October 6, 2014
With an influx of students for the new season, DNA Robotics has begun its fourth season of robotics goodness. The freshmen are working on learning the ins and outs of building a robot through making their own robot out of an old kit of parts.
January 29th, 2022 Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Three Greetings, During DNA’s third week of build season, the team has been working hard to finish prototyping our robot. Our sub-build teams have begun to mount motors onto the shooter, started cutting the aluminum pieces for our robot frame, and finished the climbing arm…
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…
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”,…
During the first day of qualification rounds, our team competed in 6 matches. We went 5-1 which puts us in 7th place out of 54 teams. Our climber has been consistent and we can now place a gear on the side peg during the autonomous period. Tomorrow our team has 3 qualification rounds before alliance…
Hey! As we’re getting ready to head to the Central Illinois Regional in Peoria, we’d like to thank our sponsors for their support and everyone who signed up on our SignUpGenius form to donate food for the trip! A webstream of the Central Illinois Regional is available at the Illinois FIRST website, here. Check it out during…
Our team worked hard at the Worlds championship in Houston, Texas. We were placed in the Galileo division and had the opportunity to compete with some of the best teams around the world. We ended qualifications with a rank of 37 out of 77. We unfortunately did not make it to playoffs but we were…