The CyberKnights 4911

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1 The CyberKnights 4911 Business Plan KING S HIGH SCHOOL

2 Contents Executive Summary... 1 Team Organization... 3 Sponsor Information... 9 Team Outreach/Impact Team Growth Summary Future Plans Summary SWOT Analysis What Makes 4911 Unique Team Contact Information... 31

3 1 Executive Summary Since its inception five years ago in 2008 as FTC 3717, King s CyberKnights now move forward as FRC 4911, continuing to prosper through creative applications of science, technology, engineering, and math. FIRST Robotics provides the platform for the CyberKnights to integrate problem solving skills and innovative solutions in its young members and surrounding community. The CyberKnights serve as the founding member of King s Robotics Program, a group of FRC, FTC, FLL, and Jr. FLL teams operating within King s Schools, K-12, in Seattle, Washington. Mission Statement Tomorrow s Engineers today. The CyberKnights seek to inspire an interest and passion for science and technology while preparing students to become the technology leaders in tomorrow s competitive global market place. Sustainability In its endeavor to successfully embody FIRST values and goals, the CyberKnights seek to create a team culture that sustains our community for years to come. From team recruitment to developing student leaders, serving as FIRST ambassadors in outreach, collaborating with our mentors, and asking corporate sponsors to support us as the next generation of leaders, the CyberKnights strive to be an organization of people impacting the world for FIRST. Growth & Impact Since its beginning, the CyberKnights experienced tremendous growth, impact, and success. Starting four years ago in FTC with eight students, the CyberKnights this year have inspired over 100 students at King s Schools to participate in FIRST. Over 10% of the K-12 students are involved in FIRST with 24 in Jr. FLL, 30 in FLL, 13 in FTC, and 40 in FRC. Past members have gone on to pursue fields in engineering and technology, and return to invest back into the program through mentoring our team members. The team continues to develop its current members in leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

4 2 Team Strategy & Development Model The CyberKnights seek to extend the STEM classroom by proving a hands-on, challenging problem based learning environment allowing students to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. As such, the team seeks to be as student led as possible. Mentors serve not only as role models but as question asking teachers. Mentors have veto authority only in the case of safety issues or if the decision has a high probability of causing project or schedule failure. Student leaders who have training and experience also serve as role models and teachers for their peers. Strong emphasis is placed on students learning and practicing problem solving skills, engineering and project management process, and rapid prototyping development.

5 3 Team Organization Students involved in the CyberKnights represent a diverse group of ages, genders, skills, and interests at King s High School. By coming together in a single FRC Robotics team, members expand their intellectual knowledge as well as learn the merits of hard work and working as a cohesive team. King s Robotics requires its members, inside and outside the classroom, to daily demonstrate respect for teachers, administrators, and to adhere school guidelines. Team Structure CyberKnights #4911 Mentors Coach Team Captain Team Captain Engineering Non-Engineering Build Sub-Team Leaders Safety Business Sub-Team Leaders Scouting Software Electrical Media Awards Manufacturing Pneumatics Field

6 4 Requirements Team Captains/Sub-Team Leaders Requirements Intensely focused and always on task Superior collaboration skills and positive can-do attitude Demonstrated design, build, and coding skills Excellent teacher recommendations Deeply involved with problem solving Deep sense of ownership and pride in product and team Knows, or is learning CAD Willing to guide and mentor other team members General Team Requirements Excellent work ethic Focused on team collaboration, therefore highly positive and flexible Willing to suspend own ideas to hear the thoughts of others Does not use sarcasm or put downs to control or influence Keen interest in engineering and robotics Teachable attitude and keen desire to learn/grow

7 5 Engineering Team Build Sub-team Danny Helms 12 Daniel Wang 9 Noah Hoppis 10 Sarah Rudberg 11 Max Kang 11 Jackson Whipple 11 Josh Lee 11 Alex Kim 11 Steven Lee 12 9 Software Sub-team Payton Ratzliff 11 Aaron Bae 11 Elijah Elliott 12 Jack Holt 10 Jae Jung 11 Tommy Lee 10 6 Electrical Sub-team Josh Lee 11 Tony Li 11 Liberty Lomonaco 10 Jon Rasmussen 12 4 Manufacturing Sub-team Danny Helms 12 Max Kang 11 Josh Lee 11 Steven Lee 12 Sarah Rudberg 11 Daniel Wang 9 6 Pneumatics Sub-team Jon Fuller 12 Noah Hoppis 10 Tyler Snow 12 Jonathan Sprague 12 David Winningham 11 5 Safety Sarah Rudberg 11 Belita Ho 11 2 Note: sub-team leads are in bold text

