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The Green Machine recently competed in the Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional competition, where the team won the Regional Engineering Inspiration Award, qualifying us again to attend the FIRST World Championships in late April. The award celebrates a team who...

Competing at a Week One FIRST Regional event, such as the Lake Superior Regional, is like participating in a shake-down cruise. One never knows what the robot will really do until it is on a real FIRST competition field. We finished 19th after...

On March 9th, Green Machine members Harini J., Owen S., Jack H, and Brandon S. visited AP Government classrooms at Valley View Middle School to give presentations about STEM in the legislature to possible team rookies. The presentation highlighted ways that kids can...

Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816 won the Regional Chairman's Award at the March 2-4, 2017 Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, MN. The Chairman's Award is considered the most prestigious award conferred on teams by FIRST. At each event, it is awarded to a...

Please join The Green Machine, FRC Team 2239-Technocrats and FRC Team 2502-Talon for District 49 Day at the Minnesota State Capitol, Friday February 24, 8 am to 12 noon. Our FIRST Robotics teams are featured in the Capitol Rotunda by three state legislators...

Mentoring Edina teams that are in the younger FIRST programs is a big part of 1816’s community outreach. From September until end of the competition season for FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League, and FIRST LEGO League Jr.,...

As we approach the middle of the 6-week robot build season, The Green Machine is working hard to make the Week Zero event for the Southwest Hub a success. This pre-season competition is a mock regional competition, complete with robot pits and a full field with all of...

In 2015, TEDx hosted a conference in Edina, bringing together ministers, scientists, professors, authors and global change-makers for a day of interesting discussion. TEDx returns January 21, bringing another opportunity for the community to engage with speakers,...

The Green Machine engages in many community outreach events throughout the year, but as the pre-season winds down, there is one event that brings tremendous satisfaction and celebration. At the FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Junior...

It seemed like the 2017 build season would never arrive but, now that we are digging into the challenges presented by FIRST STEAMWORKS, it seems that the busy pre-season was only a prelude to a calendar-packed build. Immediately after the Kickoff broadcast...

Fox9 will host its annual Girls, Science and Technology event on November 12th at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The event presents many STEM-related activities, and hosts a variety of companies and organizations that support technology education. The day is geared...

The Green Machine's second-annual STEMtoberfest will take place the last full week of October at People Serving People (PSP), a Minneapolis-based transitional-housing facility. The goal of STEMtoberfest is to focus on bringing FIRST and STEM, particularly...