2024 is our 16th season!
We started with just nine boys in 2008 and have grown so much that Skyview High School now has TWO FRC teams with a combined total of 70 students! And our diversity and inclusion have also grown such that over 50% of us identify as female/other this year.
We are one of the largest and
most diverse teams in the Pacific Northwest.
Our Safety Culture
Safety is one of our top priorities and has been embedded in our team’s culture from the beginning. Our Wingnuts subteam is our Safety Champion and is dedicated to building the safety culture on the team. We want to make sure that every student can be safe and have fun on the team.
Our team has won numerous safety awards and recognition at FIRST events. Here is our entry for the 2024 Safety Award video.
Our Organizational Structure
We have three teacher/coaches leading our team in addition to over two dozen adult mentors. But perhaps unique among FIRST Robotics teams is our Student Leadership Team (SLT) who meets weekly with the coaches to propose, review and approve various decisions affecting the team as a whole. The SLT is comprised of the team captain, the 'captain in training', and one student from each subteam, all elected by their peers. Our 'captian in training' is a junior who job-shadows the captain to ensure continuity of student leadership going forward.
This subteam is responsible for managing our team brand and messaging. It promotes the mission of the team and FIRST Robotics through community outreach events, sponsor relations, and posting to social and traditional media. It is an excellent fit for someone looking to learn or use their writing, graphic arts, photo/video and/or marketing and business skills in a real business world application.
This subteam is responsible for creating and managing our competitive advantage throughout the season. It helps develop our robot design and gameplay strategy and manages the competition event scouting process. This subteam is a good fit for a wide range of skills and especially for those with an interest in data collection and analytics.
This subteam is responsible for designing and building the electronic circuits and controls of the robot, including the onboard computers, sensors, motor drivers, and power management controls, and integrating all this together. This subteam needs students interested in digital electronics and circuit design.
This subteam is responsible for designing and building the chassis of our robot and the drive train that makes it go. It needs students who want to design using CAD and then use machine shop tools to make their designs.
This subteam is responsible for designing and building the various parts of the robot that manipulate, shoot, or otherwise make things happen with game pieces. This subteam needs students who want to design using CAD and then use machine shop tools to create their designs.
We have the need to order and manage a large and diverse inventory of parts, from nuts and bolts to on board computer systems to air compressors. This subteam needs students who like to organize and manage things. It is a good way to learn about the many parts that go into making a complex robot.
This subteam is responsible for creating the code that makes the robot perform all the required functions. Students learn and use programming skills and systems analysis to determine the best code for the robot to perform autonomous and driver-operated tasks.
Our most unique subteam and a true competitive advantage! It is responsible for leading our safety culture, building and mobilizing our competition pit, and building various field elements for robot practice. It needs students who like to design using CAD and then use machine shop tools to make their designs.