8 6 Non-Engineering Team Business Sub-team Annie Long 12 Aaron Bae 11 Sarah Bretz 12 Ariel Clark 12 Valentina Peng 10 Jack Ramirez 11 Caleb Judd 12 Delaney Foster 10 8 Awards Sub-team Jennifer Taflin 12 Sarah Bolton 11 Belita Ho 11 Jack Ramirez 11 Gabriella Yu 10 Pauliana Dang 12 6 Media Sub-team (Web, Photo, Video) Luke Caughell 10 Pauliana Dang 12 Anna Fitch 12 Delaney Foster 10 Annie Long 12 Benjy Taflin 10 Grace Snitselaar 11 7 Scouting Sub-team Jennifer Taflin 12 Sarah Bolton 11 Belita Ho 11 Caleb Judd 12 Jae Jung 11 Jack Ramirez Anna Fitch Delaney Foster Pauliana Dang Benjy Taflin Gianna Geiger Note: sub-team leads are in bold text

9 7 Team Demographics Number of Students on Team 40 Number of Females on Team 17 Number of Males on Team 23 Percent of Students of Color on Team 41% Percent of Caucasian Students on Team 59% Number of High School Freshmen on Team Number of High School Sophomores on Team Number of High School Juniors on Team Number of High School Seniors on Team Team Sustainability Future CyberKnights begin in kindergarten, and our team members become role models by training and encouraging these young students in elementary and middle school through JrFLL, FLL, and FTC until they join our high school FRC team. The CyberKnights continually reach out to the student body of King s High School to maintain a steady inflow of new FRC team members, some of whom are new to the program and others who have been involved for years. Our FRC team seeks to develop student leaders by providing many opportunities for individual team members to step up and take on responsibilities with team members doing the work and adult mentors supervising and teaching. We are now starting to see CyberKnights alumni returning to mentor the current team with the skills they have learned in college and the workforce.

10 8 Team Mentors Thomas Anderson - Software/Programming Lead Mentor (Fluke) Philip Bjorge - Software/Programming Mentor (Microsoft) King s alumni Kayla King - Marketing Mentor (Rochester Institute of Technology) FRC Team 151 Alumni James Donnelly - Engineering Mentor (Electroimpact) Emmett Lam - Software/Programming Mentor (Student, UW) CyberKnights alumni Ryan LeCompte - Engineering Mentor (Electroimpact) Dan Matteson - Engineering Mentor (Electroimpact) Marian Morris - DECA Advisor (King's Schools) Bobby Neckorcuk - Engineering Mentor (Microsoft) Justin Nielson - CAD Mentor (Electroimpact) Nathan Olds - Electrical Mentor (Electroimpact) Andrew Olmstead - Engineering Mentor (Electroimpact) Lars Osborne - Engineering Mentor (Electroimpact) Mike Pringle - Electrical Lead Mentor (Boeing) Bob Richardson - Engineering Mentor (Romac) Todd Rudberg - Engineering Lead Mentor (Electroimpact) Juanita Thompson - Non-engineering Mentor (King's Schools) Mike Thompson - Program Director (King's Schools)

11 9 Sponsor Information Financial Sustainability The CyberKnights team is reliant on corporate sponsorships and personal donations to fuel operations. King s Schools provides approximately 36% of the team s annual $45,000 budget with the remainder coming from corporate sponsorship (32%) and private donations (32%) The team annually reaches out to local businesses and large neighboring corporations who are willing to encourage and support students as a priceless investment in their future. Sponsors provide not only financially, but also provide equipment and supplies, and allow their employers to serve as valued mentors who build positive professional relationships with our team. Sponsors Aldercrest Auto Rebuild provides painting and decaling services for the team. We look cool because of these guys! Aldercrest Auto Rebuild specializes in complete collision repair. They are the first autobody shop in Snohomish County to qualify as meeting hazardous waste and air quality standards set by the EnviroStars Program and Puget Sound Clear Air Agency. Boeing supports us by providing a $6,000 FIRST@Boeing Grant paying for our FRC registration fees. Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined.

