Bennington Area Robotics

Community-based youth robotics teams supporting STEM education in the greater Bennington Vermont area.

How we’re organizing for the summer and preparing for fall:

Task ARCJCGAWEMVPERWPJM Due BSPRPPGPTJESR
Code of Conduct IRIIIIIII 6/7 → 7/15 RARRRR
Mini-CNC RR 7/4 CA
OutreachRecruiting · Fundraising RRRRC 8/30 CACCCC
Shop MgmtInventory · Maintenance IIIIRRRII Inv 8/30Maint 7/4 ICAIII
FTC Skill Building RRRRR 8/30 A
Python / Java IACCIIRIIIAB&B CC
Swerve DriveCAD · Field Frame Construction IRAR 8/2 C
Modeling ProficiencyOnshape · 3D Printing · Standards IIRRRIIII 8/30 A
Team FAQPart Posters CIIAIIIII 7/11 C
Calendar30-hour build AIIIIIIII 8/30 RRIIII
TeamsJV / Varsity? · Commitment levels CRCCCCCCC 7/5 RARRRR
Sloth AR 8/2
Localization AR 8/2
R · Responsible A · Accountable C · Consulted I · Informed

Student initials run along the top, mentor initials on the right. Most due dates are targets we want closed before September.

RACI is a four-letter convention for assigning roles on a piece of work:

We’re organizing ourselves for the summer and preparing for fall, before we know much about the next FTC season. We put the chart together to:

  1. Identify what we want to do.
  2. Identify who wants to do what.
  3. Hold ourselves accountable for getting it done.

Worth doing for its own sake — not only as runway to the next competition. Summer is FTC’s off-season; the 2026–27 game won’t be revealed until September, and we have limited information about what the robot will need to do. This frees us up to focus on skills, infrastructure, team norms, and deeper CAD and code work before the regular season starts in September.