in the world (out of 7,000+ teams)

  • Won Ochoa Division at the FTC World Championship

  • Finished in 3rd place at the FTC World Championship

  • Won Control Award at the FTC World Championship

  • Won the San Diego Regional Championship

  • Won Think Award at the San Diego Regionals

  • Won San Diego Gauss League Championship

  • Won Inspire Award at the Gauss League Championship

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FIRST Tech Challenge "Freight Frenzy"

Season: 2021/22

Robot name: Phantom

Competition Performance and Awards:

  • Set World Record on Feb 26, 2022.

  • Ranked 27th in the World 

  • 2nd Place Robot Performance San Diego Regional​

  • 2nd Place Inspire San Diego Regional

  • 2nd Place Robot Performance San Diego Gauss League

  • 2nd Place Inspire San Diego Gauss League 

  • 7th Place Robot Performance Maryland Tech Invitational

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FIRST Tech Challenge "Ultimate Goal" Season: 2020/21

Robot name: Submaring

​Robot Performance and Awards:

  • Qualified for World Championship (COVID cancelled)

  • Ranked 41st in the World

  • 2nd Place Robot Performance San Diego Regional

  • 3rd Place Inspire San Diego Regional

  • 1st Place Robot Performance San Diego Turing League

  • 2nd Place Inspire San Diego Turing League

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FIRST Tech Challenge "Skystone"
Season: 2019/20

Robot name: Roboat

Robot Performance and Awards:

  • Ranked 41st in the World

  • 2nd Place Robot Performance San Diego Regional

  • Innovate Award Winner San Diego Regional

  • 1st Place Robot Performance San Diego Euclid League

  • 3rd Place Inspire Award Winner San Diego Euclid League

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First Tech Challenge Rover Ruckus

Season: 2018/19

Robot name: Calamari

Robot Performance and Awards:

  • Ranked 237th in the World

  • 6th Place Robot Performance San Diego Regional

  • 1st Place Robot Performance San Diego Ptolemy League

  • 1st Place Inspire Award Winner San Diego Ptolemy League

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