Cardinalbotics is a very large team (100+ in the fall, dwindling down to 50-60 in the spring). So we do quite a lot in the off season.
Summer- Manufacturing workshops
- Design workshops
- Programming workshops
Fall
The fall is where we get the all our new members. We spend the first couple weeks going over basic safety training and maybe some hand tool training. We attend around two off season events, last year we went to Chezy Champs hosted by 254 and CalGames hosted by WRRF. However the epitome of our off season is the IRC (Internal Robotics Competition). We divide the team into 12 groups and each group is responsible for building a small scale robot to be controlled by a RC remote, and code for the previous year's robot. We have 2.5 months to work and then compete in December.
Spring
Good ol' build season. Nothing like the fires of the inferno to test the fledglings.
Post-season spring
We spend most of this time relaxing and maybe trying to work on a low key robot project. Might build a t-shirt bot, mess around with drive trains, repair an old FRC bot. Our fledglings who weathered build and competition seasons have now become full on Cardinals and can reap the fruits of their labors by working on slightly more relaxing projects.
All the time
All year we run fundraising and out reach projects hoping to earn new sponsors, and to spread the word of FIRST and STEM throughout our community.