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From Team Goa To Team India

My team has been selected to  participate in  FIRST Global Challenge  which is a US-based nonprofit public charity established by the founder of  FIRST  (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), Dean Kamen.  THEIR MISSION  is to  inspire leadership  and  innovation in youth  from all nations by empowering them through education in STEM. FIRST Global brings future STEM leaders together in a collaborative competition, using robots to instill self-confidence, skills, imagination, courage, and vision in kids, emphasizing the importance and excitement of STEM education. Team India, a group of five talented students, is honored to represent their diverse and culturally rich country at the prestigious FIRST Global Challenge in Singapore. Their journey started with Team Legogoa, a parents-led community club dedicated to robotics, which has been making waves in the field for the past six years. Amidst tough competition, th...

Tennis ball thrower that catapulted my team to the International stage

As part of the selection process to select the team to represent India at the FIRST Global Challenge, M/s STEM Education trust the organise of FGC in India launched a STEM challenge. The participating teams had the build a contraption to throw tennis ball the farthest without using using any external power source. Your challenge is to design and build a device that can throw a tennis ball the farthest distance without using any external energy source. The ball-throwing-device can rely on principles of conservation of energy and must be built using only the materials specified below. MATERIALS TO BE USED TO BUILD THE DEVICE: (1) Plastic pipe (such as PVC or electrical pipe) — max 2 inches in diameter, and 20 feet in total length. PVC Connectors (T and L shaped) may also be used, but for connecting the pipes only. (2) Nuts and bolts (any size or quantity, as required) (3) Newspaper (in any form, no limit on quantity) (4) Cello tape or masking tape (max 5 rolls) and Glue (max 1 kg, any ty...

My Learnings from FTC

In my journey, in FTC I learned many things and came across many different challenges. I had to overcome all of these challenges and I learnt a lot in the process.  One of the major things that I learnt was 3d designing. Before I had some minor knowledge of using Fusion 360 but I learnt a lot more during this competition. As the only 3d Designer in the team I had to design many of the major parts we needed for the competition. Here are a few of the things that I designed. Battery Holder To hold the battery to our robot, we needed a holder to store it and help us attach it to the robot. To start, I took the battery measurements by the scale and created a sketch to be the base, then extruded the walls and the base. I made a slot for the wire of the battery to be able to come out.  With the rough design of the battery holder down, I started the refinement of the build and filleted down all the sharp edges. However, if I were to re-design this part, I could count this step as a mi...

Merit Certificate @e-Yantra IIT Bombay - Virtual Museum Competition

As part of the Virtual Museum Competition, i researched on the Brahma Statue of Goa and my research on the statue and 3D design of the statue earned me a position amongst top 15 entries https://www.e-yantra.org/events/ I was pleasantly surprised to receive a Gift pack with certificate, Tshirt, a bag and board game The certificate given by https://eysrc.e-yantra.org/ is surely one to cherish

Brahma of Goa

Over the last few weeks, as a part of my participation in the E-Yantra Virtual Museum competition, I have been on a journey to discover the history of one statue and its entire story. I have scoured the internet searching for leads, visited temples, talked to priests and gone around Goa to find out about this one statue. This statue is a sculpture of Brahma, a Hindu god. It is chiselled black stone and originates in the Kadamba era (12th century). It is decorated with many details, stands tall, and is bearded with Kadamba-style designs. The figure carries a ladle in its upper right Hand, The Vedas in its upper left hand. Kamandal in its lower left hand and chanting beads in its lower right hand.  Now let me walk you through my story about this statue. First, I saw images of the statue and then tried searching for information on it online. I found a few excellent articles, but those still wouldn’t give the full details. After a lot of scouring around the internet, I found one artic...

Success at Icode Global Hackathon 2022

After having crossed multiple levels of testing at regional, country and finally at International level, I secured the 43rd rank at the Icode competition in Python category

Press mention for the International success at MAKEX 2022

Report on ‘The Goan’ https://www.thegoan.net/tg-life/%EF%BB%BFmaking-india-proud-goan-kids-play-robot(ic)s-on-international-stage/92358.html Report on TOI Goa https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goan-students-stand-second-at-international-robotics-event/articleshow/96207801.cms Report on Goa News https://goa.news/goan-students-stand-2nd-at-international-robotics-event