DNA 3rd Annual Dinner & Silent Auction

January 28th, 2023   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Three Greetings Sponsors, During DNA’s third week of build season many milestones were achieved. The robot build sub-team built a prototype intake, developed a manipulator design, and worked with the CAD sub-team to complete the arm mount on the robot. The field build sub-team completed…

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…

On December 3rd, teams from all around the area went to Itasca Community College for a day of robotics training seminars. Students learned programming, electrical wiring, and other aspects of robotics that will help them as they prepare to tackle this year’s FIRST Robotics challenge! Our team presented two classes: Drive Trains and Transmissions, and…

Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed in the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) State Robotics Championship. This marks DNA robotics’ fifth time competing at the state championship in their ten year team history. Each year, out of over 200 Minnesota robotics teams, the top 36 teams are invited to challenge  the…

  Hey! The robot, named Lambda Larry, has finally been bagged & tagged!

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…