The Inspire Award is the top judged award in FIRST Tech Challenge.
I design, build and program robots, from FIRST competition machines and antweight combat bots to a prosthetic finger and a filament recycler, and I open-source what I learn. My projects go under the name Big Guy Enterprises. I also have substantial documentation experience, so I document what I build.
Fusion 360
Onshape
Java
Arduino
3D printing
CNC
Laser cutting
Big Guy Enterprises
The name my projects go under, and the hub where they live. It started with Big Guy, my antweight combat robot, and now includes the Filacycler filament recycler and free models on Printables.
Robots, combat bots and things I made because I wanted them. Click a photo to enlarge it.
Megamind
Python · built with Claude · Oct 2026
A tool that turns my projects into social posts. It reads my GitHub repos and Notion workspace, where most of my project records live, groups everything into projects, and drafts a LinkedIn post and an X post for each one.
Connectors for GitHub, Notion and websites (sitemap, RSS or page reads). Re-syncing never duplicates items or overwrites my edits
An LLM names and summarizes each project, and everything I’ve made is searchable in one database
Drafts arrive by email: replying “Y” posts to LinkedIn, “N” asks for a rewrite, and anything else counts as feedback
I paste the X version myself, since X’s API needs a paid tier
Python and FastAPI on Vercel, with a Postgres database on Neon
Status: built in seven stages, five complete. Next up are a chat panel and imports from Onshape, Fusion and Instagram.
A desktop recycler that turns shredded PLA and PETG into 1.75 mm filament. It is built on a salvaged Ender 3 V2 using only 3D printed and stock Ender parts, with bolts and tapped holes instead of complicated wiring, which is what killed the first attempt.
Downward-pushing auger feeding a modified hotend and nozzle
Custom miter gears, plus a funnel and fan to manage hotend heat
Marlin firmware and custom G-code drive the motors
Goal: open-source design, then a purchasable kit for hobbyists, schools and small workshops
Status: every function works. The remaining problem is shredding the plastic fine enough to stop clogs.
An accessible finger prosthetic for people who have lost a finger, or want extra hand function. Version 1 is a string-retraction finger on a Velcro strap. I released it publicly and more than 80 makers built their own.
Version 2 adds a bend-type flex sensor, an Arduino Nano and a servo that mirror the wearer’s finger after a short calibration at startup. The goals stayed the same: affordable, easy to fabricate, minimal electronics.
A 3D printed combat robot with TPU armor for impact absorption over a rigid PETG internal structure. Across five versions it went from a compact dual-flipper concept to a single-flipper design with taller walls and defined front prongs. The final version has an N20-motor tank drive and a servo-powered flipper.
It started as a hobby build and a school assignment, then became the foundation for Big Guy Enterprises.
Performance Innovative Grabber: a simple, budget-friendly modular robotic arm for learning complex robotic systems. The CAD, bill of materials, code and controller are all public.
Part of a robotics project to introduce STEM to younger generations: a Wall-E inspired mechanical claw kit. It shows off 3D printing, laser cutting and an active geartrain in one build.
3D printed clips hold it together, so it is easy to mass produce and easy to assemble
Laser cut jaws and plates, with 3D printed gears and fasteners
The claw kit in Onshape.
Into the Deep: Solo Run
Browser game
A browser-based robotics simulator built on the FIRST Tech Challenge season Into the Deep. Play it with a controller or keyboard.
Cypher (23350, 2025–26). Our DECODE robot, which competed at the FIRST Central Texas Area Championship and the FIRST World Championship. I partially redesigned the drive pods with feedback lights, hub mounts with wire access, handles and a redesigned battery and power-switch mount. I also designed the servo-driven belted turret and the tilt mechanism, which took six iterations.
Cypher on the field.The tilt mechanism.Shooting at the goal.
Squeaker (22370, 2024–25). A low-profile Into the Deep robot on a 3D printed chassis. Every part modeled in Fusion 360, with a worm-gear pivoting linear slide that cannot backdrive, and a passive claw. Java control with RoadRunner paths and odometry-verified cycles. I was lead designer, builder, programmer and driver. It earned 3rd place Inspire at the FiT Central Semi-Area in Corpus Christi.
Railer (23350). An experimental robot with a coaxial carbon-fiber arm on a 360° turret that sorts aluminum cans with a differential claw. The arm started belt-driven and moved to gears.
Railer.
