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February 25th, 2023   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Seven Greetings Sponsors, The final week before DNA’s first competition brought many challenges. The Build sub-team created side guards out of polycarbonate which has a dual purpose of protecting our robots electrical board and also showing off our sponsors. They also added LED strips to…

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…

March 28th, 2024   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Colorado Competition Update  Greetings, DNA finished their FRC 2024 competition season by going to Denver Colorado, where they competed against 48 other teams, including two teams from Minnesota, 5690 Subzero from Esko, and 5232 Talons from Hermantown. They finished 13 out of the 49 competing teams and were…

February 20th, 2023   Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week Six Greetings Sponsors, As the time before comp diminishes, DNA ramped up preparation for our first scrimmage and competition. The Robot Build sub-team mounted a distance sensor to the robot which allows it to align with the loading station. The Programming sub-team made an auto…

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”,…

[metaslider id=3846] On April 12th, we volunteered at the Laura MacArthur STEM Day. During this event we demonstrated our robot to elementary students as well as engaging them through discussion. We also volunteered at booths featuring different scientific experiments for the students to learn more STEM. Some of the booths we volunteered at included launching…