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  The 2021 Minnesota STEM Advocacy Day brought together STEM and FIRST organizations through a Facebook Live event hosted by Senators Jim Carlson (DFL, Eagan) and Melisa Franzen (DFL, Edina).   This year’s remote event coincided with National Robotics Week,...

Hello,    We hope you are doing well. Although Minnesota is shut down in many ways because of the pandemic, “The Green Machine” continues to work together online. Our subteams are moving forward, with ideas for a new competition pit, new ways to write our...

I first wrote a post for this site back in 2013. I had just returned from a trip to Israel as a freshman Army ROTC cadet and remember being surprised how many things had happened since I had graduated high school in 2012. It’s now been 8 years since I was competing as...

Throughout August, “The Green Machine” held meetings via Zoom and Google Meet with Edina public officials to discuss the “state of STEM” opportunities in our community. These meetings were to share information about the 2020 FIRST Robotics competitions, and to discuss...

Now, more than ever before, FIRST is encouraging teams to learn more about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, especially programs that FIRST has developed recently. Please review the information about FIRST and ED&I via this updated link, which explains different...

FIRST Team 1816, "The Green Machine", is proud to represent the city of Edina, the greater Twin Cities area and the state of Minnesota.  On May 25, 2020, Mr. George Floyd was killed during an encounter with the Minneapolis Police Department. Our community,...

I hope this finds you and your family well. This was supposed to be the week of the FIRST World Championship at the TCF Center in Detroit, looking similar to last year's ... One of our own Edina FIRST Tech Challenge teams, Piece of Cake, was the Winning...

Many FIRST teams nationwide are stepping up to help our health care workers and first responders by 3D printing visors for face masks and ear savers for masks that go over the ears.  Team 1816-The Green Machine is pleased to be one of the Twin Cities metro teams...

By Bella B.  Although our FIRST Robotics competition season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, Team 1816, “The Green Machine,” was fortunate to have the opportunity to compete at the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, MN, March 5-7, 2020. At this event, we...

Meet Zodiac, our robot for FIRST Robotics Competition game Infinite Recharge. Zodiac will be competing at the Lake Superior Regional, Minnesota North Star Regional, FIRST Championship Detroit, and Minnesota State High School League Championship (MSHSL)    ...

We’ve turned the calendar to February, and we’re looking forward to revealing what we’ve been working on since Kickoff weekend, and we learned the details of the INFINITE RECHARGE challenge. Our 2020 robot, “Zodiac,” will be on display on Thursday evening, February...

The 2020 competition season has officially started! On Saturday Jan. 4, Team 1816 held a kick-off event to view the 2020 season game launch livestream and begin preparing for the season.  FIRST released the 2020 Game Manual immediately following the game reveal...