by Laurie Shimizu | Jan 13, 2018 | 2018 - Archive
FIRST Teams around the world are now exploring the challenges presented by this year’s engineering game challenge, FIRST POWER UP, and are sure to have a packed 6-week build season. In this year’s challenge, each three-team alliance earns points and...
by Laurie Shimizu | Jan 11, 2018 | 2018 - Archive
Core Values have always been at the heart of FRC Team 1816. Even before we launched our Team’s “Be FIRST” peer-to-peer campaign several seasons ago, The Green Machine has placed high value on the ethical underpinnings of what it means to be...
by Laurie Shimizu | Nov 21, 2017 | 2018 - Archive
The Green Machine returned as invited exhibitors to the Science Museum of Minnesota for the annual Girls, Science, and Technology event November 12th, hosted by Fox9. This is the second year that the team has showcased a robot at the event, which was geared towards...
by Laurie Shimizu | Oct 6, 2017 | 2018 - Archive
When 1816 team members returned to Edina High School following the summer’s construction, they found a reconfigured school and new possibilities for robot-build space and Team meetings. This new STEM Center is home to EHS’ Project Lead the Way and Computer Science...
by Laurie Shimizu | Aug 21, 2017 | 2018 - Archive
In early August, 1816 drove to Northwest Minnesota to spend a weekend with teams 5172 – Gators, Greenbush-Middle River, and 3750 – Gator Robotics, Badger. The teams (1816 and 5172) got along so well at the MSHSL FIRST State Robotics...
