VEX Robotic Analysis

In my robotics team, I learn all about programming in languages such as Java and C and the engineering design process. I am given the opportunity to design in CAD and to formally document our process in a professional Engineering

Innovation and creativity is what sets humans apart. To get where we are today, humans have created tools, ideas, stories, medicine, technology, and more that nobody has created before; and thus, they create a precedent for our society. The common phrase “What will they think of next?” is then asked, and shortly after the question is answered with another new, inspiring innovation. We have committees today like the Nobel Prize and The MacArthur Foundation that recognize innovators and role models who instigate a positive change in our society. These awards not only commemorate the recipients, but broadcast their ideas, creations, or stories, that in turn inspire others to do the same.

One of my first designed concept was a phone, it took me weeks to finish it. Every time I opened the file, I was dissatisfied and wanted to improve it from small tweaks like the microphone placement to significant changes like the width of the phone. I even went a step further by fabricating real life wooden models to find the optimal size. Even though I knew that at the end of the day, it was not going to be built, I strived for perfection. Finally, after several trials and errors, I finished it and felt this great sense of accomplishment and an ineffable joy.

Although my friends assured that my design was appealing, I still doubted myself. Many of my classmates complained about how our previous class shirts looked, and I was afraid that they would say the same things about my own design. All these different opinions clashed wildly in my head. Thus, rather than being courageous and submitting my design regardless of what people may say, I didn’t function as I should have; I put sending my design off until the deadline finally passed. After the other designs were revealed and voting was over, I learned that I should be braver to stand firm for what I believe in, even if there are other opposing viewpoints. Those who did submit their design probably felt really good because they were courageous enough to take a chance instead of giving into what others’ opinions even if there was only one chosen design in the

I've always been a calm and collective individual, favoring the slow and calculated approach to problem solving, assuring the problem is achieved to maximum success. As such, I'm the kind of person to try everything first hand, in order to find out the true best way in order to accomplish a task, despite what a guide may say. However, I also have the intelligence to do so in a productive way. They say you shouldn't reinvent the wheel, and to build upon others success, at some point someone tried just that, and was able to create a 'better' wheel. At the end of the day, it is still a wheel, but it's this innovation that drives the world forward. I'm an innovator. I'll be the guy trying the thing no one thought of, using some method someone dismissed as 'xp waste' and still be able to put some spin on it in order to create something that is better than everything else.

The core concept behind ‘Design Thinking’ revolves around attaining a goal rather than simply fixing a problem at hand. Since focusing on an objective already helps address any unmet needs, goal-oriented solutions lay the groundwork for other improvements including future ‘Design Thinking’ solutions. As such, solutions of this nature need to be socially fluid, tangible in nature, and broadminded in approach.

Google, Inc. is a corporation that is known for innovation and amazing leadership practices. Google’s greatest innovation may actually be its managerial practice. Google is not led by a single CEO, but by a team that gives it immense strategic and management strength. (Nussbaum, n.d.) Engineers at Google are able to work on their ongoing projects 4 days out of the 5 day work week, and one day a week is designated for potential ideas of their own choice. (Sawyer, 2009) Google has innovation reviews, where each executive presents the most promising ideas from within his own division. The CEO is at these innovation reviews to listen to these innovative ideas. Another way to ensure that some of these ideas have the opportunity to be developed is to allow the engineers to work on these ideas for more than one day a week and in some cases full time. Allowing time to be creative and develop ideas is embracing the art of innovation and

Creating an efficient team is not just having a group of people. It is what the person contributes creates an efficient team.When creating a team it requires a diversified set of skills and collaboration. In the article “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis and the excerpt Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson both authors believe that an efficient team needs knowledge about business, previous experience in their subject.

Teamwork is important because in “La Vida Robot” by Joshua Davis teamwork was required because in order to make the robot they were going to need some help. In the same way Isaacson showed teamwork Steve and Wozniak had each other help instead of having a team.Davis and Isaacson share the same perspective as both believe that people must work together in order to build a strong team.

It was the fall of 2014 when FIRST Lego League Team #9647, The Legosauri, called its first meeting to order. This was my second year on the team, and my third year of FLL. Many of our team members, including myself, would be leaving the team next year, and we wanted to end the year by achieving our longtime goal: advancing to the state championships. We had done well last year, but our team had suffered from a lack of organization. This year, we decided to elect three leaders, who would be responsible for planning and organizing a part of the team. FIRST Lego League consists of two main parts: the Robot Game, where teams program a LEGO robot to complete missions on a challenge mat, and the Innovative Solution project, where teams create a proposed solution to a real-world problem related to the year's theme, which was improving education. Two leaders would oversee these parts, while the third leader was tasked with ensuring our team was working together smoothly. As I had worked on the project for the past two years, I was chosen as the Innovative Solution Coordinator. As a team leader, I was personally responsible for the success of my team. I had the challenge of not only making key project decisions but also of delegating responsibilities, managing project timelines, and being personally responsible for the finished product. I learned how to organize a team, reach my goals, and make things happen.

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Our brainstorming process started out by us thinking about something that could help people. We didn’t think of an invention but we thought of a new innovation on a roomba. This innovation came into our heads because one of our fellow classmates has a roomba and pets. The first thing that we thought about was what if a dog or other pet went to the bathroom on the floor while the roomba was on. When we thought about this we looked up roomba disasters on youtube, the first thing that came up was about a roomba smearing a dog's feces all over the ground while the owners weren't home.

Result: back to the design room. The model of the first robot (R1) had to change.

I have some experience working with robotics. Some of my previous projects involved programing a Finch robot. One of current projects involves my group working with an Ozobot. The purpose of my project is to present at new car security system while using the Ozobot as a functional prototype. The main function of the security system is to identify a car as stolen. I was the one who originally came up with the idea of the car security system, and using the Ozobot as a prototype. My professor recognized my ideas and was impressed with our use of the Ozobot. She chose my group to present the idea at La Roche’s first STEM Savvy event on May 13, 2017. Our project will be one of the biggest highlights at the event. We will be introducing students

My team developed a device but proved to be unsuccessful so i took it apon myself to use my ideas and construct one as an alternative with the help of some of my team members. My device proves to be 100% operational. It took me about a week to complete whereas it had taken my team and other teams about a month to complete theirs and theirs had a low success rate. I realized that i was not only innovative but capable of what seemed impossible. I took that confidence into my next competition where my partner and i constructed a life model of the human heart. This task proved to be more difficult and most of the construction fell upon me. However my partner and i proved to be successful and won third place in the state and regional competition. After the MESA program, i focus all my efforts on public speaking. I had previously been discouraged after not winning a first place trophy like i had won the previous year; however that did not stop me. There came an imperative class wide project that is a tradition at my