Meet The Team!

Hello, my name is Rhea Arora, I am 17 years old and I am a coder on team 17036. I have participated in FLL for three years and I was part of team 14498 three years ago. Outside of robotics, I play lacrosse, golf, dance, and play tennis. My hobbies are baking/singing. I look forward to next year's challenge.

Hello! My name is Zachary Blackman. I am 17 years old from Voorhees, NJ, and I started my robotics journey at the age of six. I am a senior at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees, NJ. At school, I am a part of many clubs. My out-of-school hobbies include 3-D printing (which I picked up from Robotech), listening to music, hanging out with my friends, and playing vinyl records.  At the age of six, I found Robotech at a mall show as they were presenting all of the different machines, robots, and Legos they used to teach young kids about STEAM. Right after, I joined. I am officially one of Robotech's longest current running members as I have been a member of the club for the last 11 years. Three years ago I was moved up to FTC and have enjoyed being a part of the team, making friends, and expanding my expertise in FTC, robotics, and design. This year, I plan to learn even more about 3-D design and building. I am the head designer on the team this year where I use Onshape to lead the CAD team to design the robot. I am excited for the next FTC season: DECODE™!

Hi! My name is Claire Li. I’m a 15 year old sophomore at Cherry Hill High School East, and I’m the programming captain of the team. I'm also learning computer-aided design and involved in our outreach efforts. I’ve been on Anomaly for 2 years, and this will be my 4th year in FTC. Previously, I participated in Lego and VexIQ robotics at Robotech. This season, I’m looking forward to diving deeper into programming by learning how to use camera vision in conjunction with the motion-profiling library PedroPathing. At school, I'm involved in DECA, Science Olympiad, and choir. In my free time, I like to program apps, sing, and try new foods. I’m really excited to head into Decode and see how Anomaly grows. 

My name is Katherine Gao and I am 15 years old. I attend Cherry Hill High School East as a sophomore. A few of my hobbies are playing sports such as volleyball and soccer, making music whether it is with a whole orchestra, quartet, or just by myself, and painting. I am a part of the Cherry Hill High School East girls freshman soccer team & am a part of the orchestral auditioned group Symphony. Before FTC I participated in FLL and VEX, these experiences hooked me onto robotics and allowed me to join the FTC team. This year will be my 4rd year in FTC. I am currently a part of the Build and CAD team however I would like to look at the programming aspect of FTC this year. In the future, I still don’t know what I would like to become. However, being on this FTC team makes me want to pursue a career in STEAM. I am very excited for the game DECODE and I believe that the rest of my team is not only excited but ready to take on this game. 

Hello, My name is Liam McCarroll and I am from Haddonfield, NJ. I am 15 years old and I go to Haddonfield Memorial High School. This is my second year on the 17036 Anomaly team and I hope to be a good coder of the robot. Some activities I do outside of robotics are rock climbing, soccer, and hanging out with my friends. I look forward to all the work and challenges of the competition season this year.

Good Day, my name is Vraj Parikh, and I am from Marlton, New Jersey. I am in Cherokee High School and I am 15 years old. I am in 10th grade. I hope to be a good builder and CADer on the 17036 anomaly team, and this is my second year. I like karate, building things out of stuff, and coding in Python. I also like to play video games and watch TV while hanging out with my friends. I did Lego summer camps, and I have done a VEX competition. I hope it is a successful year for the 17036 anomaly team.