[amariealbrecht]

As you may be frustrated with this year because your team is small, you will be just fine. You have 7 kids that are really excited to build a robot and thats all you need. My suggestions, after looking at this years game a little harder, would be to build a robot that is simple but effective. Yours might not do everything but in my experience alliance members are looking for robots that do one thing super well. Try to build a robot that is a simple herder. The other thing you can do, since this years game has a good amount of human interaction, is you can train really good drivers and a good thrower.
My last suggestion is to call on an older team in your area for a team friendship, they could fill in the spots for your missing mentors!

Best of Luck!!