This year I decided to make a 3 lb. Battle Bot. I manufactured it at StarBot, a facility where children can use complex industrial machinery. I first designed it on paper and figured out what kinds of materials I was going to use. I made a wooden prototype. Over the next month or two I finished my first 3 lb robot, which I call Titanium.
I fought with it at the 2012 STEM TECH Olympiad.
This is my 3 lb. Battle Bot. It's weapon is a red, titanium, spinning blade on the front. It's armor is painted black.
My brother, Miguel, and I made a logo for the robot.
Our Logo
Our logo is an "i" inside of a "T", representing the periodic table symbol for Titanium. XX11 represents the atom
Here is the logo sprayed on the robot.
We also made stencils to lay on top of T-shirts. We sprayed painted them to make our TEAM ADRIAN shirts.
This is the front of the t-shirt after being spray painted.
This is the back. It says, "TEAM ADRIAN"
Here is TEAM ADRIAN
From left to right: Me, my sister Sophia and my brother Miguel.
I designed, manufactured and drove the robot while they cheered me on.
We carried the robot and my tools to the Miami Beach Convention Center where the STEM TECH Olympiad 2012 was held.
Bill Garcia, the creator and owner of Star Bot, helped me build my first robot.
Inside the convention center there were many booths with different activities.I was in the area with the Battle Bots. They gave me a table where I could work on my robot.
I tested my robot in the battle arena and made sure everything worked well.
Its weapon is an aluminum spinning drum with spikes on it. I competed at a 3 lb. battlebot competition in Miami at Starbot, Inc on December 7, 2013. I won three out of the five matches I competed in.
I was able to rebuild it and compete again. I took 2nd place in the competition.
