Design Team
VEX University Robotics Team
Tower Takeover
Role
Technical Design Lead
Start
Oct 2019
Awards
National Design Award | New York State Design Award
Website
Understand the Context
The 2019-2020 VEX U Robotics Game: Tower Takeover is played on a 12ft by 12ft field by two alliances. Each alliance must stack different color cubes in scoring zones, with the goal to obtain the greatest score. The first 45 seconds of each match will be fully autonomous.
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My Role
As the Technical Design Lead I start the season off my creating sketches of potential designs of robots. I proceed to help the mechanical team build these designs. All while working on the Engineering Notebook keeping a record of the engineering process.
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Conclusion
This was the first year of the University of Waterloo's VEX U Design Team. By the end of the season my engineering notebook won the National Design Award and the New York State Design Award