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FIRST Robotics Competition โ€‹

Over six years in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), I evolved from a motivated rookie to a strategic leader, accumulating regional finalists, world championship qualifications, and 10+ awards across 6 seasons.

Starting in 2020, I served as the program leader for Team 8011 and won the Championship in the We RoboStar League. In the 2021 season, as team captain, I earned the Rookie Game Changer Award for our innovative technologies and professional spirits during the INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge.

In 2022, I co-founded Team 8811 alongside the former captain of Team 6386. Unfortunately, the Hangzhou Regional shifted to an online format, so we could not compete that year. However, in the 2023 season, we competed in the 2023 FRC Off-Season China and secured a 3rd Prize.

For the 2024 season, I joined Team 6399 as a Programming Mentor and guided the team to win the Engineering Inspiration Award. In 2025, I contributed to both Team 8214 and Team 9635. Across four regionals, we achieved one Finalist placement and three additional awards. Both teams advanced to the Houston Championship, with Team 8214 reaching the Division Finalist as alliance captain and earning the Industrial Design Award.

Though Iโ€™ve since retired from FRC, my passion for robotics remains as strong as ever.

๐Ÿš€ Annual Robots โ€‹

2025 Trouble & Sideway โ€‹

For FRC 2025 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect the Coral (PVC pipe) or the Algae (rubber ball) and place.

Background / Recap /

๐Ÿ”ฎ Mechanism-level Action Visualization based on TF tree

๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Custom Node Selection Panel: Cyber Selector

๐Ÿ† Regional Finalists and Creativity Award in 2025 Bosphorus Regional (9635)

๐Ÿ† Autonomous Award in 2025 ฤฐstanbul Regional and Industrial Design Award in 2025 Shanghai Regional (8214)


2024 Defiant โ€‹

Background / Recap /

For FRC 2024 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect the Note (squishy ring) and shoot to the speaker or to the amplifier.

โš™๏ธ AprilTag based VO and IMU Coupled Localization

๐Ÿ† Engineering Inspiration Award in 2024 FRC Off-season China


2022 Yuan Bot โ€‹

Background / Preview /

For FRC 2022 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect and shoot the CARGO (oversized tennis ball) to the hub.

๐ŸŽฏ Custom Scouting App: Yuan Scout


2022 Kylin โ€‹

Background /

For FRC 2022 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect and shoot the CARGO (oversized tennis ball) to the hub.

๐Ÿ† Excellence in Engineering Award in 2022 FRC Hangzhou Regional


2021 Kylin โ€‹

Background / Recap /

For FRC 2021 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect the Power Cell (foam ball) and shoot to the power port.

๐Ÿ† Rookie Game Changer Award in 2021 INFINITE RECHARGE At Home Challenge


2020 Kylin โ€‹

Background /

For FRC 2020 game rules, the mission of the robot is to collect the Power Cell (foam ball) and shoot to the power port.

๐Ÿ† Champion in 2020 WE RoboStar Robotics League

Command Bot: A Command-Based Robot Framework โ€‹

Github / Demo /

Command Bot is a framework with standardized hardware interfaces, factory-patterned subsystems and command-based control flow. Enabling flexible hardware abstraction and seamless switching between real and simulated environments.

GitHub Repo stars


Cyber Selector: Custom Node Selection Panel โ€‹

GUI (High Contrast) / GUI (Macaroon) /

Cyber โ€‹โ€‹Selector is a custom node selection panel for selecting item placement, setting robot states, and indicating remaining time.


Cyber Planner: TOPP based Arm Motion Planner โ€‹

Github / Report /

Cyber Planner is based on a finite convex polygon set representation of objects, Lipschitz continuous artificial potential field, and time-optimal path parameterization.

GitHub Repo stars


Yuan Scout: FRC Data Collection Software โ€‹

Github / GUI /

The wechat miniprogram provides a separate account for every team to collect, upload, browse, contrast, analyze, and export data during the FRC match.

GitHub Repo stars

๐Ÿšด Connections โ€‹

Layton Cai

Layton Cai

Captain @ FRC8011

Yue Peng

Yue Peng

Co-founder @ FRC8811

Fujun Ruan

Fujun Ruan

Mentor @ FRC8214

Rocky Xu

Rocky Xu

Mentor @ FRC8214

MirrorCY

MirrorCY

Mentor @ FRC8214

Waipok Fu

Waipok Fu

Youth Mentor @ FRC8214

Borong Xu

Borong Xu

Alumni @ FRC5449