Lake Superior Regional

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…

In the first week of build season, our team has been busy designing the robot for this year’s challenge, INFINITE RECHARGE Powered by Star Wars.  Our build subteam has been working hard to prototype the shooter, electrical boards, and the control board manipulator necessary to be successful in this year’s game. They have also finally …

Week two of build season has been eventful and productive. The build team has finalized our design for the shooter portion of our robot to score in this year’s game. All of our shooter prototypes have been extremely successful, but our latest iteration has really dialed in the accuracy and consistency! The programming team has…

On Sunday, February 16 our team participated in the annual scrimmage at Itasca Community College. At this scrimmage we had the opportunity to practice driving, interact with other teams, and present to mock judges. At ICC we learned valuable things about our robot and how to operate it to its full potential. We will spend…

Good morning! As you may have already heard, the final state results have been posted. We finished in the top 10%, 19th out of 192! So, yes, that means team 4009 is going to State! The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) State Robotics Competition will be held on May 16th, 2015 at Williams Arena on the U…

During the fourth week of their build season, DNA continued to work on the Game Design Challenge. As DNA starts to narrow down the game elements that they will use in their game, they have been able to start structuring the elements. This is an important part in the game design process because DNA has…