Weekly Update 5

February 9th, 2017

Greetings everyone,

Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week 5

This week our build and electrical has been hard at work finalizing our robot frame. We have finished the Woodie Flowers Award and the Entrepreneurship Award as well. Our programming team has been experimenting with vision processing. Our graphic design team has been working on buttons to give out at competition. Marketing team has been contacting businesses, seeking more sponsorships and donations.

~~~ YOU ARE INVITED ~~~

We will be hosting our Robot Reveal Open House from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, February 16th in the Denfeld Commons. Ice cream sundaes and beverages will be provided for those attending. Please come and support our team and see the progress we have made on this year’s robot!

Please stay tuned for more weekly updates!  Thanks again for all of your support!

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