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We started a rookie team this year that saw up to 45 people start out the year and were really worried about how to keep everyone involved. It actually turned out to be relatively simple by really subdivided each area of robot building down into subteams.

After we identified our initial design strategy we divided the robot into mechanical, electrical, and software and then further divided those sections based on the subsystems of the robot which include Chassis, elevator, and shooter. So we had 9 teams of students Chassis electrical, mechanical, software, elevator electrical, mechanical, and software, and so on. Each also had 3 or 4 students to handle the workload and figure out how to integrate between the different subsystems. On top of that we had the students who were developing a marketing plan, some video, some website, and documenting the process. It turned out to be a really nice system, but of course the major factor that need to be considered with this module is robot integration. Stay organized and make sure someone is overseeing the system and ensuring that goals are met.

Good luck!