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The 2018 robotics season has finally begun! We are excited to begin our new year with a brand new challenge, FIRST Power UP! Here are some pictures of the team brainstorming and coming up with ideas for the new robot.

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…

Our team suffered a major setback this week due to school being canceled for three days in a row due to the extreme cold caused by the polar vortex. We were not able to hold practice on these days and therefore could not continue robot construction. Instead, team members worked on the Chairman’s presentation and…

[metaslider id=3425] Denfeld Nation Automation (DNA) Update for Week 4 This week our build and electrical sub teams have been busy completing their goals for this week! The build team has completed a game piece manipulator and our drivetrain and electrical teams have been piecing together the electronics board to mount on our robot. The…

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 December 3rd, teams from all around the area went to Itasca Community College for a day of robotics training seminars. Students learned programming, electrical wiring, and other aspects of robotics that will help them as they prepare to tackle this year’s FIRST Robotics challenge! Our team presented two classes: Drive Trains and Transmissions, and…