SHIVA

Before the giants, there was the Destroyer. In the Hindu pantheon, Shiva is the force that dissolves the old to make way for the new—and this 500g Mini Sumo platform did exactly that. As our first contact with competitive robotics, it was the divine spark that ignited our journey. Built on the ATmega32u4 architecture, Shiva was the laboratory where we mastered the fundamentals of autonomous combat. Though it now rests, its spirit lives on in every line of code and every mechanical design that followed. It wasn't just a robot; it was the foundation upon which our entire empire was built.