Student Leadership Roles(Pre 2023) Student Leadership Roles

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This diagram represents the rough structure of the team.

graph TD TEAM[Team 4909] TEAM --- RL["Robot Lead(s)"] RL --- DPAA[Build Leads] RL --- SWL[Software Lead] SWL --- SCOUT[Scouting Manager] %%SWL --- SENSE[Electrical/Sensing Manager] %%RL --- QM[Equiptment Manager] %%RL --- ORDER[Ordering/Sourcing] %%RL --- LOGISTICS[Logistics Manager] TEAM --- TOL[Team Operations Lead] TOL --- SAFETY[Safety Captain] TOL --- COMM[Marketing/Communications] TOL --- MONEY[Treasurer] TOL --- COMMUNITY[Outreach] TOL --- Awards[Awards]

About Student Leadersip

A team leader must demonstrate
- strong communication skills
- a solid understanding of their domain
- effective project management skills
- ability to make the time commitment
A team leader is responsible for
- facilitating brainstorming and execution
- settings goals, measuring outcomes
- defining, delegating, and prioritizing tasks
- defining a schedule
- ensuring clear communication between all members
- identify and triage blocking issues

Leadership Roles

Leadership roles are mentor assigned with input from the team via a secret ballot poll. The mentors work to make the best selections for the success of the team. The mentors take many aspects into account, including attendance from the prior season.

Robot Lead(s)

Work closely with build leads to ensure their designs are well integrated, buildable, maintainable and robust. Robot Project Management, structure, schedule and execute.

Team Operations Lead

Work closely with all team members to facilitate communication, awards, outreach, fundraising. Operations Project Management, structure, schedule and execute.

Software Lead

Software is what separates GOOD teams from GREAT teams. The software lead works closely with the build leads and electrical lead to understand how the robot will work, what motors and sensors are needed to achieve the goals. The software lead also works to balance development time between robot code and scouting system projects both need to be achieved with limited time and resources.

Build Leads

There would be multiple build leads, one per major subsystem (for example: Drivetrain, Elevator, Manipulator, Climber) who work with a team of 3-5 team members and a mentor to design and build and integrate their subsystem with the other subsystems.

Competition Roles

At competition some team members have additional responsibilities.

Drive Coach

This person is responsible for implementing the teams strategy both by ensuring there is sufficient practice time and supporting the drivers at competitions by developing an alliance strategy with alliance members before each match. A critical function is during the match determining if a change in strategy is required and clearly communicating that change among the alliance members. This position requires a tryout and a rules test.

Driver

This person is behind the wheel (gamepad, joystick) and works closely with the software team to develop an interface (which buttons and axes to use) to drive the robot. This position requires a tryout and a rules test.

Operator

This person is behind the (other) wheel (gamepad, joystick) and works closely with the software team to develop an interface (which buttons and axes to use) to control the robot. This position requires a tryout and a rules test.

Human Player

Most likely there will be a human player position. More details will be known when the game is released. Often the human player gets to manipulate game pieces, feed them to robots and/or collect them from scoring goals.

Technician

The technician provides the drive team with a technical resource for pre-match setup, robot connectivity, operator console troubleshooting, and post-match removal of the robot. (See the game manual for more). This position requires a technical test.

Competition Roles