CCHS Robotics Team
The Concord-Carlisle High School FIRST Robotics team is looking for mentors and sponsors. The CCHS First team consists of approximately 25 students across four grades. Each year, beginning in January, we design and build a robot to enter into the FIRST Robotics competition held in the spring.
Many technical companies sponsor first teams. During the past year, we were very fortunate to have Analog Devices as a sponsor as well as being funded by the Concord Carlisle Regional School District. We are seeking to obtain more sponsors to offset rising costs.
The robot we build is an electrical-mechanical-software device that performs specific and challenging tasks. Currently, our software programming is done in Java. Competition tasks require both human control and autonomous operation of the robot. We design and build all of the mechanisms on the robot, primarily using aluminum. Our fabrication facility consists of a variety of drill presses and saws (band, table, miter), a CNC milling machine, 3D printer, and laser cutter.
The CCHS Robotics Team needs mentors that have the ability and desire to collaborate with and guide high school students. Having work or teaching experience in software, programming, electrical, or mechanical engineering or as an electrician, carpenter, fabricator or technician is desirable. Another requirement is the ability to dedicate a minimum of 10 hours per week during the competition season, which runs from the 1st Saturday in January until the end of March. The season is modeled after an industry project with the release of robot performance tasks at the beginning of January, FIRST 2020 Game Reveal. The design, prototype, build, and test phases are followed by two weekend-long competitions.
The following links provide additional information on the FIRST Robotics Program and our team.
Please complete the Mentor Interest Form or the Sponsor Interest Form Become a Sponsor if you are interested in becoming a mentor or a sponsor of our team. If you know anyone else who may be interested, please pass feel free to forward this information to them.
If you have any questions or would like additional information please contact me epicard@concordcarlisle.org or Coach Hickman at whickman80@gmail.com.
Thank you,
Elaine Picard & Walter Hickman
CCHS Robotics Coaches
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