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Robotics Joins in Celebration of Edina School’s New West Campus
By Greg B.
April 26, 2007 -- Edina Robotics Team 1816, The Green Machine is happy to have participated in the Edina School District’s “Hats off to Edina!” open house at the high school on Sunday, April 22nd. Positioned in the high school’s newly expanded Commons, visitors were able to watch team-produced videos of this year’s and last year’s robots in action. Guests were also were given the opportunity to operate the robot from last year, as the one from this year had not yet returned from the Championship in Atlanta. Many teachers and administrators from the district showed up to watch and drive the robot; even Dr. Ric Dressen, Edina’s superintendent of schools, took a turn at the controls. Aside from a few instances of driving the robot into the wall – and a few close encounters off-the-carpet from overzealous young controllers, in the end no one was hurt. Besides watching and operating the 2006 robot, visitors were encouraged to page through the photo album the team submitted for this year’s Chairman’s Award, see up-close the team’s awards from regional and national competitions, as well as learn about FIRST Robotics and Edina’s recent activities from team members on hand. The Green Machine now looks forward to moving into new workshop space and meeting room at Edina High School!
Edina Robotics Wins Big at International Competition
April 14, 2007 -- Edina Robotics FIRST Team 1816, The Green Machine, was a Finalist in the Newton Division of
the FIRST Robotics Championship Competition at Atlanta’s Georgia Dome April 12-14, 2007.
FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.” The team of 33
Edina High School students participated as one of the 86 teams represented in the Newton
Division of the competition. The FIRST Robotics Championship is an international competition
in which 344 teams and 8,600 high-school students from five countries participated. The Edina
team was in a three-team Alliance that advanced all the way to the division finals. FIRST’s
competitive game this year for the robot challenge was called Rack ‘N’ Roll. Read More...
Edina Robotics Team Prepares for FIRST Championship
By Anna W.
April 9, 2007 -- Because Edina Robotics Team 1816 has been selected as one of 30 teams to participate in the FIRST Fuel Cell project, the team has automatically qualified to participate in the FIRST Championship. The tournament will last three days, April 12-14, and is held in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Team members will be dismissed from school on Wednesday, April 11 to fly to the competition, where they will meet with 340 teams and over 8,500 high school students from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Brazil to compete in this exhilarating competition. There, the team will present its Fuel Cell Project, and, of course, demonstrate its robot’s extraordinary defense skills in the matches. All matches can be watched live via NASA webcast via the link above. We are in the Newton Division.
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