December 2015 Monthly Report
Marketing Team
The Marketing Team began preparing this year’s
sponsorship presentations and did research for the
team website. Their special contribution to the FLL
competition was a table with children’s activities
(a coloring page and activity sheets about FIRST and
safety), and a display about a recalled surge protector
sold for use in homes, hospitals, businesses and schools.
Build Team
The Build Team added underglow to the robot cart and
worked on the dynamometer. They built the tables and
LEGO kits for the FIRST LEGO League competition, then
helped at the event by doing set up and tear down of
the the competition field.
Design Team
The Design Team brought the lower classmen up to
speed by working on these projects: pneumatics board,
dynamometer, cart, and encoder board. The team also
worked on individual creative projects to help team
members familiarize themselves with the SolidWorks
CAD software.
Programming Team
The Programming Team learned C++ and FIRST
Robotics code. They also introduced new members to
testing and debugging code using last year’s robot.
Electrical Team
The Electrical Team worked on the dynamometer,
underglow for the robot cart, a system for the
programmers to test the sensors on, and other small
projects. They dressed up our mechanum bot for the
FLL Lancer-Bot-Mania Competition by adding 2 large,
red, rotating lights. Since starting team meetings
in September, the Electrical Team has continued to
work on the "camera crawler," a project for a local
engineering application. That activity began over
the summer. Finally, the Electrical Team is working
on the LIDAR, a device that uses lasers to measure
distance.
Web Design Team
The Web Design Team worked on the maintenance of
the team's website, based on the suggestions from
the marketing team.