[EricH]

CAD. CA submission. WFFA submission. Animation. Website.

What do I mean by that?

Your CAD team can do a lot of work to help the robot builders. They can design custom parts, help show where things can go, and otherwise be very helpful in the building. Don't forget, there's an award for Inventor use!

Animation can, used right, also help the designers. You can roughly design some things and visualize some unexpected things. But, they'll probably be too busy doing something to win the animation award.

Website designers can be doing a lot of PR stuff, plus there's another award for that.

And finally, the essay writers. The Woodie Flowers Award is one of the best ways to thank one of your mentors. The Chairman's Award tells what your team is doing to reach out to your community.

You could also get a few more onto electrical and programming. It's a little more complicated, but you can do more.

Option 2: Full-team prototype BEFORE the season. Take it easy and let everyone participate. Prototype anything your heart desires, like a crab drive or a mecanum drive, or different arm types. This isn't critical, so it doesn't matter who does/doesn't help.