Volunteers
NRL Colorado welcomes volunteers
The NRL is always in need of volunteers, we welcome your interest.
Volunteer Positions
The NRL is always in need of volunteers, we welcome your interest. Please click here to sign up as a volunteer at our April 6, 2024 Competition at Cherry Creek Innovation Center.
Technical Jobs
Competition Judge
Watches the matches and assigns points to each team’s robot during the match. Based on the score, signals the winning robot of the match.
Interviewer/Documentation Reviewer:
Interviews team members about the safety procedures that were followed, teamwork displayed, and skills developed during the design and construction of the robot.
Documentation Reviewer
Evaluates notebooks which teams are required to produce, documenting the steps that were taken during building the robot. This individual should be familiar with structural analysis, engineering drawings, assembly models, and/or wiring schematics in order to evaluate the quality of the work produced by the teams in these areas.
Pit Monitor
Patrols the pit area to ensure all safety procedures regarding work performed on the robots are followed, including the wearing of proper safety eyewear at all times. Ensures that only those people with properly marked name badges are in the pit area. Ensures that no more than six people from any one team are present in the pit area at any given time.
Referee
Observes matches to determine the presence of any rules violations which may occur in the course of the match.
Safety Judge
Ensures a team’s robot meets safety guidelines for weaponry, assembly, and electrical systems. These guidelines will be provided on the day of the competition, in the form of a checklist so that no safety aspect is forgotten.
Speed Test Judge
Ensures that robots meet the minimum and maximum speed requirements before the robot is permitted to compete.
Test Box Monitor
Observes and monitors testing of a robot’s weapon and drive systems in the box designed for safety during this procedure.
Welder/Grinder
Controls access to the welding and grinding area, and performs any permitted modifications through welding or grinding of parts for robots at the request of a team.
Non-Technical Jobs
Arena Assembler
Assembles the arena in which the competition will occur. The following tools will be needed: 7/16-inch and 9/16-inch socket set. We have a limited number of these tools so if you are able to bring your own, it is very much appreciated. Be sure to mark them in some way so that we can ensure that your tools are returned to you if they get misplaced. You may wish to bring protective work gloves, as some pieces may have burrs or sharp edges. We ask that only those who are mechanically inclined and able to lift up to 75 pounds sign up