My interest in robotics began much later. I didn't grow up with building robots, and I never discovered my passion for engineering in elementary school. It all started during my freshman year of high school. I could never have imagined that, only a year later, I would be building a team of my own. More importantly, I never imagined that this journey would bring me to all of the wonderful people, whom I would have the privilege of building something together.

Perhaps that's why we’ve always encouraged everyone on our team to try things they haven't done before. I know what it feels like to start with almost no experience, because that's exactly where I started. I emphasize this a lot - it doesn't matter if you had no prior experience when you first joined, what matters the most is your passion in this field. :)

Beyond the robot itself, I really appreciate how we have different approaches to the same problem. Occasionally, our first ideas didn't work, and we have to spend more time to go beyond the surface of the problem. We always compromise our ideas. Knowing that everyone had made meaningful contributions make everything more rewarding. 

I anticipate our robot construction to outlast any single season. Every lesson we learn and every mistake we write down is something the next members will inherit. I encourage them to question it, challenge it, and build something better.

So let’s keep building. And if something goes wrong, well, we how to handle them. :)

Kenneth Yunheng Liu 

President of Mayday

Elite Preparatory Academy