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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…

MSHSL State Competition Information Our team will be competing at the Minnesota State Robotics Competition at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus May 17th and 18th. We are really excited to be attending this prestigious competition, and we would love to have everyone come cheer us on! If not, here are some important…

Last Saturday, the 2020 FIRST Robotics Competition game was revealed during a kickoff stream viewed by our team at UMD. This year’s challenge is “INFINITE RECHARGE” powered by Star Wars. In this challenge, robots are tasked with fueling a shield generator with power cells, spinning a control panel and climbing a generator switch. Please take…

Last night we had our annual Robot Reveal to display our progress on the robot to the public. We had a great time discussing this year’s game and our robot capabilities with our family, friends, sponsors, and other community members. We also revealed our robot’s name “Boreas”.  Boreas is the name of the Greek God…

Denfeld Nation Automation FIRST Robotics Team 4009 competed at the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, Minnesota on March 8th and 9th, 2019. It was the team’s first regional competition this season. During qualification matches, DNA’s robot performed amazingly well and went undefeated through nine matches and was ranked 1st out of 63 teams. As the…

Last Sunday our team went to the Itasca Community College for their yearly scrimmage. Along with ten other teams, DNA was able to practice driving on a field before competition next week. Unlike many other sports, the field changes every year and the majority of FIRST teams do not have access to a field. With…