On December 13th, 2022 members of our team had the opportunity to visit the 148th Fighter Wing and tour some of their facilities. We enjoyed learning more about how the 148th operated and the opportunity’s available with them. If you would like to know more about the 148th Fighter Wing you can look at their website here: https://www.148fw.ang.af.mil/
The third week of build season was a milestone for us as we transitioned from designing to building the robot. Before finalizing the designs for different game piece manipulators, we tested the prototypes a great deal and worked out most of the issues. With the finalized designs, we were able to begin cutting and milling…
Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed at the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, Minnesota March 9th and 10th, 2018. It was the team’s second regional in as many weeks after participating in the Great Northern Regional in North Dakota last weekend. The team leveraged its experience to consistently show leadership and poise…
[metaslider id=3846] On April 12th, we volunteered at the Laura MacArthur STEM Day. During this event we demonstrated our robot to elementary students as well as engaging them through discussion. We also volunteered at booths featuring different scientific experiments for the students to learn more STEM. Some of the booths we volunteered at included launching…
Hello everyone, The team is currently selling tickets for “A Day at the Wade.” It is a local youth fundraiser. The tickets are $10, and you get food, a concert, and much more. If you would like tickets you can contact us via email at dna4009@gmail.com.
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…
On June 26th our team did an interactive robot demonstration with Laura MacArthur’s KEYZone Summer Program kids. We had a great time teaching them about robotics in a fun and engaging process. Some of the kids even got the opportunity to drive our robots! Overall it was a great experience for both us and the…