Sherwin Salemi

FIRST Robotics

FIRST Robotics is one of the largest student robotics competitions for high schoolers. I competed in FIRST all four years of high school on two teams, where I led manufacturing and designed key subsystem robots on one team, while leading the software team for the other.

Placed 3rd in the World in 2023
Placed 1st in San Diego in 2023 and 2024
Won Control Award at 2023 World Championship
Won Think Award at 2023 World Championship
Placed 1st in the Ochoa Division at 2023 World Championship

Odometry module I designed, use to track the robot's position as it drives across the playing field

Odometry side plate machined on my CNC router

FEA Analysis used to ensure the ribs were strong enough to withstand dynamic loading

Robot A-Frame subassembly I designed to be extremely rigid while remaining lightweight

Queueing for a match at the 2024 World Championships in Houston

Diagram of the finite state machine I implemented on our 2023 robot, which won the Control Award for its software at the World Championship

Sherwin Salemi