Student built. Student led.
- Team 8029
- Barrington High School
Eight disciplines. One team.
Every student on the team works within one of these areas. Most require no prior experience — just a willingness to learn.
Mechanical
Builds and assembles the mechanisms that make the robot work.
No experience requiredDesign / CAD
Models systems and parts before they are manufactured.
No experience requiredManufacturing
Turns designs into physical components through machining and fabrication.
No experience requiredElectrical
Builds wiring, control systems, and sensor integration.
No experience requiredSoftware
Develops robot control, autonomous routines, and vision.
Requires JavaStrategy
Analyses matches, scouts opponents, and shapes competition decisions.
No experience requiredBusiness
Handles sponsorship, operations, communications, and funding.
No experience requiredMedia
Photography, design, social media, and team storytelling.
No experience requiredRun like an engineering team.
The team is organised into the disciplines above, each working toward the same season goal on its own timeline — design finishes ahead of manufacturing, manufacturing ahead of assembly, and so on through the season.
Students take direct ownership of real problems within their discipline, from a single part to a full subsystem. Decisions are made by the students doing the work, with mentors providing technical guidance rather than making the calls themselves.
Guided by professional engineers.
Team 8029’s mentors are practising engineers who volunteer their time and professional background to guide the team’s technical decisions, safety practices, and long-term skill development.
We build robots. We're building engineers.
Build season runs on a real deadline that doesn’t move — the robot ships when the season clock says it ships. That rhythm is intense at times and steady at others, but it is constant across every discipline on the team.
Students work on hardware and software that has to perform in front of judges, opponents, and a scoreboard — not in a simulation. Mentors are there to guide that work, not to do it for them.
There’s a place for you here.
No experience required for most disciplines — just a willingness to show up and learn.
Apply to join the team