Lake Superior Regional

February 26th, 2022 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Seven Greetings, During the seventh week of our build season, we were able to put the finishing touches on both the build and business sides of the team. The robot build sub-team reinforced our climbing mechanism with steel as well as our intake system. The…

The Denfeld Nation Automation “DNA” Robotics Team 4009 capped off an impressive season at the third annual Gitchi Gummi Get Together on Saturday, July 30th. The event, hosted by the Duluth East Daredevils Team 2512, gave teams another chance to compete with this year’s robot. To fill all 18 competition spots, Team 3184, Blaze Robotics,…

Week Two of build season was very eventful. Our design and build teams refined robot components to meet our strategy goals and began solidifying prototypes. The programming team has started learning about a new, lightweight, and powerful motor. It is the first brushless motor designed for FRC and is lighter and more powerful than traditional…

This past weekend our team had the pleasure of competing at the Lake Superior regional in Duluth, MN. DNA showed Gracious Professionalism by helping a team that had their trailer flip into a ditch by bringing their robot and equipment to LSR and helping them fix their bumpers. We also made plates for other teams…

Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed at the first annual Great Northern Regional held in Grand Forks, North Dakota. On the first day of qualification matches, Friday March 2nd, DNA won 6 of our 7 matches, placing 2nd overall. On Saturday March 3rd DNA competed in 4 more matches, ending in 10th…

For the past three years, Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) held a two week LEGO Robotics Camp for the children in the Duluth area. Team 4009’s LEGO Camp is a great opportunity to help educate young students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). DNA held the LEGO Camp again this year. Our FIRST (For Inspiration…