Nemesis Networks At Sponsor Night

On Wednesday, February 21st, Nemesis hosted our annual Sponsor Night! This event is a long standing Nemesis tradition, and the 2024’s iteration was as successful as ever! Each year, we invite representatives from our current and prospective sponsors, as well as parents of team members, to Robbinsville High School. Those who attend Sponsor Night are able to learn about our team, season, robot, and outreach initiatives. This helps strengthen our relationship with our sponsors, in which they provide us with valuable financial aid, and we provide them with information about our team’s recent activities.

This year, we had three stations at Sponsor Night. One of these stations was a robot demonstration. Nemesis team members showcased our 2024 competition robot, named “Kronos”. The robot brandished its swerve-drive capabilities, as well as its intake and shooter. Sponsors and parents were amazed by Kronos’ driving speed and shooting accuracy, and this served as a great transition into the next event planned for the night.

Our next station was a build team presentation. As a part of this, Nemesis’ design lead and strategy lead spoke about Jynx, our 2023 competition robot. They gave a high-level overview of Jynx and its subsystems, giving sponsors and parents further insight into Nemesis. The presentation also included our strategy for tackling the build season, with the goal of clarifying the process of building a robot from scratch. 

Our final station was a business team presentation. Differing from the previous stations, this presentation was centered around some of the less technical aspects of our team. First, information about FRC and Nemesis’ season was covered. We explained the 2024 game, Crescendo, as well as the competition structure of FRC. Next, we went over our recent community outreach initiatives, including Trenton Urban Promise, Discovery Day and Engineering Day, Robotics Funding Bill, Library Demo, and Robbinsville FLL events.

Overall, Sponsor Night was an exciting, informative, and  a fulfilling experience for sponsors, parents, and team members. As we proudly showcased our team and our activities, we looked forward to continuing the tradition next year!