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title: Darth Raider
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**Darth Raider** was a 4-foot-tall 120lb robot that myself and a group of friends designed, built, and programmed at [*Raider Robotics*](https://raiderrobotics.org/?utm_source=ewpratten.com) back in 2020. I personally lead software development for the project, and also played a key part in guiding the physical design of the robot.

<img src="/images/projects/darthraider.png" alt="Darth Raider" style="max-width:400px;">

**Darth Raider** carried a 15-4-0 WLT record, and was ranked #1 at the *FIRST Robotics Humber College ONT District Event*. This success ranked Raider Robotics as the 8th best robotics team in all of Canada for the 2020 competition season.

## High-Level Features

- On the fly autonomous path planning & following
- Real-time global position estimation
- Environmentally reactive aim compensation
- Highly coordinated intra-system game piece handling