Mission

While we have fun developing students' leadership skills, we demonstrate teamwork and facilitate problem solving, while following the principles of FIRST®.

History

The Arrowhead Robotics Team was founded in 2001, originally under the name APE Robotics (Arrowhead Price Engineering robotics). In 2003 Arrowhead Robotics changed its name to the Cyberhawks.

Over the years, the team has been very successful and achieved various awards, which include: multiple appearances at the regional and world championships, the Motorola Quality Award, The Xerox Creativity Award, the General Motors Industrial Design Award, the Rockwell Automation Innovation in Control Award, and the FIRST Dean’s List Finalist Award. Not only has the team proved worthy in these recognized awards, but is also constantly striving to reach out into the community and do their part.

Sub-teams

Our team is made up of three main sub-teams: Build, Programming and Business. Each sub-team works together and continuously communicates to prepare the team for FIRST Robotics Competition in spring.

Programming Team

Programming team programs code and wires the robot.

During the pre-season, programming members learn how to program using Java.

During the build season, programmers get hands-on coding experience working on the competition robot. The members also learn how to solder and wire when preparing the robot wiring before competitions.

Build Team

Build team members focus on the design and construction of the competition robot.

Build members learn how to use Inventor and CAD to design and create professional-level drawings that are sent to a local manufacturing company to be produced. The members also learn how to operate tools in the shop through hands-on experience.

Business Team

The Business team manages the team finances, contacts sponsors, and maintains the team's written documents.

Business team members learn to keep track of income, expenses, and develop written and verbal communication skills. They reach out to sponsors and complete the written documents for submission for the Impact Award.

Mentors

We have fantastic mentors who provide us with assistance training and supervision. We benefit tremendously from their knowledge and experience and also the time and opportunity for us to lead our own team and build our own robot.