Team 76265 "Lego Legends" Job Roles & Responsibility Matrix¶

Season: 2026 BIOGLOW
(Note: Refer to team members by role identifier or Pokémon codename in accordance with the AI Constitution)

Role Breakdown¶

💡 The Lead Philosophy (Coordinators & Custodians):
In FIRST® LEGO® League, tasks like building, coding, researching, and presenting are collaborative team efforts—no single person works alone!
Each role lead serves as a facilitator, coordinator, and custodian: 1. Facilitate & Focus: Keeps discussions positive, productive, and on-track. 2. Include Everyone: Ensures every teammate has a task and a voice. 3. Safely Store Materials: Ensures robot parts, props, binders, and tools are packed away safely between meetings.

Role	Codename	💡 Project Leadership & Coordination	🤖 Robot Leadership & Coordination
Presentation Lead	Machamp 💪	Speaking time balance, 5-min rehearsal timer, prop storage	Robot design presentation coordination, 2.5-min match timer, pit cleanup
Research Lead	Alakazam 🧠	Focus during research, citations, project binder organization	Focus during rule/strategy discussions, Q&A rulings, engineering log
Prototype Lead	Tinkaton 🔨	Crafting task allocation, craft supply care & model storage	Build task allocation, LEGO sorting & robot cleanup, design concept logs
Outreach Coordinator	Dragonite 📬	Expert contacts, interview questions, fundraising plans	Tournament swag/trading, team ambassador/Coopertition, demos
Creative Director	Jigglypuff 🎤	Theme & costume ideas, poster visuals, presentation deadlines	Robot branding/icons, testing photo/video reminders, build milestone tracking
Budget Officer	Meowth 🪙	Project supply wishlists, budget limits, receipt tracking	Robot parts wishlists, Hub/tablet inventory checks, budget limits
Intelligence Scout	Greninja 🥷	Compiling research on existing market solutions & novelty	Compiling robot ideas/mechanisms, match debriefs, strategy notes
Rubber Ducky	Psyduck 🦆	Listening, team fun, inclusion, anonymous mentor bridge	Code/build sounding board ("rubber ducking"), fair table turns, stress resets

Detailed Role Responsibilities¶

📦 Presentation Lead — Machamp¶

Codename: Machamp 💪
Leadership Focus: Participation, Rehearsals & Timekeeping
Superpower: Stage presence, keeping everyone on schedule, and ensuring every single teammate has their moment in the spotlight.

💡 Innovation Project:
Makes sure everyone knows what they are contributing and that speaking time is shared fairly.
Keeps an eye on the clock during practice so the presentation stays within the 5-minute limit.
Ensures presentation boards, props, and cue cards are safely packed away after each session.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Coordinates the Robot Design judging prep so every builder and coder gets a chance to explain their work to the judges.
Keeps time during practice runs so the drive team learns to operate within the 2.5-minute match clock.
Ensures pit displays and match run-sheets are packed and organized between sessions.

🔬 Research Lead — Alakazam¶

Codename: Alakazam 🧠
Leadership Focus: Discussion Focus, Knowledge Organization & Citations
Superpower: Synthesizing facts, keeping discussions on-topic, and guarding the team's scientific citations and rulebook rulings.

💡 Innovation Project:
Keeps the team focused and on-topic during project research discussions.
Collects and organizes the team’s research notes, facts, and source citations into the master binder.
Ensures everyone’s questions and findings from expert interviews get properly documented.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Keeps the team focused when reviewing official Robot Game rules, mission scoring updates, and Q&A rulings.
Gathers and logs the team's engineering lessons, math, and discoveries into the team notebook.
Makes sure the rulebook is handy at the table whenever a scoring question comes up.

🛠️ Prototype Lead — Tinkaton¶

Codename: Tinkaton 🔨
Leadership Focus: Hands-On Task Allocation & Hardware Custody
Superpower: Workshop forge master—making sure every builder has a mechanism in hand and every Technic brick is sorted and put away.

