XRP Design Challenge Judges

Hello SparkFan!

We're excited to announce our team of all-star judges for the XRP Design Challenge! Besides being robotics experts in their own rights, each judge brings years of diverse experience and a special flair that makes them perfect for the challenge. Stick around, because we've also got some early submissions from the challenge to give you some inspiration!

Shawn Hymel

Shawn is a machine learning DevRel engineer, instructor, and university program manager at Edge Impulse. He creates compelling technical videos, courses, and workshops around edge machine learning that inspire engineers of all skill levels. He can be found giving talks, running workshops, and swing dancing in his free time.

Dryw Wade

Dryw is SparkFun's engineer behind the XRP, among many other products. He is a maker, and has a special interest in robotics. Dryw competed in FIRST robotics in high school, and continues to volunteer at events and as a mentor.

Rob Reynolds

Rob Reynolds is a wellknown content creator and embedded electronics influencer. Rob has been at SparkFun since 2015 and has developed hundreds of projects, videos, and tutorials. With an extensive background in the arts, his unique skill set lends itself to content that is as entertaining, amusing, and often ridiculous, as it is informative and technically helpful.

Brad Miller

Brad Miller is a software developer who has worked on robotics engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute since 2006. In 2009, he created WPILib, the set of software libraries used by all teams in FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition). He has also taught classes in robotics engineering and advised numerous projects at WPI. More recently, Brad was one of the developers who helped create the XRP kit.

Travis Foss

Travis Foss has worked at Digi-Key Electronics since 2011. Over the past 13 years, he has held various
positions throughout the company including 6 years of those years being technical focused in the
Information Management, Electronics Technician, Product Manager, and Technical Marketing roles. In
his role in Technical Marketing, his focus is on Maker and STEM products along with helping with the
Maker.io Website.

The submissions are coming in!

We've got some great submissions coming in already. Here's just a few that meet the criteria we are looking for - thanks to everyone who has already submitted!

Remember...

The contest officially runs from June 16th - August 17th. We can't wait to see what you'll make! Submit your projects here on Printables!

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