12 10 The Center supports our teams financially. The Center has been providing comprehensive, professional excellence in treatment and whole-person care for addictions, depression, trauma and other life challenges since Their vision is to be A Place of Hope, accomplished through their mission of providing individuals with whole-person care inspired healthcare for restoring balance to the body, mind and spirit. The Christine Allen Family The Christine Allen Family generously supports our teams financially. Electroimpact has been a significant financial supporter and has provided the team use of corporate milling and fabricating equipment. Our 2011 and 2012 robots that competed at the FTC World Championship were milled at Electroimpact! Electroimpact is a world leader in design and manufacturing of aerospace tooling and automation. GM Nameplate supports our teams financially marked GM Nameplate's 50th year serving customers by offering an ever-broadening range of custom manufacturing possibilities.

13 11 The Larry Bossidy Family The Larry Bossidy Family generously supports our teams by hosting corporate fund raisers. Microsoft supports our team financially with its generous employee Volunteer Matching program. Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services, and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Point B supports our teams financially. Point B, Inc. helps organizations form, execute, and thrive. With capabilities including Strategy, Venture Investment and Advisory, and Management Consulting this integrated set of businesses provide value to the organizations and communities they serve. SolidWorks provides our team the professional CAD software we use to design our robots. SolidWorks Corp. offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data. SolidWorks products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost-effectively. The SolidWorks focus on ease-of-use allows more engineers, designers and other technology professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.

14 12 Taco Time supports our team financially. Taco Time is an upscale quick service restaurant chain that specializes in freshly prepared, home-style Mexican fare. They offer quality fresh ingredients in large portions with a unique blend of spices. Great tacos, great food... what more can you say! Tecplot supports our team financially. Tecplot, Inc. is a highly skilled team of creative, trustworthy and caring professionals dedicated to serving the scientific and engineering community. Founded in 1981 and based in Bellevue, Wash., Tecplot, Inc. empowers engineers and scientists to discover, analyze, and understand information in complex data, and to effectively communicate the results to others. Since then, Tecplot has been applying and influencing the latest advances in visualization technologies and plotting capabilities. With thousands of users worldwide, Tecplot has become the trusted name in data visualization. Ward Phillips Ward Phillips is a generous financial supporter of our team.

15 13 Sponsor Benefits Degrees of Sponsorship: Title Sponsor - $1,000 + Robot: Logo of business Team T-shirt: Large logo of business at the back of the T-shirt Website: Name and link of business on sponsorship page& logo on the front page Pit Display: Logo of business Banquet: Invitations to all sponsors Letters of appreciation Platinum Sponsor - $500 - $999 Website: Name and link of business on sponsorship page Pit Display: Logo of business Banquet: Invitation to all sponsors Letters of appreciation Gold Sponsor (Families) - $100 or less Website: Name of individual sponsors (families) on sponsorship page Banquet: Invitations to all sponsors Letters of appreciation

16 14 Team Outreach/Impact Sustainability The CyberKnights seek outreach opportunities that lead to deep long term impact with a focus on positive relationships. Further, CyberKnights outreach has not only touched our local school community but has crossed state lines to serve in South Los Angeles, and crossed the oceans to serve in Uganda Africa. Local School community Outreach (King s Schools) : Demonstrate team robotics to elementary and junior high school students at our 12 school through classroom visits, assembly demonstrations, school carnival Drive-a-bot activities, etc : Help inspire, start and mentor numerous FIRST teams K-12 directly involving over 10% of our entire student body. This school year we support five FLL teams including one all girls team), four Jr. FLL teams, and two FTC teams : Host Build-a-bot birthday parties as a school based fundraiser. Local Community Outreach (Greater Seattle Area) : Featured in numerous articles by local newspapers : Demo FIRST robotics to senior citizens in a local retirement and assisted living facility : Run week long robotics summer camps teaching NXT robotics to elementary students and FTC Tetrix to middle school students, reaching over 150 different students : Demo FIRST robotics at Shoreline PTA Science Night.

