How Apeiron Is Built

Apeiron 8783 operates like a professional engineering organization — with clear roles, structured subteams, and a culture of accountability and collaboration. Every student has a home, a responsibility, and a voice. There are no spectators here.

Our team is organized into six core divisions, each led by a student captain and supported by a faculty or industry mentor. The Team Captain and co-captain coordinate across all divisions to ensure coherent strategy on and off the field.

Leadership

Team Captain

Student Lead

Overall team strategy, competition preparation, and cross-division coordination.

Co-Captain

Student Lead

Supports the Captain; leads team culture, communications, and member welfare.

Head Mentor

Faculty Advisor

Guides the team's long-term vision, manages school relations and ensures program sustainability.

Technical Mentor

Industry Partner

Provides engineering expertise, safety oversight, and professional skills training.

The Six Divisions

01 // Mechanical Division

Responsible for the physical design and construction of the robot. Students learn CAD (Fusion 360 / SolidWorks), fabrication techniques (drilling, cutting, assembly), and mechanical systems including drivetrain, actuators, and game mechanisms.

CAD DesignFabricationDrivetrainMechanisms

02 // Software Division

Develops all robot code using Java and the WPILib framework. The team builds autonomous routines, driver controls, vision processing (with Limelight), and sensor integration. Students also maintain the team GitHub repository and version control practices.

Java / WPILibAutonomousVision / LimelightGitHub

03 // Electrical Division

Designs and builds all electrical systems on the robot — wiring, motor controllers (REV / CTRE), pneumatics, sensors, and the power distribution system. Students learn circuit principles, safe wiring practices, and robot diagnostics.

RoboRIOREV / CTRESensorsPneumatics

04 // Business & Outreach Division

Manages sponsorship acquisition, budget planning, community outreach programs, and the team's long-term sustainability strategy. Students develop professional communication skills, proposal writing, and nonprofit management fundamentals.

SponsorshipsBudgetCommunityImpact Strategy

05 // Media & Communications

Documents the team's journey through photography, video production, and social media. This division manages all brand identity assets, competition media, sponsor reports, and the team website — telling the Apeiron story to the world.

PhotographyVideo / ReelsWebsiteSocial Media

06 // Strategy & Scouting

At competition, this division drives match strategy — scouting all teams, analyzing performance data, and advising the drive team on alliance selection and match tactics. Students develop analytical thinking, game theory, and real-time decision making under pressure.

Data ScoutingAlliance StrategyDrive Coach SupportGame Analysis

The Mentor Message

"My role as a mentor is not to build the robot for them. It's to create the conditions where they can build it themselves — and then stand back and watch them exceed every expectation. That's the moment this program exists for. When a student who said 'I can't do this' is suddenly the one explaining it to someone else." — Head Mentor, Team Apeiron 8783

Our mentors come from backgrounds in mechanical engineering, software development, electronics, business, and education. They bring real-world experience into the team environment — not to solve problems for students, but to ask better questions, model professional behavior, and expand what students believe is possible.