Each year, the team gathers as soon as the information about the upcoming competition is revealed (usually September). After familiarizing with the rules, the team members present their ideas and discuss different solutions. Once a single concept is agreed on, the team coordinator helps the students split in groups that will work on separate assignments, and the manufacturing begins!

There are three main areas to work on: programming, electronics, and mechanics. The students choose freely in what areas they will work, but they are strongly encouraged to be involved in all segments.

Programming is done in the C programming language, and it refers to programming of microcontrollers and peripherals. In the area of electronics, students design the printed circuit boards, make a selection of the appropriate components, and they implement and test it all together at the end. The mechanics consists of robot design, production of parts, and final assembly with tweaks.

Throughout the previous years, Electropioneer relied on school, city, and government funds to cover the material, equipment, manufacturing, maintenance, and travel costs for the team. With some appealing stories in the local media following the team’s performance in the last couple years, the team’s coordinator managed to find some financial support from the “Rotary club Novi Sad-Danube” in 2014.