Busy Weekend

On October 15th, our team members demonstrated our robots to Tesla employees in their Brooklyn Park location. We spoke to the employees about The Green Machine, FIRST, and even let them drive the robot. Outreach events like these expand our connections and demonstrate...

Work and Play the 1816 Way

October 24, 2021 Each year “The Green Machine” holds an all-team retreat to build relationships between members while learning team culture and history. COVID restrictions and hybrid learning put a barrier between the seniors and the incoming juniors and sophomores....

A Duck to Water

We didn’t ‘duck’ out of this FTC season! On September 18th, 2021, Edina’s FIRST Tech Challenge teams got together to watch the 2021 game reveal, Freight Frenzy. We can’t wait to see the rubber ducks as field elements at in-person competitions this year! Green Machine...

Learning to Build (Robots) Together

After more than a year of being apart, we found that we as Team 1816 needed a way to come together as an effective, well-functioning team. Three groups were created, combining rookies and veterans to work together while building robots over the summer. The 2014 FRC...