How a weekend sketch grew into an award-winning UGV for TEKNOFEST 2025: the people, the welds, the code — and why the little details (like PLA tracks with latex pads) mattered.
From a wobbly breadboard and cheap DC motors to a clean CAD, modular battery pack, and a stable control loop. What we built, how it evolved, and what I personally learned and shipped.
VEGA — My First Big UAV Competition (TEKNOFEST 2022, Adana)
A field diary from TEKNOFEST 2022: what I actually built (autonomy, HSV-based vision, navigation, payload drop), what failed, what worked, and why this was a starting point for me.