Robot Drive Practice

On August 6, our team did a demonstration at the Morgan Park National Night Out celebration. Attendees of the event had a great time interacting with our robots and learning about how they are built and operated. By the end of the night we had a line of kids who couldn’t wait to get their…

Good afternoon! The State championship at Williams Arena was quite an adventure. DNA ultimately ranked 9th overall with a qualifying average score of 120.25. DNA also received the Dunwoody Outstanding Engineering and Design Award which was accompanied by a check for $500 to be used for the team.     The winning alliance consisted of teams…

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…

Our team is currently raising money for the upcoming worlds competition in St. Louis Missouri!. We are hosting events to raise the money we need for this and if you are willing to help or attend at least one of these events it would be greatly appreciated Upcoming Events Include Dinner & Silent Auction Thursday…

On September 14, our team brought two robots to the 148th Fighter Wing Family Day Event. Attendees of the event were able to interact with our robots by catching balls and “feeding” them back to the robot. Some brave kids even worked up the courage to drive the robots! Whether playing with or controlling the…

To start our seventh week of build season, DNA began in-person practices! During practices this week the build team worked on putting the turret of the robot back together as well as fixing the wiring on the robot. The programming sub-team worked on getting macros to work for the autonomous portion of the Infinite Recharge…