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The Green Machine went green again with another trip to The Bakken during the Minneapolis Aquatennial Celebration, July 23-24. This time, members of Team 1816 were in charge of The Bakken’s “Bike VIP Zone,” checking in and keeping track of bicycles of all sorts during...

Blowing the dust off robots that haven’t seen action since the end of the FIRST Overdrive competitions last spring, several metro-area FIRST Robotics teams came together for an off-season event dubbed “Minnesota Madness.” Members of The Green...

More than 114,000 spectators flocked to the golf greens for the U.S. Women’s Open at Edina’s Interlachen Country Club June 23-29, 2008, and members of Team 1816 were right in the center of the action. In keeping with the team’s resolution to “go green” this coming...

The Green Machine joined the Green Thumb Crew at The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, Minn., for an evening of gardening and landscaping duties. Well slathered in sunscreen and bug spray, 11 team members worked in the gardens and surrounding grounds, helping to make the...

Just released, a Team 1816 video production, “David Cook – American Idol.” This three-minute promotional video includes singing, interviews, and even some sneak footage of The Green Machine’s departing star. As an added bonus, the feature even includes judge...

Dean Kamen, world-renowned as an entrepreneur and inventor but best-known to FIRST Robotics members as the tireless advocate for all things science and technology, was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Science & Technology Banquet, hosted annually by the University...

The 2008 FIRST competition season came to an exciting finale with the World Championships in Atlanta, and Team 1816 was right there in the middle of the action. During the tournament, held April 17 to 19, 2008, The Green Machine competed with 350 other teams...

The Green Machine was front-page news of the Edina Sun-Current weekly newspaper immediately following Team 1816's win of the Regional Chairman's Award at the inaugural FIRST Minnesota Robotics competition at the University of Minnesota March...

The Green Machine received a letter of congratulations regarding our performance at the inaugural FIRST Minnesota Regional Robotics competition from the University of Minnesota's Dean of the Institute of Technology, Steven L. Crouch. The University of...

After three exciting days participating in the inaugural FIRST Minnesota Regional Robotics competition, events concluded with Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816-The Green Machine being awarded the Regional Chairman’s Award, FIRST’s most prestigious award. The Regional...

Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816, The Green Machine is proud to have competed in the Wisconsin Regional for the third straight year in a row. After going through three intense days of competition, the team now is primed and ready for the upcoming Minnesota...

With a strenuous yet exciting build season behind them, Team 1816, “The Green Machine,” looks forward to competing in their first FIRST Robotics Regional competition of the 2008 season. From March 13th to 15th, Green Machine members will be in Milwaukee at...