Volunteer Opportunities From: Volunteer Oshkosh

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students soft skills related to communications, audio/visual (AV), and graphic design.

The marketing subteam covers several different topics such as the team’s website, newsletters, social media management, and award submissions. Any other work requiring communication, composition, and writing/editing/revising not covered above would also fall under this team.

In addition the subteam is responsible for photography and videography such as: visual documentation, graphic design, video production, and photo/video editing. The majority of this team’s time is spent documenting competitions/events, creating the Impact’s video, and editing photos for use on the team’s social media.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students technical skills related to automation, object detection, and programing (Java, C++, Python).

The Programming subteam is crucial for creating a functional robot, that not only works, but runs at maximum capacity. This team is responsible for creating the programming logic between the operator’s controls and the robot’s sensors and motors. They will program any autonomous routines and any other automated functions that are used.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students technical skills related to wiring, soldering, and electrical systems.

The Electrical subteam is the bridge between the mechanical and programming elements of the robot. They’re in charge of creating and managing the electrical board, as well as locating the board in a safe but easy to access area of the robot.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students technical skills related to  3D Printing, Machinery, and assembly.

The Manufacturing subteam is responsible for the manufacturing and assembly of the robot. During the design phase, they will prototype different end effectors and mechanisms that the team may potentially use. After the design is finalized and drawings are made, this team will manufacture and assemble the parts necessary for the robot.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students technical skills related to engineering, CAD, and manufacturing.

The design subteam is in charge of designing the robot based on the prototypes and decisions that the team agrees upon. Using that design, they will create computer or hand sketches for the Mechanical team to use during fabrication. For FIRSTRobotics Competition teams who use 3D printing or computer aided manufacturing on their robot, this work may fall under this subteam.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students soft skills related to analytics, strategy, and communications.

The scouting subteam is responsible for gathering and analyzing data from all of the matches in order to effectively select alliance partners during Playoffs. During the build season, this team uses the game manual and mock matches to develop an initial strategy for the robot. In competition season, this team will develop the overall team’s strategy. Members will communicate directly with the drive team in order to create customized strategies for each match.

Share your knowledge with students of all ages, helping them grow their skills in business, teamwork, and STEM. We are looking for volunteers to mentor students soft skills related to communications, volunteering, and outreach.

The Outreach subteam is responsible for expanding a team’s work beyond their own team. This group will create and participate in events, with an overall goal to spread awareness of FIRST and STEM. Whether it’s helping another FIRST team, volunteering within the community, or spreading the benefits of STEM, there are no limits to what can be done.

Wave Robotics is an after school STEAM program where students design, build, and code a robot. We are looking for mentors to help guide students during their educational journey. We seek to grow and foster both technical skills and administrative skills. Opportunities vary from supervising the metal shop, to coding with students, to proof reading their budget requests.