Benjamin Elmore

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VEX U Robotics

California Baptist University

Vice President, CBU Robotics · Software Engineer, CBU1

Benjamin Elmore has been Vice President of CBU Robotics since October 2026 and a software engineer for CBU1, the VEX U robotics team at California Baptist University: drivetrain and navigation software from fall 2025, then ARC sensor firmware from August 2026.

Members of the CBU1 VEX U team posed in team polos at the 2026 VEX Robotics World Championship in St. Louis, with two of the team robots held up in the front row.
CBU1-01Members of the CBU1 VEX U team at the 2026 VEX Robotics World Championship in St. Louis.

Roles

Vice President

Since

  • Coordinating engineering milestones across the build, electronics and software sub-teams and supporting engineers in meeting deadlines.
  • Supporting the planning of team events, competitions and participation in the VEX U World Championship.
  • Helping prepare the weekly Responsible Engineer updates for the team.
The full CBU Robotics team in matching navy club shirts, standing in three rows in a university building lobby.
CBU1-02The full CBU Robotics team, November 2026.

Software Engineer

Since

C++ development for the competition robots on PROS and for ARC on ESP-IDF. Focus has progressed from robot control to communication between sensors, the custom team board and the V5 Brain.

Drivetrain and navigation, fall 2025

  • His first assignment on the team was driver controls, a PID function and point-to-point navigation for the competition robot base, written in C++ on PROS, the environment for the V5 Brain.

ARC sensor firmware, from August 2026

  • He is the sole author of ARC (ARSENAL Runtime Code), the firmware for the ESP32-S3 board designed by the CBU electronics team.
  • He co-designed the RS-485 protocol with the teammate who writes the V5 Brain software. He also works with the electronics team on the board interfaces.
  • Bench results, the packet format and the data path are on the ARC overview.

Tools: C++, PROS, ESP-IDF, FreeRTOS, PlatformIO, ESP32-S3, I²C, UART, RS-485, Git

The seven CBU Robotics leads in navy club shirts, sitting and standing along a wooden bench in front of a carved CBU wall sign.The seven CBU Robotics leads in navy club shirts, standing in a staggered line with arms crossed in front of a dotted world map wall.
CBU1-03CBU1-04CBU Robotics leads at California Baptist University, November 2026.

Next project: ARC →