Mechanical Training Lead: Ryan De Angioletti
Mechanical Training is all about the design process. You’ll be learning about our main CAD program, Autodesk Inventor, and how to use it to design parts that you will eventually manufacture using the various machines in the shop. We also teach tips and strategies for choosing materials and off-the-shelf parts that will be crucial to the projects that you will work on in your Robojackets teams. The main mechanical training will teach you design, but machine training (so you can become certified to use the machines in the RoboJackets shop) occurs on a team-by-team basis. That means that we will not be impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and will be able to teach you everything that we normally would.
Meeting Times & Important Resources
For Fall 2023, all of our training sessions will be held in Skiles 246. Sessions will be held Monday and Tuesday from 7:00 – 8:00 PM ET starting September 18th. You only need to come to one of these sessions a week as they are identical.
Join the Mechanical-Training-Helpdesk in the RoboJackets slack to stay informed and learn more about the program.
RoboJackets Training YouTube Channel
Our Trainers
You are not required to attend training on the day when your team’s representative trainer is leading the session; we list the trainers and teams here in case you have a personal preference or want to contact your trainer if you have questions.
- Tuesday
- Nicholas Sackleh (RoboCup)
- Bryce Parsons (BattleBots)
- Ryan De Angioletti (BattleBots)
- Wednesday
- Michael Chen (BattleBots)
- Andrew Marini (BattleBots)
- Ryan De Angioletti (BattleBots)
Weekly Content
Week 1: Materials and Machines
Week 2: Intro to CAD
Week 3: Advanced CAD
Week 4: Assemblies
Week 5: Drawings and Machinability
Week 6: Manufacturing
Week 7: Bridge Competition