Hardware, software, and the joy of getting code to move real metal.
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Robotics is one of my favorite things to work on. Right now I'm doing it through Team Axiomatic in FIRST Tech Challenge, where I handle most of the technical side: CAD, fabrication, electronics, software, and autonomous routines. But the interest goes well beyond any one league.
What pulls me to robotics is the loop. You write code, the robot doesn't do what you wanted, and the bug isn't just a wrong number on a screen. The shooter misses. The arm folds. You have to think about software, mechanics, and physics together to figure out what went wrong, and that is exactly the kind of problem I like.