Team Structure

The FRC team is made up of a number of sub-teams. When we talk about them we just call them teams as in "the mechanical team" or the "electrical team".

Some of the teams are year round teams, some are tactical or mission based. For example we do Community Outreach all year long, but only need a Drive Team during build Season. Clicking on the links will take you to more detailed descriptions of each team.

Officers

Our leaders:

• Captain - the student leader of the team
• Lieutenant - the assistant student leader
• Safety Captain - student leader responsible for making sure all teams work safely at all times
• Head Mentor - the adult leader of the team

Functional (year round teams)

Website Team

responsible for the management, updates, and design of the website.

Art Team

responsible for all of the artwork like tee-shirts, banner, posters, artwork for the robot, etc.

Media Team

responsible for all interactions between Downingtown Robotics and external news, web sites, blogs, television, etc.

Finance Team

management of team financial resources, sponsor donations, spending, budget management, bill payment, etc.

Community Outreach Team

management of sponsor relationships, our relationships between other organizations like the Downingtown School District, STEMRobotics, State organizations, etc.

Program Management

responsible for overall coordination between the teams, schedule management, etc.

Steering Committee

role is to direct the long term strategy of Downingtown Area Robotics.

Game Play Team

the team that plays the game: drivers, operators, players and scouting.

Mission teams

Design Team

responsible for the overall design of the robot. They are responsible for making sure the follow on designs by Drive, Game, Electrical and Programming will work together.

Drive Team

responsible for the motion of the robot up and down the field. They are also responsible for the basic frame design.

Game Team

responsible for the game play action of the robot. This is all the mechanicals for playing the game.

Electrical Team

responsible for all of the electrical - battery, cRio install, sidecar locations and wiring, Jaguar / Spike placement and wiring, sensors, etc.

There is a smaller team responsible for creating the driver / operator board.

Programming Team

responsible for programming the cRio.

Shipping Team

responsible for crate design and construction.

Logistics Team

responsible for planning and executing the team trips to events. They make sure that all materials and tools make it to the event.

Field Team

responsible for building the practice field.

While most of these teams are in full swing around build season, key teams like Media, Finance, Community Outreach, Art and Website meet year round.

We recommend that each student have a primary team that they work with and a secondary team to understand what they do.