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Ferradermis,  FIRST Robotics Team 6574, was first envisioned over the Summer of 2016 and became reality when the 2016-2017 school year began.

The mission of Ferradermis is to create a sustainable extracurricular environment and provide mentorship for high school students to participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). Ferradermis aims to prepare members for STEM and business careers, while challenging, empowering, and inspiring students. The team also strives to build leadership skills, self belief, and gracious professionalism.

The team’s name is based on the Latin stem word for iron, “ferrum,” and the technical term for skin, “dermis,” combined to represent the phrase “ironskin.”

“Under strict rules and limited time and resources, teams of high school students are challenged to build industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game in alliance with other teams, while also fundraising to meet their goals, designing a team “brand,” and advancing respect and appreciation for STEM within the local community.”

Learn more at  www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc

Team Leads:
Team leads are students selected to assist in overall management of the team and big picture decisions. These students help oversee the overall progress and development of the team as a whole.

Mechanical:    
The focus of this subteam is working on the design and fabrication of the frame and mechanisms onboard the robot. 

Controls:
This subteam wires up all of the components and motors on the robot, as well as program all of the functions into a cohesive user friendly robot control system.

Competition Logistics:
Manages the collection and analysis of scouting data on other robots at competition along with assisting in the development of competitive match strategies. This subteam also builds the mock field elements used for in house robot testing.

Administrative Team:
Handles fundraising, finances, and other business-related aspects of team management. Additionally, this subteam manages the organization of award submissions, outreach events, and team branding/imagery.