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Week two of build season has been eventful and productive. The build team has finalized our design for the shooter portion of our robot to score in this year’s game. All of our shooter prototypes have been extremely successful, but our latest iteration has really dialed in the accuracy and consistency! The programming team has…

For the past three years, Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) held a two week LEGO Robotics Camp for the children in the Duluth area. Team 4009’s LEGO Camp is a great opportunity to help educate young students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). DNA held the LEGO Camp again this year. Our FIRST (For Inspiration…

Hello! Here is the match schedule for today. Qualification Match 61 was supposed to be played yesterday but due to delays it will be played today in the third match. Qualification 61, Estimated Time: 8:16 AM Qualification 71, Estimated Time: 10:03 AM Qualification 77, Estimated Time: 10:45 AM Qualification 80, Estimated Time: 11:06 AM  

[metaslider id=3872] On May 23, 2018 our team was a featured guest at the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation annual celebration. Coach Andy was a panelist and we had a great time demonstrating our robots to the guests.

During the fourth week of their build season, DNA continued to work on the Game Design Challenge. As DNA starts to narrow down the game elements that they will use in their game, they have been able to start structuring the elements. This is an important part in the game design process because DNA has…

Last Sunday our team went to the Itasca Community College for their yearly scrimmage. Along with ten other teams, DNA was able to practice driving on a field before competition next week. Unlike many other sports, the field changes every year and the majority of FIRST teams do not have access to a field. With…