💡 Innovation Project:
Makes sure everyone has an active task during prop and model crafting time.
Collects and organizes prototype sketches and craft ideas from the group.
Ensures all project craft materials and display models are safely stored in team bins.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Robot & LEGO Custodian: Ensures the robot base, attachments, and LEGO bins are sorted and safely put away at the end of every session.
Makes sure everyone has something to work on during build time (no one is left standing around waiting).
Documents design ideas and build concepts from the whole group.

📬 Outreach Coordinator — Dragonite¶

Codename: Dragonite 📬
Leadership Focus: External Connections, Team Spirit & Swag
Superpower: Champion messenger—connecting with scientists, sharing buttons with fellow teams, and championing Coopertition®.

💡 Innovation Project:
Gathers contact information for experts the team wants to invite to speak.
Coordinates teammate questions so everyone gets a turn to ask during expert calls.
Brainstorms and tracks fundraising plans for project materials and team travel.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Organizes ideas for team "swag" (stickers, buttons, handouts) to trade and share with other teams at tournaments.
Acts as the team ambassador to greet visiting teams, share ideas, and promote Coopertition®.
Coordinates community demonstrations where the team shows off the robot.

🎨 Creative Director — Jigglypuff¶

Codename: Jigglypuff 🎤
Leadership Focus: Theme, Visual Identity & Milestone Deadlines
Superpower: Creative vision, show-stopping presentation aesthetics, and keeping our visual story unforgettable.

💡 Innovation Project:
Collects theme ideas, costumes/props, and visual concepts from the whole group for the presentation.
Organizes presentation display materials and ensures the team hits delivery deadlines.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Collects ideas from the team for robot aesthetics (team nameplate, decals, colors, SPIKE Hub light-matrix icons).
Reminds the team to capture photos and video clips of testing and attachments for our engineering records.
Helps keep the group aware of key robot milestones (e.g., target dates for finishing drive base or specific mission attachments).

🪙 Budget Officer — Meowth¶

Codename: Meowth 🪙
Leadership Focus: Supply Wishlists, Inventory & Approvals
Superpower: Financial vigilance, keeping receipts in check, and guarding high-value electronic hubs and tablets.

💡 Innovation Project:
Collects and tracks all project supply wishlists (poster boards, markers, craft materials).
Ensures all purchase ideas stay under budget before passing requests to mentors for final approval.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Tracks all robot parts and supply requests (e.g., replacement cables, storage trays, extra bricks).
Helps do an end-of-session inventory check for high-value items (SPIKE Hub, motors, sensors, tablets).
Ensures robot purchase requests stay within team budget limits before mentor review.

🥷 Intelligence Scout — Greninja¶

Codename: Greninja 🥷
Leadership Focus: Scouting, Strategy Compiling & Match Debriefs
Superpower: Tactical recon, breaking down champion mechanism videos, and logging match run reliability statistics.

💡 Innovation Project:
Tracks and compiles everyone’s research on existing products and solutions to see what's already out there.
Helps the team identify and document what makes their own solution unique.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
Tracks and compiles everyone's research on existing robot designs, mechanism ideas, and match strategies.
Facilitates match debriefs after practice runs (collects what worked, what failed, and what to tweak).
Ensures novel strategy ideas and routing suggestions from the group are documented and shared.

🦆 Rubber Ducky — Psyduck¶

Codename: Psyduck 🦆
Leadership Focus: Team Dynamics, Active Listening & Inclusion
Superpower: Rubber duck debugging listener, calling team resets when stress rises, and protecting teammate inclusion and psychological safety.

💡 Innovation Project:
Listens to the team, checks in on teammates, and makes sure everyone is having fun and feels included.
Acts as a sounding board: If someone is frustrated or stuck on a problem, talking it out helps them get unstuck.
Serves as a safe, confidential person to go to if you want to pass anonymous feedback to mentors.
🤖 Robot Game & Robot Design:
"Rubber Duck" Debugging Partner: When coders or builders are stuck, they explain their logic out loud to the Rubber Ducky to spot their own mistakes.
Makes sure everyone gets fair table time to test code and launch runs.
Calls for a quick breather or team reset when frustration or pressure gets high at the table.