RoboSub
Amador Valley High School Robotics
During my three seasons with my high school robotics team (2017-2020), Amador Valley Robotics (AVBotz), I learned a lot about mechanical design and leadership.
During my first year, I was introduced to Solidworks and basic modeling techniques. I was assigned with developing and integrating a system that would allow our vehicle to retrieve and retain golf balls from the pool floor. Although the system was never used due to later software-based limitations, the project familiarized me with the basic modeling tools that Solidworks offered, as well as proper techniques to use when modeling and working with large assemblies.
First project in AVBotz
On my second year in AVBotz, I was tasked with designing a completely new vehicle, as our current one was becoming less relevant due to how much the competition has changed, newer and larger electronic components, and a lot of mechanical limitations in upgrading or modifying components.
I gathered different members from the software, electrical, and the mechanical team to come up with a list of what we were happy with on our current submarine, and what we would like to see in our new submarine, as well as what we liked and disliked in other teams' vehicles.
During my final season, I was elected as the president of the team. Since most of the high-level design had already been completed, I delegated the task of completing the detailed design of all the single parts to my mechanical team lead, and the mechanical team members so that I would be able to focus on managing progress of the different projects in the software, electrical, and our business team as well. Having served as the president of the team is one of my largest personal accomplishments.
The development and design of the new vehicle started in August of 2018, and the design was finalized in May of 2020. I included a web-viewable 3D model of our finalized design on this page.
Each of the different sub-pages highlight the design of different components on our new vehicle.
Interactive 3D Model
Explode the model to see the components inside.
Gallery