17 : Demoed FIRST robotics at Seattle 2011 Robothon event, Seattle Center. 2011: Demoed FTC robots at WACTE Convention for Washington Schools CTE directors : Helped run and demo robots at Girl Fest, Centurylink Event center : Demoed FTC robots at Northshore Christian School : Demoed FTC and FIRST robotics at Electroimpact (a corporate sponsor). 2012: Demoed FIRST robotics at Seattle 2012 See It Be It career fair, Seattle Center. 2013: Demoed FIRST robotics at the Seattle 2013 Technology & Engineering Day Fair, Seattle center. 2013: Demoed and spoke at Seattle Rotary luncheon, highlighting benefits of STEM based FIRST programs. 2013: Interviewed and demoed our award winning FTC robot on live television and radio at KOMO broadcasting. FIRST Community (Washington and Idaho States) 2010: Helped run a mini FIRST event for the filming of a FIRSTWA training video : Served as volunteers helping to run the Idaho State FTC Championship in Moscow ID. 2011: Demoed FTC robots at Washington FIRST Robotics fundraiser. 2013: Helped with set up of new FIRSTWA headquarters and warehouse facility (multiple weekends) 2014: Hosted the first ever 5 th Week Unveiling Celebration during the 2014 Aerial Assist season with four local FRC teams (over 120 people) joining us to show our bots, share game strategies, socialize and celebrate FRC!

18 16 US Based Outreach (South Los Angeles) 2011: Helped write, submit and win a $10,000 Google grant for the South Los Angeles based Adventures Ahead tutoring center allowing them to purchase laptops, WeDo and NXT Mindstorm robot kits and start a new robotics program and FLL team : Made two separate trips to South Los Angeles to help establish a STEM based robotics curriculum and FLL team at an inner-city tutoring center Adventures Ahead for disadvantaged and underserved elementary students. Trained and mentored the tutoring center FLL team who in their first year advanced to the LA district meet (team, 2780). International Outreach (Uganda Africa) Head coach and team leaders traveled to Soroti Uganda summer of 2013 to start a robotics academic and FIRST program at the Beacon of Hope School. Trained school math and science faculty in problem based learning techniques and the NXT Mindstorms robot curriculum. This project has now gained the direct in county support of Dr. James Webb (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Dr. Lane Seeley (Seattle Pacific University), and PhD student, Tina Fletcher (Purdue University). Tina Fletcher will be working summer 2014 at the Beacon of Hope School extending and deepening STEM curriculum and projects for girls. The CyberKnights will be returning to the Beacon of Hope School in Uganda this summer to continue the training with the goal of establishing the first FLL or FTC robotics team in Uganda by 2015.

19 17 Team Outreach/Impact (persons affected) Community LA International Team Growth Summary Overview The CyberKnights was founded by King s High School math and computer science teacher, Mike Thompson. We started working in our coach s math lab, using a Microsoft engineering and milling lab each Saturday to cut and bend plastic and metal materials. When our small rookie team made it to Worlds our very first year, our potential was recognized by King s High School administration, who began working with us to gain sponsors and members to expand the program. During the next 3 years, we were given a large office space that was converted into a workshop area, yet very quickly outgrew the space. In 2011, we had grown to four FTC teams with so many members that only three teams could meet per week. We were forced to create a formal schedule so that all teams could get in the requisite practice time. Early in 2013, King s Robotics moved once again, this time to an old workshop area previously used by the art teacher. It is a very large space, which allows the team to keep the FTC field set up for

