The Team

Sub Teams

In our team we have small sub teams that are each responsible for a part of our robotics team.

Build

Learn how to use different components to build the robot

What we do: This team is responsible for building, designing, and maintaining the robot. With different tasks such as designing the layout, building different parts and connecting them together, managing wires, as well as constructing game-specific mechanisms. The build team focuses on making sure everything on the robot is put together well, and has an efficient, reliable, and effective design. Throughout the season we continuously test, tune, and refine the bot, and make needed repairs, ensuring that we work among ourselves as well as our other subteams.

Future projects/goals: Currently, we are working on implementing a pass through system for our robot, designing a baseplate for more efficient wire management, and better refining our skills in design and management.

Programming

Learn to program the robot so that it gets to where it needs to be.

What we do: For the TeleOp (driver operated) period, we collaborate closely with our drivers to ensure that they have useful controls. The goal is to automate processes to make the driving process as seamless as possible. For the autonomous, our focus was on implementing odometry for accurate positioning of the robot. Our team makes use of the RoadRunner package with MeepMeep for mapping trajectories.

Future projects/goals: We are currently working on implementing LimeLight and other sensors into our robot to better improve the automation of our robot.

Drive

Learn to strategize for the season's game and navigate the robot in competitions.

What we do: During competitions, this team is the one responsible for controlling the robot. The drive team is made up of four members: two drivers, a drive coach, and a human player. In collaboration with our other subteams, our drive team is responsible for strategizing how to effectively score points during matches and excels in making quick decisions on the field. We also collaborate with the other team members to optimize the robot for gametime situations by offering feedback during driver practice sessions.

Future projects/goals: Setting up the eSports team at our school.

Robot Design

Learn how to design in CAD software to create parts of the robot

What we do: Takes ideas from other subteams and designs them in the CAD software Fusion 360, collaborating with the build team to ensure an effective design and a fast easy build process. The design team is responsible for modelling the robot and creating an accurate reliable design which can be extensively used. We work closely with the build team on ensuring reliability and durability of the designs. Constantly designing, testing and innovating where necessary to ensure the best possible design makes it to the field.

Future projects/goals: Currently working on designing a more effective, efficient passthrough system.

Statistics

Learn how to analyze how well a team is performing.

What we do: Since FTC reports alliance scoring instead of individual team scoring, we need to calculate how much a team is contributing to their alliance. We make use of two different methods; OPR and EPA to make this happen. EPA is a metric that we recently started working on and have adapted from FRC. For more information, consult our statistics page. Our second priority is to graph these metrics to represent in a more visual way how a team is doing as this makes it easier to understand and compare between teams. This gives us an advantage during scouting, where we have an accurate picture of how consistent every team is, influencing our decision in choosing an alliance or being picked by another team.

Future projects/goals: This year, our focus is on testing the EPA model that we have created this Spring. A beta version is currently available here. We are also working on a Python program to display real-time graphs at competitions.

Digital Design

Learn to create visual media to represent and promote the team.

What we do: This team is focused on the branding and visual identity of the entire team. The Digital Design team mainly works on marketing assets, such as social media posts or pit posters. During the season, the team works on assets used in presentations, the portfolios, and outreach events.

Future projects/goals: The Digital Design team is currently focusing on creating a cohesive brand identity and style guide that will be used on social media platforms into the future seasons.

Business

Learn how to manage outreach, fundraising, and awards submissions.

What we do: The Business team is responsible for maintaining the team’s outreach capabilities, and sustainability. We work on grants applications, sponsorship outreach opportunities, as well as managing the budget of the team. The Business team is also responsible for managing the Engineering Portfolio and submissions for Awards, coordinating fundraising events, and managing social media presence.

Future projects/goals: We are working on expanding our outreach into the community, expanding our sponsorships, and refining our current Engineering Portfolio.