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VT CRO

Competitive Robotics Organization at Virginia Tech

WHAT WE ARE

VT CRO is a interdisciplinary robotics design team organization at Virginia Tech which contains 5 designs teams across 2 lab spaces.

Sponsored by Boeing.

OUR 3 CORE PRINCIPLES

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RELIABILITY

Before creating anything, the reliability of the robot is considered first and last.

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SIMPLICITY

Complexity is the enemy; if any component can be simplified, reduced, or removed, it will be.

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moDULARITY

Each component shall be replaceable and repairable. If any single component fails, it must be easy to fix.

TWO TEAMS

Engineering • operations
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THE ENGINEERING TEAM

Led by Maxwell Kawada, the engineering team is responsible for creating the robot to compete in IEEE SoutheastCon.

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THE OPERATIONS TEAM

Led by Tyler Kraics, the operations team covers all marketing, recruitment, fund raising, and administration of VT CRO.

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