mechanical/electrical systems
How did your team ensure reliability and durability in your robots design?
By trying to be prepared and running tests
How does your team approach maintenance and troubleshooting during competition?
-Checklists
-Pit crew
How does your team contribute to the FRC community around you?
-COGs
-Run 6 FLL teams
What makes your community unique, and how have you made STEM a priority in this situation?
3 main feeder schools (STEM days at them)
Were constantly expanding to new places to inspire stem no matter the situation
How did your team approach the challenge of balancing speed, strength, and agility.
We are waiting until endgame to load the gas pods into the bucket on the robot to weigh it down less.
How have you ensured that the electrical system of your robot is efficient and safe?
We tested it, moved it around for maximum safety and ease of access
-Sprints
-Design Reviews
If you had to pick only one team initiative to continue, what would it be and why?
Acceptable answers:
COGs because it helps us reach out and connect with our environment to inspire stem
Zip Tie Safety System as its a good way to make sure everyone is staying safe in the shop and not doing anything over their head
SAGs because its a good way to help fundraise for the team and lift the burden of everyone paying individually for pricey expenses
TAGs since it helps prepare everyone for what actually competitions will be like so its not a big surprise
RAGs because it gives everyone a more comfortable chance to voice their opinions on where we should go with our competition robot
How did your team decide on your robot's primary strategy for this year's game?
Not putting gas modules on robot until end game
By what worked within the constraints of our robot and what we wanted to accomplish
How did your team approach the challenge of balancing speed, strength, and agility in your robot's design?
-No gas pods till end game starts
How does your team foster new talent and ensure knowledge transfers year to year?
-Cross training
-5 required certifications
-Veterans train rookies (side by side)
Give an example of how your team promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion within STEM (and FIRST).
Cross training
Low fees (inclusion)
Sprints (choosing field of interests)
What is your plan for adapting your strategy based on different match scenarios or Alliances?
Making our autos more suited to our teammates and coming to a consensus with our alliance on where we should end for the most points
What is a special element that is unique to your robots design?
Our piston's that will lift up our robot over the line on the center.
What is your team's plan for STEM advocacy?
-STEM days at local schools
-Advocacy day at the capital for more STEM funding
What is the team's mission statement?
Giving people the tools and opportunities to grow and impact the world and a team environment.
Can you discuss a mechanical or electrical problem you encountered and how you solved it?
-pneumatics (tanks, efficient wiring, leaks)
-positioning the bucket on the robot
-positioning the pistons
What processes of techniques did your team use to optimize the robots mechanical and electrical systems?
Kiss- Keep it stupid simple
Simple, reliable, fast scoring
What is the most important lesson your team has learned this season?
That slow is steady and steady is fast because if you try to rush a project instead of giving it the proper time it needs it wont turn out as good
How is your team sustainable? What specifically does your team do to retain members and keep them engaged? What about mentors? What about sponsors?
Veterans training rookies
SAGs
TAGs
Newsletters
Personal emails
Social media