2/24/2026 5 PM - project explanation

I will begin to tell you all the important things about the construction of the robot, following a small timeline. In each post, I will add detailed explanations of everything I did and the context of the moment.

2/24/2026 6:09 PM - contexto previo

During my childhood, I was fascinated by technology and outer space. I remember once my father took my brother and me to a planetarium; it was an incredible experience. Despite that, I never considered creating anything myself because it seemed too difficult. Years passed, and I started at a new school. There, I had a radical change in mindset and began to take risks. While in a computer class where we had to create a blog about a topic of our choice, I decided to research NASA rovers. Then I began to design my own rover. (esto lo hice durante unas 2 semanas) When I told my parents about the idea, they s

upported me and encouraged me to create it.

2/24/2026 6:33 PM - expanding horizons

After having the idea in my head for a while, I got out of bed and said I would make the robot, and I started planning the idea. I told my father about it and he said he would buy me a 3D printer if I got good grades, so I started drawing my ideas during class and watched Blender videos to learn how to design in 3D (in total drawing ideas and learning Blender I spent about 47 hours, 13 hours drawing and 24 learning the basics, these are hours accumulated during the weeks that this stage lasted)

2/24/2026 6:55 PM - 3d modeling

After that I started developing the first versions of the robot's 3D model. In total, I spent 56 hours modeling, accumulated over the months I spent improving the mechanisms. Up until that point, I didn't have the printer, so I couldn't start printing the parts.

2/24/2026 7 PM - 3d printer

terminando el 3er bimestre del 4to año de secundaria, mi padre me compro mi impresora 3d, una creality k1c, saque un promedio final de 16.4, empeze a realizar pruebas para aprender sobre la impresora,durante esta etapa imprimi varias cosas, nada demasiado interesante, total de horas acumualdas: 90

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2/24/2026 8 PM - inspiration

During the planning period, there was a teacher who always talked to us about aiming higher, studying abroad, and so on, since education in my country isn't the best. So one night, while having dinner with my father, I told him about my idea to create the robot to apply to MIT. My father supported the idea and told me he would enroll me in English classes the following year so I could apply. I told my geography teacher, the one who had initially inspired me, about the robot and asked him about presenting it, since I wanted to inspire others with my creation. He said he could get me a classroom once the robot was finished so I could show my project to the younger students. (Here's a message from the teacher that I'll use in the documentary.)