Welcome to The Green Machine Website!
Welcome to the official website for Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816 "The Green Machine!” This is the place to learn more about FIRST Robotics, our team's activities and history, the game challenge and competitions. We invite you to keep up with The Green Machine by checking out our calendar, participating in our forum, reading our ongoing team blog, and viewing our photos and videos!
Recent News 
Green Machine Members Help Make a Difference at U.S. Women’s Open By Greg B.
July 1, 2008 -- More than 114,000 spectators flocked to the golf greens for the U.S. Women’s Open at Edina’s Interlachen Country Club June 23-29, 2008, and members of Team 1816 were right in the center of the action. In keeping with the team’s resolution to “go green” this coming year, several members of the team volunteered their time to help with recycling at the tournament. This initiative, led by the Recycling Association of Minnesota, deployed volunteers to collect recyclables, compost, and trash, as well as help keep the grounds clean. Indeed, if everything at the event has gone off as planned, the Recycling Association and their many volunteers will have made the event the first ever, “zero-waste” U.S. Women’s Open! To learn more, visit the association’s website at http://www.recycleminnesota.org/.
The Green Machine Gets its Hands all Green By Matt H.
June 22, 2008 -- The Green Machine joined the Green Thumb Crew at The Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, Minn., for an evening of gardening and landscaping duties. Well slathered in sunscreen and bug spray, 11 team members worked in the gardens and surrounding grounds, helping to make the immediate environment around The Bakken a much greener and tidier place. Using shovels, trowels, and rakes, we cleared brush and weeded garden beds, including pulling out giant invasive weeds. The team cooled off afterwards with shakes at the Convention Grill. Find out more about The Bakken and its mission of science education at their website.
Edina Robotics Wins the 2008 Regional Chairman’s Award By Greg B.
After three exciting days participating in the inaugural FIRST Minnesota Regional Robotics competition, events concluded with Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816-The Green Machine being awarded the Regional Chairman’s Award, FIRST’s most prestigious award.