20 18 the rookie junior high and freshman teams, with enough room left over for our machine workshop. There is also an attached room where the programmers can set up computers and have a quiet environment away from the loud machines. Inside this room whiteboards cover the walls, and it s big enough for all of our team members to meet before breaking off into our groups to work on the FRC season tasks. Sustainability As a result of the CyberKnights emphasis on team sustainability, all of our FIRST teams from Jr. FLL to FRC have experienced growth in the last five years. Currently, at our school, it is cool to be on the robotics team. The CyberKnights team provides a community for students to belong and learn at the highest levels. Our team is comprised of not only engineering minded students, but includes many students who are interested in other types of extra-curricular activities, making our team well-rounded with many skills and abilities; just like a real world corporation. Details Season: Hot Shot! During our first year as a FTC rookie team, the CyberKnights miraculously made it to The Washington State Competition. We were ranked 5th at the end of the qualifying rounds, and when the number two alliance captain joined the number one alliance for the final rounds, we moved into the fourth alliance captain position. We won the competition and earned a ticket to the World Robotics Competition in Atlanta, GA. In Atlanta, the CyberKnights finished in the top 20. The season taught us that the best robot will not always win; it is often the team that has the most reliably running robot. The CyberKnights built their robot proficiently, first in CAD, and then in the Microsoft milling lab, so that it would continue to run even if something went wrong. The build team designed the robot so that motors and wires were easily replaceable for quick repairs.

21 Season: Get Over It! During our second season, the CyberKnights won the B.C. Canada Inspire Award, and was the Winning Alliance Captain at the Washington State Competition. A new team was started because the number of people in our robotics program doubled, so the rookies formed the team, CyberDaze. The CyberDaze won the Idaho State Competition Inspire Award and were also the Winning Alliance Captain. Both teams went to the World Competition in St. Louis, MO where the CyberDaze took 7 th place overall. Also, at the world competition, NASA was running a live stream of the CyberKnights division, and paid special attention to their autonomous mode since it was one of the most impressively accurate and consistent robots at the competition. From the season we learned how to use infrared sensors, gyros and ultrasonic sensors, working in unison, and creating an incredibly accurate autonomous mode that even if we were blocked, or hit by another robot our bot would stay on course Season: Bowled Over! During the season, King s Robotics grew large enough to form four FTC teams. They were split up into Varsity, Junior Varsity, and the two new rookie teams, called CyberReign, and CyberSquires. All four teams were loosely one large group until build season started, and then each team met to create their own robot designs. The CyberKnights won the Washington State competition as the Winning Alliance Captain. The CyberDaze were Winning Alliance Captain at the Idaho State Competition, and both rookie teams made it to state through regionals. At World s in St. Louis, the CyberKnights went on to win their division, and take 4 th place overall, and the CyberDaze made it to the semifinals in their division. During the Bowled Over season, we learned how to mentor the rookie teams as they came into the program. Our season begins in mid-august where we focus on building skills until the FTC season started at the beginning of September.

22 Season: Ring It Up! Last year in the Ring It Up competition in FTC, our varsity team 3717, the CyberKnights, were unsure of how to tackle the game, but we worked endless hours, prototyped, manufactured, and programmed our way to state. Part of the reason we got to state was because we took our past experiences creating the engineering notebook and decided to change the way we designed it. We made it simple, easy to read, and visually appealing. In the first few weeks while we were analyzing the game, we decided that the requirements would be to have a robot that is easy to maneuver, hard to push, and powerful. A swerve drive best fit this description, so even though one had never been made in FTC, we agreed that it would be a good opportunity to innovate and design something new. The swerve drive met our expectations and was an asset during competition. The requirements for our scoring arm was to be able to score on the top row of the scoring rack, and be able to score over another robot. The final result was a four degree freedom of movement arm with a scoop for collecting and dispensing rings. We also wanted control of the arm to be very simple so the team programmed it using forward and inverse kinematics. Additionally, we invested in buying a 3D printer that augmented the robot s design. 3D printing was critical to the development of our robot as we used it to make custom gears and innovative components like our electrical slip rings. As we worked on the swerve drive and electrical slip ring, our team learned how to properly compile a successful engineering notebook and shared the knowledge with other teams at a FTC workshop. Our creative design helped us to excel at state competition. We ended up as the finalist alliance captain after competing and overcoming the adversity of having nine burned out motors. We were blessed to be awarded the Inspire award at State as well. After State, one of the areas we wanted to augment on our robot was making the wiring more organized because it often got tangled up. A member of our team decided to try making electrical slip rings which would help clean up the wiring on our drive