Cheesy Jane (23350, 2025–26). A DECODE robot: a high-speed flywheel on a servo-driven turret, an active intake and a modular pass-through indexing tunnel. I designed the turret and indexing system.
Cheesy Jane.
VEX U robot
CAD · no team yet
I planned to start a VEX U team and couldn’t get it off the ground, but I designed most of the robot in CAD anyway.
Lift and claw.Drivetrain and intake.Rear.Top view.
A faster, more chaotic Connect 4. A mechanical coin sorter separates colors, one servo ejects through a linkage and gear train, and a move timer keeps both players and the audience on edge. Electronics are an Arduino Nano, a button, an LCD and a servo. It is mostly 3D printed, with simple shapes designed with injection molding in mind.
The site you are on: a single-page site with no framework, hosted on Vercel and deployed from GitHub on every push.
MATH 140 course map
School project · DIGI 230 team map
An interactive map of one unit of MATH 140, The Geometry of Physical Space, showing where an AI hint tool belongs in the class and where it does not. It includes a working proof-hint tool. A team project for DIGI 230, hosted on Vercel.
Three guitars built from body kits, each one more customized than the last: alpha natural, bravo blue, and charlie copper, which has a hand-carved body and custom pickguard. They were where I learned electrical and mechanical basics for instruments.
Alpha, natural.Bravo, blue.Charlie, copper.
FIRST Robotics
Six seasons across FRC and FTC, from rookie to the World Championship, plus a season mentoring younger teams.
DECODE season. I designed the servo-driven belted turret, improved the modular drivetrain pods with lights and visual feedback, added a compact kickstand for endgame, stabilized the mounts for control systems and batteries, added transport handles and designed the yellow camera mount. I was also the alliance’s human player for most matches.
Inspire Award, 1st — League TournamentInspire Award, 2nd — Regional ChampionshipWinning Alliance Captain — League TournamentFIRST World Championship
Cypher, the 23350 DECODE robot. Photo: @microchipsandquesoHuman player. Photo: @firstintexas2026 alumni.
2024 – 2026
FRC · Build and programming
#9444
I competed from Crescendo through part of Rebuilt, and left the team during the Rebuilt season. I built and programmed robots, including the Java teleop base for the Rebuilt robot, which finished as the 5th alliance captain. I also restored a broken-down chassis into a rideable robot, then built and programmed it.
Rookie Inspiration Award — FIT District San Antonio, 2024Rising All-Star Award — FIT District San Antonio, 2025
Into the Deep season. Team lead on a three-person team: CAD, code, driving and documentation. We aimed to show that a low-budget team can compete using 3D printing. See Squeaker above.
3rd Place Inspire Award — FiT Central Semi-Area, Corpus Christi (2024–25)
Inspire 3rd place.In the pit.Judging.
Dec 2023 – Jun 2024
FTC · Robotics engineer
#20739 Pixelated
CENTERSTAGE season. CAD engineer, 3D printing and robot building. The Control Award and the semifinals win came at the same events.
Control AwardWinning Alliance Partner — Semifinals
Pixelated 20739 robot with its arm extended.Scoring on the backdrop.
Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
FTC · Mentor
Mentor to #22370, #20739 and #27524
Taught CAD, electronics and technical skills to students in grades 6–12 across three sister teams.
Resume
Education, FIRST record, projects and community service on one page.
MakerWorld5,000+ downloads · 1.5K likes · 3K model prints
Community service
45.5 verified volunteer hours across four organizations, from a food bank kitchen to a robotics camp.
Verified hours
45.5
Organizations
4
Hours with the San Antonio Food Bank
17
Hours at Cornerstone Christian Schools
20
Jul 2022 – Apr 2023
17 hours · 4 shifts
San Antonio Food Bank
Community Kitchen at Haven for Hope: food prep, meal service and dining area cleanup (12 hours over two Saturdays).
Warehouse sorting (2.5 hours).
Community Farm & Garden (2.5 hours).
Dec 2022
3.5 hours
Winter Wonderland Community Event
Set up and took down the event at the Tobin Recreation Center and handed out hats and gloves.
Aug 2024 – Apr 2025
20 hours
Cornerstone Christian Schools
Science lab upkeep: cleanup, organization, kits, maintenance, building shelves and mentoring (16 hours).
Classroom furniture assembly (4 hours).
May 2025
5 hours
Makers of the Future
Volunteered at a robotics camp.
Hours come from signed service project forms, San Antonio Food Bank proof-of-service letters and a volunteer-hours memo. Copies of the original documentation are available on request.
