The mechanical team works with aluminum, plastic, and wood to construct the body of the robot and its mechanisms.  

Students learn:
* To create and manipulate robot parts using:
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/Materials Materials]: aluminum plates and extrusions, steel axles and rods, polycarbonate sheet, wood, 3D printed plastics
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/Fasteners Fasteners]: nuts, bolts, screws, rivets, adhesives, etc.
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/HandTools Hand Tools]: drivers, wrenches, saws, clamps, calipers, punches, etc. 
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/PowerTools Power Tools]: drills, saws, lathes, mills, benders
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/KickerProject Kicker Project]: day 2

* Build machines from parts using:
  * [wiki:Mecahnical/Overview/Drivetrains Drivetrains]: 
    * Wheels: [http://www.robotshop.com/en/6-higrip-rubber-wheel-tetrix.html solid], [http://www.robotshop.com/en/8-pneumatic-wheel.html pneumatic], [http://www.robotshop.com/en/60mm-aluminum-omni-wheel.html omni], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecanum_wheel mecannum]
    * Tank treads
  * [wiki:Mechanical/Overview/Transmissions Transmissions]: axles, gears, sprockets, chains
  * [http://507movements.com/ Mechanisms]: pulleys, levers, ratchets, pistons, etc.
* Mechanical engineering design and basic physics: stresses and strains, forces and moments 
* Design parts and machines using computers ([[http://wiki.team2537.com/wiki/CADTraining|CAD]])
* Create parts using machines and computers (CAM) e.g. [https://www.3dhubs.com/what-is-3d-printing 3D printing] (see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0Z6LplaMU this video]) or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWz8_KbB2t0 CNC]
  see this video

For more information see [http://wiki.team2537.com/attachment/wiki/Mechanical/OverviewTraining/mech_overview.pdf this overview].
Additional details can be found [https://www.firstinspires.org/resource-library/frc/mechanical-resources here]