About

Landroids’ Team History

Age as of Jan. 1, 2010

Landroids Members
Stanley Cheung (Programmer, Electronics and Sensors) Age: 13
This is my 4th season with Landroids, hanging out with my friends. I can program in NXT-G and RobotC.  I   like to play video games, participate in chess games, and figure out how things work. I also play violin and like to go biking. This school year, I participated in many running events. My specialty in the team is to strategize robot missions, understand all rules, and debugging the programs. I also take care of the backup robot programming in NXT-G or RobotC, alternate strategies, and electronic prototypes. My slogan is “Innovation is created by limitation”.
Jeffrey Dong (Documentation, Engineering Notebook, Video Essay) Age: 13
My specialty in the team is documenting the team progress and compiling the video essay.I like watching sports such as baseball and keeping active. At school, my favorite subjects are English and History. Outside of school, I enjoy listening to music and socializing with friends. When I’m free, I play with my Xbox 360, and play basketball with my friends. Athletically, I play tennis and swim competitively (spending most of my non-school time in the pool). I have also been playing the violin and piano for 6 ½ years.
Gage Farestad (LEGO Digital Designer, PTC, Graphics Rendering) Age: 13
I love science and math. I am good with public speaking, making PowerPoint, editing in Photoshop and prepare graphics presentation. I am currently learning Chinese (not that we speak Chinese on the team, but at least I understand it). This will be my 4th season on the team, my focus this year is LEGO Digital Design and PTC, taking care of all the graphics and CAD renderings for the team. In my free time, l like to read or enjoy outdoor activities.  When I grow up, I hope to be an architect.
Brian Lee (Programmer, Prototype Board, Senosors) Age: 13
I like learning about science and math-related subjects. I can program in NXT-G, RobotC, Labview and Java, and also work with electronic components.  I play cello in the NJ Youth Orchestra and the NJ All State Intermediate Orchestra. I love to read, and also like to play tennis in my spare time. In the future, I would like to be in a science-related field.
Vijay Menon (Robot Builder, Driver and Strategist) Age: 13
This is my first season with Landroids. I had moved from Portland, OR in June, 2010. I have had three years of FLL experience and one year of FTC experience with “Short Circuits” before.  At school, my favorite subjects are math and science. My hobbies include playing tennis, swimming, reading, playing the piano and clarinet, as well as playing video games. I also enjoy making movies on iMOVIE. I the future, I would like to follow up with a role in the engineering field.
Sam Yang (Robot Builder, Driver) Age: 14
This is my first season with Landroids.  I have one year of FTC experience with a high school team.
Karlin Yeh (Lead Robot Designer, Builder and Programmer) Age: 13
I love science and enjoy intricate and challenging building projects, and come up with innovative solutions. I can program in RoboLab, NXT-G, RobotC and Labview and now learning Java. In early 2010, I started to mentor a FTC team in robot design and construction. Most recently, I built a Cupcake machines to do 3-D printing.  I mostly enjoy water sports such as scuba diving, windsurfing, snorkeling, fishing, racing my OpenBic sailboat and kayaking. I also like archery, reading, mountain biking (built my own bike), downhill skiing and spend a lot of time breeding fish (or killing them). In the future, I would probably like to be in ocean or marine science types of engineering fields.
John Yeh (Robotics Coach)
Probably the biggest kid in the bunch. I am a computer engineer in hardware design, just love to work with my hands tinkering with things (even if they are not broken).
Pearl Hwang (Judging Coach)
Also knowns as the team admin & coordinator. I am a civil engineer specialized in land development, spending weekends managing the team and picking up their LEGO pieces.
Age as of Jan. 1, 2010
Landroids’ Alumni
Gregory Vuong (8/07 – 12/09) Age: 14  (Lead Writer and Presenter)
I have been playing with LEGO since pre-school but somehow still get frustrated by how hard it is sometimes to put pieces together the way I envision them. I spent a summer learning RoboLab and it has helped me in programming in NXT-G as well. In school, I am in the band and play basketball. For the Smart Move season, I have learned to use LabView for data analysis.  After 3 seasons with this team, I have decided to devote more time in my school work, in order to maintain a perfect GPA.
Zachary Katz (8/07 – 3/09) Age: 12 (Robot Designer and Handler, Programmer, Lead Researcher)
I was in another FLL team in 2006 before joining this new but very competitive team in 2007. I love competitive swimming, tennis, soccer, skiing and also play piano. I have an extremely busy school and activity schedule but still managed to spend time in FLL. However, in 2009, I have decided to concentrate on swimming Zone, but I still hang out with the team whenever I can during the summer. In the future, I would like to be an architect or an engineer because I like designing and building rockets, robots, houses, bridges, and amusement parks.
Jonathan Chen (8/07 – 12/08) Age: 14 (Presentation Board Designer)
My strengths are in building and working with my hands, especially working with LEGO. I enjoy making PowerPoint and building robots. For fun, I like to read, ski, play violin and piano, ripstick, golf, scooter, bike, play strategy games and video games. My favorite animals are seals, koalas, dogs, and platypuses. In the future, I would like to be a business person, dentist, or an architect.

Age as of Jan. 1, 2010