// We start from what I consider the start...
In 8th grade I entered the Vex VRC competition, my pervious experience never included metal, motor, or gears. Needless to say, I was afraid.
My team, 80P, built our first robots, mentored by 91A. Quickly we caught on and adapted their workflow to fit out team dynamic.
We competed at the Middle School World Championship that year, placing 10th in our division, top 10 in skills.
We also won an award. 🙂
This ignited a flame in me, to continue my journey, build my skills, and keep on iterating. It became our team dream to win the highest single award… the Excellence Award
// Enter 9th grade
It began to become pattern: at the start at every season we’d fail, but by the end we were unstoppable.
At the states tournament, we overcame the odds, triple qualifying for the World Championship. However, COVID halted our stampede – the World Championship was cancelled.
// A season completely online - 10th grade
It became more than just building a competition robot. It became creating and experimenting with brand new ideas. Adapting what already works and making it better. Iterating.
We began experiment with new code, new documentation, new building. Once again, we qualified for the World Championship, earning the Design Award for our divion.
// 11th grade
We started the season off strong – a win at our second competition. A test for the big stage, a Signature Event at Kalahari
We placed top 5 in our division, getting to the finals and awarded the Judges Award. This performance empowered us to continue iterating.
We never stopped evolving, trying new strategies, even making changes in the car on the way to competitions.
We developed new code, using Bezier Curves to develop a pure pursuit algorithm that followed custom odometry to move our robot in smooth accurate curves. The iterations of this code led us to developing efficient autonomous routes.
We won the Excellence Award at our state championship, cementing our resolve of winning the Excellence Award on the world stage
It was always our goal to elevate the game.
We engineered a transmission drive to allow us to change between torque and speed modes, adding to the versatility of our robot.
We never stopped programming, practicing, and iterating. Even the day before Worlds we overhauled an entire subsystem to make it better…
And it was worth it.
// Senior YearWith a qualification to the World Championship from our 2022 Excellence Award we decided this year we’d design something unique.
We built an unconventional robot, creating a difficult design into a functional one.
In traditional 81P fashion we were already building something new, for the World Championship.
We built a robot, stronger, faster, and smarter than the last.
At worlds we won the Design Award concluding our tenure as team 81P.
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