Lake Superior/Northern Lights Schedule

On January 6th the new game for the FIRST Robotics Competition was released. Our game for this year is called Crescendo. Despite bad weather and poor road conditions our team went to Esko, MN to have kickoff with Subzero Robotics. After watching the game reveal our teams came together to discuss the game and come…

This week we worked hard to reach our goals, and have surpassed most of them. Our design subteam now has the majority of our robot completed in the SOLIDWORKS computer program. They have also begun 3D printing crucial parts for power cell storage on the robot. The programming subteam is developing an automatic aiming system…

On behalf of DNA team 4009, this is the first of our weekly updates to keep our supporters apprised of our season progress.  In the first week of build season, our team has been busy designing the robot for this year’s challenge, RAPID REACT Presented by the Boeing Company. During the first week of build…

Our team competed at the Gitchi Gummi Get-Together on Friday July 19th and 20th, 2019. The Gitchi Gummi is an off-season tournament that we attend each year to train in new drive teams and bond with local robotics teams. Our robot performed admirably during the qualification matches. We went 8-3-1 earning a spot as the…

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 27th, 2024   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Week Three Update  Greetings, During DNA’s third week of the FRC competition, significant strides were made. The team’s prototypes were tested and reworked, to allow for better playability and design. With the drive base all wired up the programmers were able to start implementing code and testing out…