by Edina Robotics | Jan 15, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
Being the first in person kickoff since 2020, Green Machine team members – veteran and new– came excited to share their ideas for the newest competition, Rapid React. While we all watched the game reveal “at home,” there was homework to be done before our...
by Edina Robotics | Jan 7, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
It’s been a busy four months for our Edina FIRST Tech Challenge teams. During the 2020-2021 FTC season, we were unable to meet as teams in-person, but once school began this fall, we returned to in-person build sessions and tournaments. Our 2021-2022 FTC teams overall...
by Edina Robotics | Jan 1, 2022 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
COVID-19 put a roadblock in the hands-on experience of learning to code. To counteract this dilemma, our software subteam began using “Code with Me,” an interactive, collaborative tool specifically for coding, similar to using Google Document and Google Meet programs....
by Edina Robotics | Dec 21, 2021 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
In recent past seasons, Edina Robotics has had a drop off in the number of girls who participated in our FIRST Tech Challenge pipeline to “The Green Machine”. In an attempt to increase our recruitment of girls and make their transition seamless, we hosted a “Girls in...
by Edina Robotics | Dec 5, 2021 | 2022 - Archive, Blog
On November 20th, FRC 1816 competed in the Minne-Mini, an off-season scrimmage event at Prior Lake High School. In the month since the Minnesota Robotics Invitational, our robot fabrication subteam undertook a number of tasks to get ready for this final play of the...
by Edina Robotics | Nov 22, 2021 | 2021 - Archive, Blog
How do you teach two classes of rookies to build a robot in one fall pre-season? COVID-19 restrictions kept us from having full robot-build sessions in the 2021 school year. We needed to figure out a build challenge that would get everyone up to speed. Our...
