Four passionate students — each with their own superpower — and always ready to jump in wherever the team needs them!
Anya is the coding powerhouse of the team! She built our PID Drive Straight & GyroTurn MyBlocks, wrote all our autonomous routes, and makes sure every single decision gets documented in the engineering notebook.
Arnav is one of our star drivers and a core builder. He led the revolver and turntable builds, and has a talent for keeping the robot competition-ready — even under pressure at the last minute!
Nia brings precision to every build and sharp instincts behind the driver station! She also co-writes our engineering notebook and was a key part of our claw and drivetrain design work.
Sathvik is our most versatile team member — equally comfortable at the driver station or at the build table. He led key mechanical work on Jorge v1 and v2, especially the conveyor and revolver systems.
From reading the game manual cover-to-cover on day one, to qualifying for Worlds — here’s how 478A evolved this season!
We read the entire game manual cover-to-cover (multiple times!). We mapped out every scoring strategy — 3-stack scoring, beam bonuses, standoff goals — and built a full decision matrix for robot ideas before touching a single part. No pin left unturned!
We evaluated three robot concepts (Hero Bot, Two Claws, Conveyor) and picked the Conveyor design for its speed and stack capacity. We built the drivetrain, then the conveyor intake, then the 4-slot revolver — testing and iterating each component using real sensor data logged to an SD card.
Jorge v1 hit its ceiling. We went back to the drawing board and designed a 6-slot turntable (holding 18 pins!) plus a completely original pneumatic gate that drops two stacks simultaneously. First time using pneumatics — and it worked beautifully
We developed PID-based autonomous code with custom drive straight and GyroTurn MyBlocks for precise, reliable routes. Our teamwork strategy was formalized, and driving scores improved dramatically after systematic practice sessions!
Our first national Signature Event! We started strong at 6th place but found key areas to improve against top-tier competition from across the country. We connected with amazing teams and left inspired — and with hardware!
A next-level tournament experience — incredible teams, amazing setups (the local police bomb squad even brought their robot! ). We met teams from around the country. Our teamwork and character shone through!
Back home at Elevate Tech, we took the Excellence Award for Middle School — recognizing both our engineering notebook quality and our on-field performance. Ranked 10th overall.
Jorge v2 was great, but there were still improvements to make. After analyzing our performance and watching top teams, we decided to start fresh — and Robot #3 began taking shape.
Competing in four more events, we took home back-to-back Teamwork Champion trophies, multiple Excellence Awards, and Design Awards — our best run of results all season!
Leonardo da Pinchy made its debut against 46 of Washington’s top teams — and delivered. Our Pinchy Claws innovation wowed the judges, earning us the Create Award (an additional World Championship qualifier!). On the field, we finished 2nd in Teamwork and ranked #7 in skills (201 driver + 127 programming = 328 combined). What a season finale!
Our full competition record for the Mix & Match season — every tournament and every award we earned!
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