The Best Weeks of Summer

Our summer session has just flown by, with a variety of workshop sessions, visits with sponsors, two visits to Children’s Star Studio, robot demos at the Mount Olivet Rolling Acres camp, giving tours of our workshop spaces during a special Edina Ed Fund event,...

Sponsor Thank you – HID Global

Thank you HID Global! FIRST Team 1816 sponsor visits have been on a longer-than-expected pause due primarily to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, the Team is now picking up where we left off!  In June, we brought our 2022 Season ZAP robot to HID Global’s Eden Prairie,...

Back Live and In-Studio

Community outreach is once again happening in-person, with one of our favorite outreach events back online. “The Green Machine” recently appeared live on Minnesota Children’s Hospital’s own Star Studio, a channel that entertains and educates the hospital’s...

My Green Machine Experience

I joined FRC 1816, “The Green Machine” this past January, inspired by my experiences on my FIRST Tech Challenge team but even more so by a Fall event called “Girls in the Workshop.”  I became a part of the business team, writing an article in my first week on the...

“Cargo Catch” with Edina 8th Graders

On May 25th, Wednesday morning, the rising ninth graders of South View middle school and Valley View middle school were invited to Edina High School to take a tour in preparation for the upcoming school year. Due to our very recent success in winning the MSHSL State...

MSHSL Robotics State Champions

Since the Minnesota FIRST Robotics Competition became a varsity sport endorsed by the Minnesota State High School League in 2012, “The Green Machine” has strived to attain a State Championship title. This year, our 10th consecutive appearance in the event, was our...