Because every Robotics team, including 2170, is its own organization, Businesspeople and Marketers have to run the operations and fund the robot! Jobs on this team often include:

• Writing essays/business plans to win awards and to apply for grants to get money for the robot

• Developing media advertisements to distribute on Social Media and in & around the school

• Reaching out to sponsors in person or virtually, distributing and sharing the team image

Once the money's collected, before a Robot can be built, it has to be designed. CAD allows us to do this. On Team 2170, we use OnShape for our CAD software. Jobs on this team include:

• Designing mechanisms and planning out how the robot will physically work alongside Build

• Prototype, plan, and test, and refine designs, ensure they're ready before starting production

• Help Build & Electronics members interpret designs, discuss and fix design issues as they arise

Of course, building a robot is no easy endeavor. It takes a whole team to make something cool! Build team members work hard, creatively, and most important of all, safely. Their jobs include:

• Designing mechanisms and planning out how the robot will physically work alongside CAD

• Working with power tools to form the robot's underlying structure

• Using nuts, bolts, saws, screws, you name it, to make complex subsystems and moving parts

Once the Robot's physical shell is made, it takes a lot of components to make a Robot work and move. Electronics members use complex wiring and tools to make this work. Their jobs include:

• Wiring boards to connect all robot components and sufficiently power them 

• Testing and resolving current robot issues, preventing future issues through stable design

• Soldering, Crimping, and using various tools to set up the complex electroncis needed on a robot

Programming team members bring it all together. The robot's been paid for, designed, built, and wired, and all's left is to tell it how to run. 2170 uses WPILIB Java. Programming jobs include:

• Developing code to run robot parts like swerve, claws, etc. autonomously and by driver control

• Designing complex systems like Robot Vision and Logging to enhance team performance

• Making custom paths for autonomous movement, planning robot movement and controlling it