23 21 train and also help the drivers control the robot better. It took an incredible amount of time just to make one slip ring, so we were not sure if we had enough time to fit them onto the robot, but we managed to add them on. The additional slip rings and the existing features on our robot helped us to place second at the World Championship FTC competition in St. Louis and aided us in winning the Rockwell Collins Innovate Award. Last summer, a few members of our robotics team and our coach went on a mission trip with a group of students from our school to Africa. We worked with the organization Pilgrim Africa and went to the Beacon of Hope School in Soroti, Uganda with the goal of setting up a robotics program. In addition, we worked with math and science faculty, teaching them how to run an inquiry based robotics class as well. For this reason, our team received a Peace Through Science award from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). Our team lead s mother worked with Pilgrim Africa for several years and she was a member of the Seattle Rotary Club. She notified the Rotary Club about our accomplishments and the US National Commissioner to UNESCO presented the award to our FTC team along with a scholarship of $1,000. Future Plans Summary Short Term Our main goal as a team is to win the Rookie All-Star Award, thereby gaining the honor of participating in the FRC National Championship. To accomplish this goal the team will have to collaborate not only to achieve an efficient and safe engineering environment, but also to reach out to fellow FRC teams, and to compile a professional engineering notebook. Most importantly, while closely working together throughout the season, we aspire to provide special opportunities for each team member to learn an abundance of skills pertaining to their personal jobs, as well as expertise in the numerous activities that make our program successful.

24 22 This is our rookie year in the FRC program after being a FTC team for four years. Our team has expertise in constructing a FTC robot, and we are presently helping our school rookie FTC teams in the hope of maintaining our King s legacy in robotics and engineering. Members of our FRC engineering crew have been sent out to the new FTC teams to assist them in their robot construction; they will be helping to correct the common problems that a FTC team confronts while constructing robots. Our members will need to teach clearly, and explain the solutions to their problems using more understandable terms. By coherently explaining problem solving skills to other teams, our team will benefit by learning how to approach the future problems we will inevitably face later in our season. Since obtaining the new workshop area this year, the team is working towards creating a safer work environment. The safety lead will be certifying people to be able to use the new milling and manufacturing machines the team is receiving this year. The main robotics mentor is also working with the safety lead to set up barriers and rules so that only students using the machines will be allowed into the milling/machine area. This is so students have a minimal chance of getting injured on one of the machines. The machines are company grade, and could be very dangerous if someone isn t paying attention. Team 4911 aims to streamline the process of creating a business plan format into easily accessible summaries for the purpose of increasing efficiency and work quality for future business team members. Additionally, the team intends to recruit more DECA members, either in a part time mentor position, or a full time team member capacity.

25 23 Action-Implementation Plan STRATEGY ACTIONS GROUP RESPONSIBLE PLANNED COMPLETION Provide assistance and mentoring to rookie teams new to the FTC competition -Mentor junior high through ninth grade FTC and FLL -Student leadership and idea exchanges with other FRC teams Engineering subteam (Members with significant FTC experience and training) June 2014 Inspire interest in robotics programs overseas Mentor robotics program at Beacon of Hope school in Soroti, Uganda Team 4911 Ongoing Develop strong collaboration between engineering and non-engineering teams Combine business and engineering subteams to host FTC league meets Sub-team leads, mentors January 2014 Inspire high school students to develop skills in STEM Robotics demonstrations/q&a sessions Executive Ongoing Increase efficiency and streamline procedures on Business team Create business plan template Business sub-team June 2014

26 24 Win Rookie All Star award (get to World s) Focus energies on service, bringing attention to STEM fields in community and abroad, and developing a high quality robot for competition Team 4911 June 2014 Compile a professional quality engineering notebook Collaborate with engineering team to compile information as the team develops and builds the competition robot Business sub-team and engineering sub-team June 2014 Develop an efficient and safe working environment for engineering and build sub-teams Put up barriers in machine shop, improve safety measures and first aid training, organize new space to increase storage and efficiency Engineering sub- Team/Executive Ongoing

27 25 Long Term The CyberKnight team long term goals for FRC are to continue a sustainable program by reaching out to the student body to keep a steady inflow of rookies. The team will also continue to have veteran team members serve as team leads, and use the time during the school year before the FRC game starts in January to teach the rookies the new skills necessary to be a good team member during the 6 week build season. In this environment, they will be able to further their skills in their field, yet remain under careful watch of the team lead to ensure correct application of skills. In this manner, team 4911 will create a system of team members continually learning, solidifying, and teaching skills to the next rookies after them. King s CyberKnights will continue to serve the Beacon of Hope School in Soroti, Uganda (student body composed of former child soldiers, refugees, and orphans), by giving them the tools and training they need to teach their students anything they want to learn and to help them find hope for a profitable and rewarding career. In order to further help these students discover the incredible opportunities they can have in engineering, the team will return to Uganda this summer 2014, and continue to work to improve the quality of life for these children.

