During my first year as a mechanical engineer, I competed in a robotics competition as part of a team of 4 students, aiming to create a robot that interacts with the environment using an Arduino sensor, with judging based on an overall audience satisfaction score. The level of creativity for this competition was very open, and my team chose to create a robot that responded to a dynamic environment using colored squares along a track to pick up and transport paper clips using an electromagnet. A member of the audience arranged different-colored squares along the track next to paperclips and specified which colors the robot should stop at to pick up specific paperclips. Once the robot reached the end of the track, the Arduino sensor would cut power to the electromagnet holding the paperclips, ending the demonstration. The most challenging aspect of the competition was the strict material constraints: the robot's structure could only be composed of parts from a LEGO Mindstorms kit, with one allowed 3D-printed part. With this limitation, the robot's design was kept to a minimum, prioritizing a stable frame that could support its own weight and the electromagnet. I gained the most value from working in a team setting, as we gained experience in communication and responsibility.