An Introduction to Toni “We got this.” Three simple yet powerful words always repeated by Toni Knorr, the fundraising mentor for FRC Team 2502. Her ability to foster confidence, empower students, bolster team morale, and manage logistics has had a lasting impact on the team. Through her passionate and inclusive…
The Leadership Award: Honoring our Students
Written by: A collaboration of the team What is the Leadership Award? The Leadership Award, formerly Dean’s List, is an award given to exceptional students who promote FIRST values within their team and community. Mentors on a team are invited to nominate two students, who must be sophomores or juniors,…
Northern Lights: Duluth 2026
Written By: Audrey T Getting our Robot Ready! There was quite a bit of work to do before we went to our first competition. Northern Lights was a week one, meaning we were in crunch time to get our robot done. Despite a parts delay setting us off schedule by…
Open Room 2/9/26-2/13/26
Written By: Karl M and Audrey T Monday Today, we received a shipment of steel tubing and C-channel as resources for the Tower, a field element that the robot is intended to climb at the end of each match. We also received 3d printer filament and a large bag of…
Open Room: 2/2/26-2/8/26
Media, Machining, and Monday Written By: Gretchen T Stuff happened! There was a Media Meeting, Captain’s Meeting, and Open Room. CNC was running, and packages came. At our Media Meeting, we went over our Gratitude Board, a way for subteam members to show their appreciation to each other, planned out…
Open Room: Jan 26th-30th
Monday – Money! (we need) Written By: William A Building a robot is expensive, and we wouldn’t be able to do it without all our generous sponsors! Today, the sponsorship subteam headed out to local businesses to inquire about sponsorship opportunities. Our team was able to make it to over…
Minnesota School Board Convention!
Written By: Laviki P With over 200 FRC teams in Minnesota alone, school funding and support are the backbone of a good robotics team, Talon being no exception. Which is why we were so fortunate to be invited by Team 3102 Tech No Tigers to speak on behalf of FIRST…
Open Room Week One: Getting Started!
Let’s Begin! – Monday Written By: Charlotte S Today marks the first Monday of the build season! The new game, called Rebuilt, is an exciting challenge for both new and old members to navigate. Today, those members started on prototyping, where they built some rudimentary contraptions with spare parts to…
Pancakes! (And the Game Reveal) | Kickoff
Written By: Audrey T Preparing for Kickoff Kickoff is a massive event, not just for our team but for all of FIRST Robotics Competition. There was a lot of preparation that had to go into this in order to both have fun and plan everything we needed. In the weeks…
Happy Holidays! Bots for Tots ’25
Written By: Audrey T What is Bots for Tots? Bots for Tots is a yearly holiday outreach event! At this event, we demo our robot, have craft activities, tell people about our programs, and, most importantly, collect toys to donate to an organization in need! It is a beloved team…