DNA Dinner & Silent Auction

January 29th, 2022 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Three Greetings, During DNA’s third week of build season, the team has been working hard to finish prototyping our robot. Our sub-build teams have begun to mount motors onto the shooter, started cutting the aluminum pieces for our robot frame, and finished the climbing arm…

This week we have accomplished major milestones in the construction of our robot! Our robot drove for the first time after we mounted motors and completed the programming for the drive train. The programming subteam has also finished coding the main functions of the teleoperation system and have begun working on autonomous code. The build…

Last Saturday, the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition game was revealed during a kickoff stream viewed by our team at UMD. This year’s challenge is “INFINITE RECHARGE” powered by Star Wars. In this challenge, robots are tasked with fueling a shield generator with power cells, spinning a control panel and climbing a generator switch. Please take…

January 22nd, 2022 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Two Greetings, During DNA’s second week of build season, many important tasks were accomplished. The programming sub-team worked on tuning a defense mechanism on our practice bot as well as finishing up the majority of the code for the other mechanical movements. The robot build…

Hey All! Our robot reveal & open house is coming up this Thursday, the 12th of February, from 5:00 to 7:00pm. You’ll be able to stop in the robotics room and take a look at the Recycle Rush robot and share what you think, so mark your calendar and stop by! Also, the forms for…

This week we worked hard to reach our goals, and have surpassed most of them. Our design subteam now has the majority of our robot completed in the SOLIDWORKS computer program. They have also begun 3D printing crucial parts for power cell storage on the robot. The programming subteam is developing an automatic aiming system…