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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.
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…
January 9th, 2023Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Kickoff UpdateGreetings,Last Saturday, FIRST Robotics released the 2023 game during a kickoff stream at UMD. Thisyear’s game is called “CHARGED UP” sponsored by Haas Automation. The challenge this yearrequires each alliance to pick up cones and inflatable cubes then place them on stair-like shelves.Points escalate if the cones and…
We are deeply saddened to share the news that Dr. Woodie Flowers, Co-Chair of the FIRST Executive Advisory Board has passed away recently. He was a Professor at MIT, where he helped create the renowned 2.007 Engineering Course. He was also instrumental in creating the FIRST Robotics Competition, where he coined the phrase “Gracious Professionalism”,…
Davious is DNA’s 2022 robot, named after our Mentor Dave. Dave originally mentored for his son, but has continued to be a valued mentor even after his son graduated. Dave has spent hours with the students helping them build the best bot they can, but still claims he has learned more from the students than…
During week six of the build season, DNA worked hard to complete the final draft of their game for the Game Design Challenge. Additionally, DNA has also been working through the writing portion of the challenge. With the end of the build season nearing, DNA has been looking forward to in-person practices starting this week!…
February 11th, 2023 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Five Greetings Sponsors, Many objectives progressed during DNA’s fifth week of build season. The Robot Build sub-team finalized the design of the competition robot, they also attached a hard stop to the robot, finalized the arm attachment, and tested the robot at Cloquet on Saturday…