2025 Press Releases

Hi everyone! Right now we are in the middle of our annual Lego Robotics Camp. This Lego Camp is a great way for the younger participants of FIRST to expand their way of solving problems and thinking creatively. Participants in the Lego Robotics Camp are given tasks to complete at their own pace while learning…

On November, 5th, 2016, Denfeld Nation Automation, Marshall Topper Bots, and Lakeview Christian Academy Lions Pride all demonstrated their teams robot during the Mini Maker Fair.

Good evening! After an exciting weekend, DNA Robotics has finally completed its participation in the Central Illinois Regional. We ranked 9th in The Blue Alliance’s OPR, and made it all the way to the semifinals alongside alliance captain 3258 and team 111 – finishing that out with the alliance ranked 3rd. Qualification score was 89.93…

[metaslider id=3091]     During the second week of build season, our team accomplished a multitude of tasks getting us closer to a completed robot. Our build team finished prototyping the robot along with assembling a lift kit, which is a powered mechanism that can raise game components up over seven feet in the air….

During the Freshman orientation DNA team members were able to meet the incoming freshmen and tell them about robotics. Several robots were driving around for the freshmen to see and team members were telling the kids about the various roles that people play on our team. Our team was very excited by the interest that…

January 31st, 2017 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week 3 We are now 25 days from when we must complete the robot for this year’s Steamworks competition. This week our build team has been constantly designing and upgrading our robot. The frame is constructed, and we are evaluating how to mount different required items…