Allen Naliath

I am the programming captain of Saint John's High School's FIRST Robotics team. FTC Team 12589, Pioneer Robotics, is a four-year-old team. In 2019, Pioneer Robotics triumphed at the state level and proceeded to the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Detroit. We went 7-2 and placed 20th in the world out of thousands of teams. Team 12589 had the best autonomous program in the world, which demonstrated our hard work and programming ability. As a programmer, I've become proficient in Java from robot development. I also spend time performing multivariate data analysis prior to and during competitions. I am able to learn so much from robotics, and to be a part of a world-class team is an opportunity which I am very grateful for. 

Our team often participates in outreach. We attend many events in order to spread STEM, its applications, and the values of our team and of the FIRST organization. We attend events like TouchTomorrow at WPI, or the MIT's Robot Zoo at the Cambridge Science Festival. We mentor local FTC teams and teach them to perform at the State Championship level. I spend most of my time after school at our student-driven robotics meetings, where we are able to learn from other like-minded students in a positive environment with lots of facilities. My experience with Team 12589 has been a great one so far, and I hope to accomplish so much more in the rest of my time with the team.