On this website, you can read about some amazing projects made by Xan Giuliani and William Banquier!

These projects go from making robots that go very fast, to robots that can watch your every move.

We are interested in Robotics, Internet of Things, and Making Cool Stuff.

We also compete in Vex Robotics Competitions!

Below are brief descriptions along with some photos of our more recent projects, take a look!

The goal of this robot was to be able to drive it remotely while seeing through a camera connected to it. For this project we learned how to use different circuit chips (Specifically, we ended up using the L293DNE to drive the DC motors making up the drive train in both directions), and we learned a lot about raspberry pis/arduinos. The end product used some pre-existing software to remotely connect to the raspberry pi through the internet, and a python program written up by the both of us to drive the robot through the remote connection, and show the camera feed live.

This robot was our competition robot for the 2021-2022 Vex Robotics Competition. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there were no official competitions throughout the year, however we were invited to participate in an unofficial competition with a few nearby schools. We were only informed of the competition two weeks in advance so our robot was mostly a rush job, but we still managed to achieve fourth place in the competition. The robot had grabber arms at the front to pick up and move mobile goals to gain points in the competition, and a belt going through the middle that was meant to pick up rings and put them on the goals. With it being such a rushed build, the measurements and calculations weren't perfect so the belt was not used to its utmost potential, however the robot still preformed very well for our team. The build was designed by William and Xan, as well as our other robotics teammates Johnathan L. and Will F. The coding was done by William and the robot was piloted by Xan.

In an attempt to get more members for the Robotics Club we made a robot to do the work for us … we designed and made the robot in less than a week, mainly with aesthetics in mind.

Throughout the project, we learned about integrating different electronic systems into our robotics. We used an Arduino connected to an Adafruit NeoPixel to make a light show with some LED strips that would help grab people's attention, and we used the VRC V5 robotics parts for the driving and controlling of the robot.

We laser cut an acrylic roof with a very well-designed logo etched into the roof as well as some information about our club. We also laser-cut the sides of the robot out of wood, and the rounded piece on the front was also made of wood but used a specific laser-cut design to make it bendable.

This project was inspired by Xan's complaint about the prices of glasses frames. Glasses frames are incredibly overpriced at most stores in Toronto, and this seems to be a prevalent issue in the world. To deal with this problem, we set a goal to design our own 3D model glasses frames for 3D printing. Through this project, William and Xan both developed their skills with Fusion 360, using it to make sleek and resizable models as well as moving parts such as hinges for the glasses.