IEEE Picnic – Connor P We were invited to the IEEE picnic hosted by Emerson. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is a community of engineers dedicated to advancing technology to help humanity, with about 486,000 members worldwide. They are a sponsor for our team and allow us to…
Programming Miracles and Lego Kits
IEEE Preparation Begins – Ally L At the start of this Monday’s open room, the IEEE picnic was in less than 12 hours. We would be demonstrating the 2025 season’s robot, Lefty, at the event. We had not run Lefty for a few weeks, as we were using the 2024…
Cronus and Chairbot: Summer Rooms 3 and 4
A Recap of Monday 6/30/2025 – Ally L Last Monday was Talon’s third offseason open room of the summer, and it was the last open room before Sparklefest! Sparklefest is Eden Prairie’s annual 3rd of July celebration, designed for kids and to be sensory-friendly. Every year, Talon demonstrates our robots…
Connecting Through Catch: Sparklefest 2025
Getting the Word Out! Sparklefest is the 3rd of July event put on by the city at Round Lake Park. It features a wide variety of vendors, sensory-friendly activities, and a drone show to end the night! A great opportunity offered by these outreach events is the ability to advertise…
Our Second Offseason Open Room!
6/23/2025 – Ally L This Monday was Talon’s second offseason open room of the summer. The weather was the opposite of last week’s, coming off of a weekend of heat warnings and record temperatures, rather than unusually chilly storms. Despite the sunny and warm weather, we kicked off the open…
Our First Summer Open Room!
6/16/2025 – Ally L This Monday was Talon’s first summer open room. So far this summer in Eden Prairie, the weather has been drizzly and cool. However, when we opened the doors of the robotics room on the 16th, the sun was shining and warm! So, Talon soon began outdoor…
2025 STEM Day: Kicking off Our Offseason!
STEM Day – Viki P Kicking off the summer, Talon hosted a STEM open house for their community to learn about all the programs we have to offer! For our elementary students, we had two FIRST Lego League teams show off their robots from the past season in addition to…
A Year of Change: Goodbye to Reefscape
It’s Not Always Smooth Sailing Nothing in life is easy all the time and FRC is no exception. This season highlighted some areas we needed to improve within our team, and even though we faced many challenges we were able to come out stronger than before. A prominent issue amongst…
2025 Season Outreach Summary
Increasing our Reach This year we set a new goal for our outreach events: one every month! Thanks to the hard work of students and mentors we were able to reach that goal, experiencing around a 200% increase in our event count from our previous season! Today we bring to…
2025 Ten Thousand Lakes Regional
10k History Talon has attended the 10,000 Lakes Regional (10k) for every year possible since 2009. We have been a finalist alliance captain in this tournament twice! We have been in the playoffs each year for over ten years, and similarly, for over ten years. Our Womens Panel is typically…