FIRST Robotics Competition, Mechanical Lead
I led manufacturing for our two robots that season, each built on a swerve drive base with a telescoping arm and an intake that could grab both cubes and cones. The design subteams handed me the CAD and I took it to the machines: every aluminum, polycarbonate, and 3D printed part went through a manual mill, lathe, or CNC router. Both robots held up through high-contact matches and took us to the world championship, where we placed in the top 40 of roughly 3,000 teams and won engineering awards. I drove one of them, too.
