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As part of Skunkworks Robotics
effort to help other robotics teams, we have created
the Skunk Zone. It is a place where the Skunks
can post documents for the expressed purpose of
making them available to others. You are welcome
to reuse these documents. If you find any errors
or have suggestions, please let us know via the
Contact Us link. Use the buttons below to go directly
to a specific section.
Below are our team operating
documents compiled by students with help from our
mentors:
Safety
and Health Plan
The Skunks do know how to have
fun for sure, but they are even more knowledgeable
about staying safe, as getting hurt is no fun at
all. We take safety and security very seriously.
Our safety team has compiled a presentation that
goes over the many things we do to keep ourselves
in good health, as well as emphasizing how important
safety is to the team.
Business
Plan
Our team is always growing
in numbers and improving our overall development
of the team. Our business plan tells exactly how
we gain experience and pass on to our new team
members. You can read about our fundraising, our
overall objective, and a brief history of the team.
Management
Plan
We also like to keep ourselves
as organized as possible, so we keep up to date
on what's going on inside and outside of the workshop.
The management plan we wrote explains the overall
structure of the team, from our student teams to
our annual spaghetti dinner and our community outreach.
Scouting
Plan
Some people may think that
we build our robots and strategies all by ourselves,
but we actually gather information from other teams
as well. We do this to get even more ideas for
our robots and find out ways to counter those strategies
and designs. Our scouting team does this task by
researching teams before regionals and visiting
the pits during competitions.
Tool
Kit
Robots can be made in an infinite
number of ways. The tool kit describes our concept
design and past competition designs with details
and strategies. We try to build robots that best
suit the team's strategies and the game that is
going to be played.
System
Programming
Our robots don't move as soon
as we finish building them. They need to be programmed
so that the correct controls are installed on them.
That task is up to our programming team. This team
of students read and write programming code and
pass this skill on to our rookies.
Fundraising
We don't go to our regional
competitions and championships for free. We also
don't get those robot parts for free. We need quite
a bit of money for these requirements. So where
do we get that cash? Fundraising! There are many
supporters of our team, and some of them are even
willing to donate to our cause.
The
Build Season
After the new season starts
off with the FRC Kickoff, teams from all over the
nation must learn the new game, create the best
strategy, and build the best robot in only six
weeks. This time period is the build season. The
skunks meet almost every day during this time in
order to finish building and strategizing.
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Skunkworks
Robotics created these posters that explain
the BreakAway game and lists dates for our
local regionals. Available as a PDF in three
sizes. Feel free to print out the posters
and use them in your school, business or
on your web site.
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