Written By: Dylan C Practice Day The entirety of Thursday is considered to be used as a practice day. Once all teams were loaded into the pits, practice matches swiftly began at noon. Match 1 Our First practice match was quite simple. On the red alliance, Talon was paired with…
2024 Central Missouri Tournament Day 1
Written By: Dylan C There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough! Starting bright and early in the morning, 32 Talon team members embarked on a long expedition to Sedalia, Missouri. Our bus ride was a lot of fun for everyone involved. After a short mishap, Talon left Minnesota and started a…
2024 Build Season Days 45-51 (2/19 – 2/25)
Written By: Medha G, Dylan L, Charlotte S, Ben R, Dylan C Monday 2/19 – President’s Day On Monday the majority of the team had a day off. Of course, the robotics room was open for those willing to come on their day off from school. On Monday we mainly…
2024 Build Season Days 38-44 (2/12 – 2/18)
Written By: Medha G, Charlotte S, Ben R, Dylan C Monday 2/12 The open room was packed as we kicked yet another robotics week off. Many of our members were scattered about trying to finish small tasks on the robot, such as reassembling the intake. Today was also a day…
2024 Build Season Days 31-37 (2/5 – 2/11)
Written by: Charlotte S, Medha G, Dylan L, Dylan C Monday 2/5 As we kicked another school week off, the open room was filled with programming and team bonding. Our team prepares for Sunday’s driver’s test by playing a team Blooket, with the majority of the freshmen rushing to win…
2024 Build Season Days 24-30 (1/29 – 2/4)
Written By: Manas P, Charlotte S, Medha G, Ben R, Dylan C Monday 1/29 As we struggle to stay awake at the beginning of the week, the team is continuing to work hard on the robot. One big thing that was going on during the open room was being done…
2024 Build Season Days 17-23 (1/22 – 1/28)
Written by: Medha G, Dylan C, Charlotte S, Ben R, Dylan L Monday 1/22 BAM BAM BAM BAM, that is how open room today started. This was the sound of a few students trying to hammer hex shafts into wheels to broaden the hole. Even though that wasn’t the most…
2024 Build Season Days 9-16 (1/15 – 1/21)
Written By: Dylan C, Medha G. Monday 1/15 Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! For Talon the team decided that we needed another room, so instead of taking the day off, we used Monday as a way to cut plates on our CNC machine. The team listened to music and…
2024 Build Season Days 1-8 (1/7 – 1/14)
Written By Dylan C, Medha G 1/7 The Day After Kickoff Being a Sunday afternoon, everyone was anxious to start work on prototyping the assigned subsystems they received on the kickoff. Starting at noon the party was slowly getting started. As Bob Marley said best, “We’re jammin’ ” and jamming…
Inspiring Bots for Tots 2023
Bots for Tots, an annual event held at the Eden Prairie mall, it took place on December 17 this past Sunday. The purpose of the event was to do two things: Raise money and toys for underserved kids in Eden Prairie, as well as connect with kids throughout the twin…