28 26 Budget Income King s High School $16,500 40% Boeing $6,000 15% Taco Time $1,000 2% Tecplot $600 1% Private $8,000 19% Match $9,600 23% Total $41, % Income KHS 23% 19% 2% 15% 1% 40% Boeing Taco Time Tecplot Private Match

29 27 Expenses Reg. Fee $6,000 14% Bot 1 $4,000 9% Bot 2 $4,000 9% Team Shirts $4,050 10% Local Meet $2,160 5% Transportation 3 rd Meet Reg. fee $1,000 2% PNW Championship $8,200 20% Portland Lab Start Up $12,290 30% Total $41, % EXPENSES Reg Fee Bot 1 Bot 2 Team Shirts Local Meet. Trans. 3rd Meet Reg Fee PNW Championship Portland Lab Start Up 14% 31% 9% 9% 20% 2% 5% 10%

30 28 Lab Start Up Vertical Band Saw $2,500 20% CAD Plotter $2,650 22% Air System Install $300 2% Stock Material and $5,100 42% Parts Tooling $1,440 12% FRC $300 2% Total $12, % LAB START UP Vertical Band Saw CAD Plotter Air System Install Stock Material & Parts Tooling FRC Field 12% 20% 43% 23% 2%

31 29 SWOT Analysis Strength Coming on as a robust team from previous FTC team experience Coach and mentors have been in the field for most of their careers. We have a variety of strong sponsor support in our community. Our school has a STEM based curriculum so academically we are well supported; computer and CAD labs Facilities and machinery are up to date to support our sciences. We are consistently part of the circle of teams that helps organize FTC events. Opportunities Outreach programs at The Beacon of Hope school in Uganda to teach the students robotics Working with FTC teams in King s Junior High School. Working with the FLL teams in the King s Elementary. FIRST District meet at Glacier Peak High School, will give us a chance to prove and reinvent ourselves. Weaknesses We are brand new to FRC, sailing in uncharted waters First time to having a non-engineering team. Three times as many people on the team than we are used to; team management is a challenge Coach and some mentors are unfamiliar with the procedures of FRC. Team is unfamiliar with the procedures of FRC Threats Critical skills for non-engineering teams are missing Lack of focus and knowledge of new hardware and software. We have no knowledge and lack of experience of how FRC competitions run. New machinery that could possibly malfunction or be misused

32 30 What Makes 4911 Unique The CyberKnights are a collection of individuals utilizing their unique qualities to create a positive, productive, sustainable team learning experience. The people who constitute the King s Robotics community originate from diverse backgrounds with a wide variety of professional expertise. King s CyberKnights intentionally works to meet a common goal and gain knowledge for possible future careers in STEM fields. The team s support system stretches far beyond the team members themselves, including the parents, the school, and sponsors. Every member supports one another, creating an environment that encourages every member to perform to the best of their ability and endeavor to learn from one another. Team 4911 is unique because even as a young team, the CyberKnights have carried the FIRST banner to not only their local school and community in Seattle, but also far away to Idaho, South Los Angeles, and to Uganda Africa. The CyberKnights are making a real difference in the world.

33 31 Team Contact Information Website: Team Main Contacts: Coach Name: Mikel Thompson Title: Program Director and Coach Phone: Team Meeting Information (before Build Season): Location: King s High School Dates: Every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 3:15 to 5pm Team Meeting Information (during Competition Season): Location: King s High School Dates: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 3:15 to 7pm Dates: Saturday from 9-5pm (engineering teams may stay later) Dates: Sunday from 1-6pm Sponsorship Information: Checks should be made payable to: King s High School Donations may be tax deductible; please contact the team for more information. Mailing Address: King s High School, MS Fremont Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98133