2020 Season Open House and Superfan Day!

We’ve turned the calendar to February, and we’re looking forward to revealing what we’ve been working on since Kickoff weekend, and we learned the details of the INFINITE RECHARGE challenge. Our 2020 robot, “Zodiac,” will be on display on Thursday evening, February...

Outreach in the “Off-Season”

Much has happened since we closed the 2019 Season as the Detroit World Championship Chairman’s Award Winner. 1816 has kept busy with community-focused outreach events, fundraisers, and networking.   Early this fall, 1816 held a demo at Jerry’s Hardware, a...

Gracious. Professional. Always

Dear Green Machine Team members, alumni, and friends: over the weekend we lost, to complications following a surgical procedure, the co-founder of the FIRST program, Dr. Woodie Flowers.  The news hit the FIRST community very hard and everyone is mourning in their...