Tech Goals and Growth

As we grow in interns, sponsors and support from the community the resources we receive will be applied to meet our goals below:

Projected Monthly Expenses:
Grant Funding Website subscriptions: $315 (Candid, GrantPortal)
Facilities and Maintenance: $450

Robotics Contest Fees and Arena Elements:
Secondary Registration Fee V5RC: $300
Post-Secondary Registration Fee VexU: $400
Arena Elements: $700

Research and Design and Product Development:
Raw Stock of material Sheets, Bars, Rods, Channels
Fasteners, Adhesions, 3D Printing filament
Motors, Microcontrollers and Wiring

• Year 1 (2025-Dec 2026):
  • Soldering tool
  • Tech supplies and tools
  • Arduino Mega
  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Arduino Uno
  • Arduino compatible sensors
  • 3D Printers (5)
  • Electronic Components
  • V5 Competition Kits (2)
  • V5 and VexAI sensors
  • Tech supplies and tools
    
• Year 2 (2027)
  • CNC machines
  • Heatgun and wires
  • Drill Press
  • Hydraulic Press
  • Engineering Workstations
  • Software Technology programs: Solidworks, Matlab
  • Multimeters
  • Bench DC Power Supply
  • Oscilloscope
  • Motors, Motor-controllers, micro-motors
  • Welding equipment
    
• Year 3 (2028)
  • 6-axis robotic arm trainer
  • Nvidia Jetson Nano
  • Factory Automation machine
  • PLC Kit

Robot Contests of the future
National Robotics Competition
World Robotics Olympiad
RoboCup
Rivals
Battle Bots Heavyweights