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3rd Annual FIRST National Advocacy Conference
On June 18th, Team 1816 will be making our fourth annual trip to Washington DC for the National Advocacy Conference. This event, hosted by Team 27 RUSH, attracts FIRST robotics teams from across the U.S. to this 3-day conference. There, students...
7 Minnesota FRC Teams Come Together for 2018 SwampFest
It takes six hours to drive northwest from the Twin Cities to Greenbush, MN, but the distance doesn’t matter when a FIRST Robotics summer camp is the destination. From August 2-5, seven FIRST Robotics teams from around Minnesota gathered in the...
1816 on Capitol Hill: The FIRST National Advocacy Conference
On June 23rd, The Green Machine travelled to Washington, D.C to speak with Minnesota Senators and Members of Congress at the annual FIRST National Advocacy Conference. The conference was founded by Steve Hyer from FIRST Team 27 - RUSH, who wanted...
All Systems are Green
It’s the moment FIRST teams worldwide have been counting down to – the reveal of the 2019 FIRST Robotics game challenge, Destination: Deep Space! Tune in on Saturday for the reveal via the FIRST Twitch channel. The fun begins at 9 AM CT.
Welcome to the re-launch of The Green Machine’s website!
Welcome to the re-launch of The Green Machine’s website! This is the first full refresh of our site since we launched V2 in the 2009 season. Access to our Team’s Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TBA pages can now be found at the top right of the home page. Additional...
Joy of Life
Last fall, 1816 took a hard look at its sustainability as a FIRST Robotics Competition team, and as a team, decided that determining its Core Values would be one of the best ways to confirm and then pass along team culture. In the months leading up to Kickoff 2018, a...
Topgolf Mega-Extravaganza Tournament to Benefit 1816
Join The Green Machine for an exciting afternoon of golf – in November! Yes, on Sunday November 11th, The Green Machine will host an afternoon of golf competition at the new Topgolf location in Brooklyn Center, MN. Topgolf is an indoor driving range, in...
Edina Robotics Receives Highest Honors at World Championships
Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816 - “The Green Machine,” which operates out of Edina High School, competed at the FIRST Robotics World Championship in Detroit, MI April 25-28, 2018. This event is run by FIRST, which promotes after-school,...
1816 Featured at Microsoft Showcase
A record-setting blizzard doesn't stop The Green Machine! To cap off National Robotics Week, 1816 was featured by our new sponsor Microsoft at its Mall of America store. We attracted visitors of all ages who wanted to catch boulders from our 2016 robot,...
1816 Advances to World Championships
This year, The Green Machine competed at two FIRST regional competitions - Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, MN, and the Medtronic Foundation Regional (formerly 10,000 Lakes) in Minneapolis, MN. At Lake Superior, the Team faced challenges with its collector...
Annual STEM Advocacy Day at MN State Capitol
More than 50 participants on six FIRST teams brought robots to the Minnesota State Capitol building on Monday, February 26th to meet with senators and representatives during the annual STEM Advocacy Day. The recently-renamed event was previously called the Minnesota...
Green Machine Gears Up for Robots in the Rotunda
STEM comes to the State Capitol! Please join FRC 1816-The Green Machine and Minnesota FIRST teams for STEM Advocacy Day and Robots in the Rotunda at the Minnesota State Capitol, Monday February 26th, 10 AM - 12 noon. This event, sponsored by Edina state...