Outer Galaxy

About Outer Galaxy

Overview

Outer Galaxy (FTC 18241) is an all-girls FTC team based out of Marlton, New Jersey. 2020 year was our rookie season and we are currently we are into our 5^th season. Our team has progressively grown to become one of the top performing unit amongst the 180+ competing FTC teams in the state of New Jersey.
We have benefited as a team with a lot of learning experience not only from the technical perspective but also on various ways our team can make a positive impact to the community. We have multiple initiatives to empower girls and young children in STEM through robotics.

Team Members

FTC 18241 is a community team comprised of six versatile middle and high school students. We are an all girls team covering broad spectrum of roles and responsibilities that are integral part of FIRST Tech Challenge.

Nidhi M Captain & Build Lead Nidhi is our team captain and an high school junior. Nidhi joined FTC because she enjoys robotics as she has participated in FLL and WRO and loved the experience she had. She is interested in the building, design, software and outreach aspects of FTC plus robotics in general. She considers FTC as a unique platform that provides continuous learning opportunities and develop technical as well as interpersonal skills. Nidhi has always loved robotics and STEM and one day hopes to be a Robotics Engineer. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, baking and dance.

Laya V Prototyping Lead Laya is a high school sophomore and into the third season with our team. She is part of the software team and has the key role of brainstorming the autonomous missions. She leads creation of software algorithms and shares programming responsibilities with the team.

Aditi G Analytics Lead Aditi is a 8th grader in Harrington Middle School. She is the Analytics Lead for the team. She primary build season responsibilities include design and build. She also supports the team with programming tasks. Something she loves about robotics is that there are so many different and creative ideas one can use to develop a robot. In Outer Galaxy, she is currently learning CAD and different mechanisms needed to build a robot. She enjoys doing outreaches and interacting with more people. Outside robotics she plays tennis, dance, and also likes to paint. Aditi would like to pursue a career in medicine and hopes to be a surgeon.




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Nishi A Software Lead - TeleOp Nishi is a high school senior at the Edison Academy Magnet School. She leads the TeleOp programming on Outer Galaxy and also contributes in CAD design and 3D printing. Outside of robotics, she enjoys baking, reading, and playing puzzles! In the future, she hopes to develop robotic and autonomous systems for space development.

Brooke H Design Lead Brooke is a high school senior at Cherokee High School. She is on the design & build team. She has been leading the design of the robots and uses Onshape to validate the design ideas before implementation by build team.

Anshithaa L Software Lead - Autonomous Anshithaa is in grade 8 at Rosa International Middle School. She is the lead for autonomous programming on the team. Some of the tasks she performs during the season include sub-system prototyping, brainstorming and team outreaches.


Outer Galaxy has multiple sub teams and focus areas i.e. Design, Build, Software, Strategy, Analytics, Prototyping, Outreach, Sponsorships, Industry Engagement and Marketing. All team members usually collaborate with each other and assist in all aspects of the FIRST Tech Challenge competition including outreach, marketing, technical, documentation, etc.

Strategy & Programming: Develops strategy for the season as well as leads the discussion to define a team strategy to achieve the season game mission. Team brainstorms different algorithms and approaches to meet mission tasks. Programming team develops the software for the robot to navigate as well as to operate the various mechanisms installed to execute the mission. The programs are developed in incremental manner to start with smaller simple tasks advancing on to complex autonomous and teleOp programs.

Design & Build: Collaborate with other teams to evaluate different robot design ideas. Design the robot using Onshape CAD software. Build the robot using wide array of parts from kits, custom made, etc.

Marketing & Community Engagement: MCE team will develop materials to showcase the FTC team to various audiences including sponsors, social media, prospective team members, etc.


We are always interested in passionate new members to join our team for 2024-25 FTC season. Please contact us at team@outergalaxy.org if you are interested in joining our team.


TITAN: 2024 Centerstage Robot



COACHES & MENTORS

Deepak M - Head Coach & Mentor

Mr. Deepak is the coach and advisor for our team. He provides guidance, support and advises the team on various aspects of First Tech Challenge. His aim is to provide the team with lots of learning opportunities.




2024-25 Season Mentors

• New season mentors to be added here soon