About the Team (2018-19 Season)

Overview
This page gives a brief overview of each Patent Pending member in the FIRST Tech Challenge 2018-19 season: Rover Ruckus. Listed is details and accomplishments of each team member.

Aman
At the beginning of the year Aman was a regular member of Patent Pending, but throughout the season his leadership and experience in robotics allowed him

to become leader of the team. Out of all members, he was the only one who had previous FTC experience, and used his knowledge to guide the team to success in their rookie year. He took up the position of leading robot assembly and the engineering notebook, and was a great help in the programming department.

Charlie
From the start of the season Charlie decided to lead the robot design. With his leadership the team had a fully fleshed-out plan for how the robot works in the first few weeks of the season. While he was unable to attend several meetings, he made up for his absence by helping to lead the team through scrimmages, meets, and championships.

PK
PK was the co-leader of Patent Pending's media department and helped with robot assembly. He was responsible for many important additions to the robot through 3D printing custom parts such as the marker and phone holder. Through his work in media, the team was able to create a web series documenting the members' journey throughout the season.

Spencer
He was the co-leader of the media department, and helped to spread the message of both Patent Pending and FIRST through comic adaptations and a web series. He also created prototypes for essential elements of the robot such as the arm and collection unit. As the oldest member and only senior on the team, he helped to guide the rest of Patent Pending through the robot building process.

Zekun
Zekun was the leader of Patent Pending's programming department, and created all of the robot's code himself. With his help, the robot was able to gain full autonomous points in matches and allow the team to move on to the state championship. Zekun created several different programs that allowed the robot to be placed anywhere on the field and still go where it needed to.