New name coming soon.
Options of tasks:
Start engineering notebook/portfolio
Play some short name or icebreaker games to get to know each other
Look at videos of robot in 30 hours
Prototype intake, shooter, or "climber" mechanisms. Prototype basically means try the concept and therefore doesn't matter exactly how well it is built as long as it can show that the idea works or doesn't work.
For looking at ways to use Tetrix, look at these build instructions. Each has 3 different robots.
https://view.publitas.com/pitsco-education/44715-maxrcbuildersguide/page/1
https://view.publitas.com/pitsco-education/44721-maxexpansionsetbuildersguide/page/1
Research topics:
lead screws in FTC and FRC
winches
FRC 2018 Destination Deep Space climbers (look up Behind the Bumpers for this one)