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4th Dimension — FRC Team 6429
Java robot software, engineering leadership, and STEAM outreach with İzmir’s FRC Team 6429 — from the competition field to classrooms and community projects.
Team · 4th Dimension · 6429
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01 / The question
How can a robotics team turn competition engineering into shared learning and community impact?
02 / My contribution
Engineering Projects Sub-Team Lead & Senior Java Programmer · Jan 2023 – Jul 2025. Led a 4-person Engineering Projects subteam within FRC Team 6429.
03 / Technical approach
- Progressed from Software Intern to Engineering Projects Lead — Java-based autonomous/teleop robot software, led the Poseidon project.
At İzmir-based FRC Team 6429, engineering extended beyond the competition robot: shared learning, environmental projects, and access to STEAM across generations.
Beyond the competition field
7'den 77'ye STEM
Taught robotics and coding to children at public primary schools in disadvantaged areas, bringing hands-on STEM learning into their classrooms.
STEM across generations
Brought the same outreach model to elderly care homes, making science and technology a shared learning experience across generations.
4D Exhibit
Showcased primary-school pupils' paintings, connecting artistic expression with science and technology through the STEM-to-STEAM approach.
4Dathon
Established a hackathon format where students tackled problems and competed through web development, turning their ideas into working projects.
Poseidon
Led the team's environmental engineering project. Its catamaran platform is designed to clean surface pollution in harbors, river mouths, and marinas, bringing together mechanics, electronics, programming, and AI.
Reported team-wide reach: approximately 4 million people across three years of projects and events.
04 / Outcome & recognition
Led a 4-person Engineering Projects subteam within FRC Team 6429. The FRC team won the Engineering Inspiration Award at the 2025 FIRST Championship (Galileo Division) and was a FIRST Impact Award finalist in 2024. Its Haliç Regional results include the 2025 Team Sustainability Award and the 2024 Regional FIRST Impact Award.