Resources for teams
Take any of this
Presentations we have given at the FIRST Championship and at NE FIRST University Day, plus the short explainers we make for other teams. Use any of it with your own team.
Presentations
The long form
Sustaining success: mastering sponsorship for FIRST robotics
Built to help teams find sponsors and, harder, keep them. Presented at the FIRST Championship.
PDFWorlds scouting presentation
How Team 195 runs a scouting operation end to end, from the stands to the alliance selection table.
PDFWorlds ROS presentation
Using the Robot Operating System on an FRC robot: what it buys you and what it costs you.
PDFThe Predicament Playbook
Our match strategy and alliance selection reference.
Two Minute Tuesday and friends
The short form
Two Minute Tuesday: CAD
Team 195 explains its CAD process, in under two minutes.
VideoTwo Minute Tuesday: scouting
How the scouting sub-team works, in under two minutes.
VideoTwo Minute Tuesday: outreach
Our community outreach, in under two minutes.
VideoFIRST team travel: tips to save money
Team 195 mentor Cheryl Hilton on hotels, buses, restaurants and side trips, and how the CyberKnights move 55 or more people to district, regional and championship events without going broke.