REBUILT Different: 2609 Kicks Off a New Season

The 2025 season is already off to an amazing start!

Over the past four weeks, Team 2609: Beaverworx has been hard at work welcoming new members, building new skills, and preparing for our first off-season event — the STEMley Cup.

Here’s what we’ve been up to so far:

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Weeks 1–2 — Welcoming New Members

Our preseason kicked off with a wave of energy and curiosity as we welcomed a large group of new students into the team — including those enrolled in the brand-new Robotics course.

Highlights from our opening weeks:

• Team Scavenger Hunt: New students worked in groups of 4–5 alongside veteran members, exploring the shop, meeting mentors, and learning how each sub-team contributes to building our robots.

  
  

• 2609 Roulette: Rookies rotated through fun, hands-on stations covering programming, mechanical assembly, media & marketing, the history of FRC, and mechanical design.

  
  

• Course Introduction: Students learned how the new robotics course connects classroom projects directly to real-world FRC challenges.

  
  

• Community Impact: Several students also took part in Trees for Guelph, helping plant trees and give back to the community.

  
  

It was an energetic start full of collaboration, laughter, and first-time robot experiences. Exactly what preseason is all about!

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Weeks 2–3 — Building Skills and Creativity

As the robotics course began in full swing, students started working on real engineering projects and exploring the creative side of team culture.

• Swerve Drive Project: Students assembled and tested swerve modules, gaining first-hand experience with precision mechanical systems and advanced drivetrains.

  
  

• Merch Brainstorming: Our media and marketing team began designing new team merchandise and branding ideas for the upcoming season.

  
  

• Robot Demonstration: During OLOL’s Parent-Teacher Night, students proudly demonstrated the robot to families and educators, showcasing what FRC is all about and inspiring future team members.

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Week 4 — STEMley Cup Prep

With the STEMley Cup off-season event on the horizon, Week 4 was all about preparation and practice.

• Robot Tuning: Mechanical and electrical sub-teams performed final checks to make sure our robot was ready for action.

  
  

• Driver Training: New and interested students got some valuable stick-time with Nautilus. These students got to learn some of the nuances of driving a swerve drive and the specifics of controlling such a complicated robot like Nautilus.

  
  

• Practice Swerve Base: Students continued building our new swerve drivetrain, an ongoing learning project that will support both programming and driver training.

  
  

• Alumni Visits: A few of our alumni returned to offer advice, stories, and mentorship reminding everyone that the Beaverworx spirit doesn’t end at graduation.

  
  

• Impact Award Planning: The impact team began early brainstorming for this year’s submission, gathering stories from our community outreach and student initiatives.