Drive Team

The exact nature of the drive team varies based on the game. Typically, there are at least:

• Robot driver - the student that controls the robot drivetrain
• Robot mechanism controller - a second student that operates the robot mechanisms
• Human player(s) - who play a game dependent role

Skills/Attributes? required:

• Situational awareness
• Skill and speed at driving/manipulating
• Ability to remain cool under pressure
• Ability to handle the criticism (fair or unfair) that invariably comes with driving
• Be able to gracefully accept mistakes (yours or others')
• Be supportive of each other, win or lose.
• Availability: practice is critical
• Ability to provide gracious constructive feedback to design, fabrication, and pit teams
• Ability to take direction from Game Lead during play