by Edina Robotics | Dec 27, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
What squawks like a duck if there’s a sliver of metal stuck in the solder? A Bluetooth speaker, of course! In mid-December, “The Green Machine” hosted its third “Girls in the Workshop” event. The challenge this time was to solder a Bluetooth speaker kit,...
by Edina Robotics | Dec 6, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
Once the regular season regional competitions are over, it’s time to get ready for the next season. FIRST Robotics Competition teams like “The Green Machine” maintain the mechanisms and coding of the ‘old robot’ to play and train new members at off-season events...
by Edina Robotics | Nov 14, 2022 | 2023 - Archive, Blog
“The Green Machine” attended Medtronic’s 2022 Jumpstart event to both teach and learn. Venna W. and Kaylie C. presented our ongoing project of Girls in the Workshop. Two of our team’s core values are diversity and inclusion. Recruiting more girls is an important...
by Edina Robotics | Nov 9, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
What’s it like to stand in the spotlight on the “Ted Talk” Red Carpet? On October 28th, our co-captains, Adele S. and Kaylie C., and assistant captain, Venna W., gave their talk, “Our Turn in Tech” at the first-ever evening devoted to student speeches at the...
by Edina Robotics | Oct 30, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
In early October, FRC Team 1816 “The Green Machine”, held our annual all team retreat, which is one of the many ways for us to get to know one another and the feel of the newest iteration of the team. We started off learning about each other through activities such as...
by Edina Robotics | Oct 18, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
During the month of September, members of our business, outreach, and media sub-teams created a “cold call” campaign designed to further community engagement from companies and businesses within a five-mile radius of Edina High School. We started by driving through...
