Soaring Eagles!

January, 12th, 2017 Greetings Everyone, Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week 1 This week, we were given the challenge for the 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition STEAMWORKS. We have included a link to this year’s challenge here. Our first week consisted of developing a general idea on how our robot is going to function, prototyping…

It’s that time of the year again and FIRST has announced their new challenge. This year, we joined the Duluth East Daredevils at their auditorium to watch the live unveiling of this year’s game. Afterward, our team headed over to the American Legion to go over the new game manual in-depth and began discussing possible…

Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed in the Lake Superior Regional at the DECC on March 3rd and 4th. DNA played six qualification rounds on Friday; the team performed well and ended the day in 5th place. On Saturday, Denfeld Robotics had two matches before alliance selection. In the second to last…

This week we missed another day of practice due to excessive snow. Fortunately, we had anticipated this day off and brought parts with us that we could weld offsite. The CAD sub-team worked hard through the snow day to complete our robot design in SolidWorks. We also used this snow day plan the last two…

February 11th, 2024   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Week Five Update  Greetings, DNA’s fifth week of build season was full of progress and testing. The ARC Field was set up in the Hermantown Middle School on Saturday and Sunday. Allowing the team to travel to Hermantown and practice on a field with fellow FRC teams, getting…