2025 WEEK 2: TEAM JOURNAL
As the second week of build season draws close, Nemesis is making a splash with impressive progress across each subteam! The energy and collaboration in the lab are palpable as the team continues to transform goals for this season’s game, REEFSCAPE, into reality.
After the first week full of designing and prototyping, this week the fabrication team led the charge, diving into a range of tasks. From precision cutting parts for the Princeton FTC team to calibrating sensors and April Tags for autonomous navigation, their work has been meticulous and progressive. Repairing swerve modules and setting up the swerve drive systems has been critical to ensuring agility on the game field. Fabrication is also working towards field mapping which will provide crucial insight for strategy, while efforts to refine the indexer for ‘Coral’ scoring have taken shape. Overall, the team finalized the robot’s architecture, selected key prototypes, and began building the intake system. Behind the scenes, the software team worked on developing skeleton code to align with the evolving vision of the robot. The build team is hard at work turning perfected designs and prototypes into a reality.
Over the span of this week, the business team has continued preparing for the competition season while also planning for the upcoming annual Sponsor Night event. The entire business team collaborates to craft showcase displays, highlighting the team’s achievements and goals. These will not only display past accomplishments but also demonstrate the immense value and support of sponsors.Specifically, on business, the media team has worked to document and share the excitement of build season; capturing photographs of the team in action and creating engaging social media content to share with the community. The logistics team updated t-shirt designs, contacted sponsors, and planned for our upcoming district competitions. They also contributed to designing and enhancing the team showcases for sponsor night. In finance, the team has been reconciling the bank account, has continued to send out grant applications, and has updated our 5-year business plan. They have also been preparing for Sponsor Night by creating sponsor packets.
The outreach team has made significant progress this week, getting ready for upcoming community outreach projects. This includes organizing activities for Rose Hill and preparing for a forthcoming STEM workshop in Trenton. Nemesis collaborates with the Trenton Urban Promise charity to lead workshops and build STEM kits with children. Additionally, outreach efforts are in place for a collaboration with Girls Who Code and an 8th-grade planning night, where Nemesis will showcase our team and spark interest among 8th graders in potentially joining us. These initiatives aim to inspire local students while reinforcing Nemesis’s commitment to promoting STEM. From planning these initiatives to coordinating with non-profits, the outreach team ensures that Nemesis’s impact extends far beyond the competition field.
The energy remains unwavering as the team is hard at work gearing up for REEFSCAPE with determination and focus. Nemesis has made incredible strides in Week 2 and eagerly anticipates the opportunities and progress Week 3 will bring.
