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:
  • Materials: aluminum plates and extrusions, steel axles and rods, polycarbonate sheet, wood, 3D printed plastics
  • Fasteners: nuts, bolts, screws, rivets, adhesives, etc.
  • Hand Tools: drivers, wrenches, saws, clamps, calipers, punches, etc.
  • Power Tools: drills, saws, lathes, mills, benders
• Build machines from parts using:
  • Drivetrains:
    • Wheels: ​solid, ​pneumatic, ​omni, ​mecannum
    • Tank treads
  • Transmissions?: axles, gears, sprockets, chains
  • ​Mechanisms: pulleys, levers, ratchets, pistons, etc.
• Mechanical engineering design and basic physics: stresses and strains, forces and moments
• Design parts and machines using computers (CAD?)
• Create parts using machines and computers (CAM) e.g. ​3D printing (see ​this video) or ​CNC see this video

For more information see this overview. Additional details can be found ​here