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“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 goal...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

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 young...

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...

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...

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...

More than 35,000 people competed in and watched the competitions of the 2022 FIRST Championship, Houston, Texas, and “The Green Machine” returned from the 2022 Season “RAPID REACT” competition both tired from the weeklong event but also excited for new challenges! We...

FRC Team 1816, “‘The Green Machine” made two appearances at the Minnesota State Capital in the past month. On March 16th, Team 1816 along with Team 2169- KING TeC, Prior Lake, testified in front of the Minnesota Senate Committee on Jobs and Economic Growth. This was...