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Explore the different robotics programs and sub-teams below, along with opportunities for youth mentoring, fundraising, and community volunteering.

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FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC)

2 EVHS FTC Teams:
- 24453 Big Red Button
- 27259 Loose Bolts
Season Kickoff is Saturday, September 6, 2025
Event Link
FTC season runs September through February; 3 league meets and one league qualifier.
Smaller teams (5-10), smaller robots
Each FTC team elects a team captain and a drive team, including a driver, operator, human player, and drive coach.
About FIRST Tech Challenge

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)

1 EVHS FRC Team:
- 3042 Cobalt Catalysts
Season Kickoff is Saturday, January 10, 2026
Event Link
FRC season runs January through May; 1-2 regional tournaments
Bigger team (40+), bigger robot
FRC team elects a team captain, subteam leads, and a drive team, including a driver, operator, human player, and drive coach.
About FIRST Robotics Competition

Subteams

Because there are so many elements involved in running our team, we have subteams to manage individual topics. Our team members can choose which subteam(s) they want to be a part of. Anyone can help out in any area, but having consistent members in each subteam helps make sure that things get done. Our subteams include BizOps, strategy, drive team, programming, engineering, and CAD/CNC.

BizOps

BizOps, which stands for Business and Operations, is the business side of our robotics team. We work with our sponsors, help arrange fundraising events, maintain our team's website, social media and photography. We also lead our team's efforts in applying for FIRST awards, like the Chairman's Award, in which we write an essay, answer a list of questions, and create a video about how we are using STEM to impact our team members, school, and community.

Strategy

The Strategy subteam is responsible for developing an ideal way for us to play the game. They work closely with the Drive Team to create a game plan for use during competition. Strategy members gain great leadership and management skills as well as learn how to use the fine print to their advantage when it comes to the rules of the game. These members also network with other teams to learn about each other's skills on the field and the capabilities of other robots during competition. The benefit of learning the abilities of other robots shows itself during the elimination rounds of competitions when knowing strengths and weaknesses can mean our continuation or elimination for the season.

Drive Team

The Drive Team is the group that drives the robot we've built for the competition. Driving requires a mix of skills including quick thinking, knowledge of the game and rules, communication skills, and resourcefulness. Drive team members work together with alliance drive teams to ensure that the match goes smoothly. They learn skills surrounding the controls and gain a bit of knowledge of coding along the way.

Programming

The programming subteam is responsible for writing the code that allows our robot to function. In addition to providing driver control for the robot's mechanisms, we create the autonomous programs which score points before the drivers take over the controls. The core of the programming subteam is making effective use of sensors to simplify robot manipulation as much as possible without limiting performance.

Engineering

The engineering subteam is composed of field elements, drive train, and manipulators. Field elements is responsible for building the parts of the playing field that the robot will interact with. These are primarily made of lumber and are used by the drivers of the robot to practice and test the manipulators on the robot. Drive train is responsible for building the base of the robot. A solid, drivable robot base includes gear boxes, wheels, chains, and a belly pan, all of which they assemble and engineer for the best results. Their main job includes making sure the drive train can support the rest of the robot well. Manipulators are responsible for building the components of the robot that interact with field elements and control game objects in various ways, ie; the manipulators of the robot. The subteam designs, prototypes, and eventually finalizes the manipulators of the robot after the team decides which scoring methods to pursue for competitions.

CAD/CNC

The CAD/CNC subteam is the group responsible for front end design work, the making of custom parts, and figuring out the specifics regarding our robot's design and assembly. They focus on the imperative and most precise parts of the robot. Their tact in the minute details can make or break the robot, and historically, it has made them.