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Fabrication Team
Tooling skills: drill press, table saw, lathe, mills, CNC router, 3D printer, laser cuter, and more
Part Manufacturing
Use the mill, lathe, or CNC router to make different parts out of Aluminum and Polycarbonate.
Use laser cutter to make prototype pieces for testing
Robot Assembly
Build and assemble the robot for competitions
Follow CAD designs to assemble the robot.
Pits
Perform on the spot repairs and adjustments to the robot.
Maintain a clean and safe environment in pits.
Using prototypes to give input to design on how mechanisms should be built realistically
What does this include?
Testing bumper materials
Mechanism designs
Making wooden parts with laser cutter
Assembling mechanisms using basic materials
Assembling field elements to allow robot testing and prototyping
Using worker drawings and blueprints to be accurate with our building
Building elements like the reef and the source
BOMs/Worker Drawings:
Made it easier to assemble
BOMs gave us the basic parts for the assembly
Mill
Aluminum tubing
~50 Hours, 45 parts on the 2025 robot
Lathe
Spacers, hex shafts, and standoffs.
~90 Hours, 65 parts on the 2025 robot
Lathe tapping making near perfect threads
CNC Router
Custom aluminum/polycarbonate plates, brackets, gussets, etc.
~60 hours, 35 parts on the 2025 robot
Laser Cutter
Custom wooden pieces
Powdercoat
Protective layer over parts
More aesthetically pleasing
Fabworks
Makes complex parts
Troy School District
Gives us shop and building facilities for build sessions.
FRC Teams 1188, 818, and 302
We use their practice field to train our drivers.
Now we’re done with everything, it’s time to make our final robot:
Combining each unique assembly to make our final robot
Handing off the robot to programming
Drive team can now understand how the robot works and get used to it at practice fields
