Drive Train Repair During EMCC, we had various drivetrain issues. So today we decided to tackle them. One of the motors that had been powering the robot had a bent shaft and was rendered unserviceable. The defective motor was swapped for a fresh, working motor that should eliminate the lack…
EMCC 2022
Event Summary Being one the first off-season events in our area, the team was super excited to sign up for the EMCC. EMCC is a great event to let newer members try out driving and operating our robot in a competitive setting. Throughout the day everyone was able to try…
“The Open Room Strikes Back” (9/14/22)
Authors: Andre N, Dylan C Open-Room Updates Today, Wednesday the 14th, Talon got back together to work on various projects. Below is a summary of everything that we did today: Demo Bot Over the summer some team members worked on designing a demo bot that would be used at events to…
FTC Kickoff!
Event Summary This year Eden Prairie’s middle school didn’t have a head mentor to run the show. Hearing about the news, Talon stepped in and saved the day. Revamping the FTC system in the process, Talon invited everyone who was interested in the new season into the tech room for…
MN State Fair 2022
Millions of people gather around for the annual Minnesota State fair. This year, Talon participated in two of the twelve days of the fair. Talon participated in this fair continuing the rich tradition of inspiring people with FIRST and robotics. People were thrilled to see our robot perform. The team…
2022 FLL Kickoff
Event Summary What is more fun than witnessing a bunch of kids gravitate towards STEM? Nothing is what our team would say. Talon had its FLL kickoff on Friday the 2nd. Like always, young Talons had a lot of fun. Many elementary kids were excited about this year’s challenge and…
IEEE (7/21/22)
Event Summary This Thursday our team had the incredible opportunity to present our robot at IEEE. The event has a long and wonderful history. Annually, our team partners with a neighboring FIRST robotics team to present our robots to companies and their employees. This year we were joined by the…
Fireworks & Robots (7/3/2022)
Event Summary On July 3rd, The city of Eden Prairie started off its independence day celebration with a fun carnival-like event. The city invited us to have a demo at the said event, so the team agreed. At the demo, the team greeted many families with Cerberus shooting and members…
Open House Fun (6/25/2022)
Event Summary On June 25th Talon was finally able to do its famous team open house. At the event, the team invited our community to our school’s commons. At the commons the team was able to show off Cerberus and Orion. Talon was also able to introduce FLL, FTC, FTC…
Weekend Cleaning (6/11-6/12 2022)
Weekend Cleaning Over the weekend Talon had seven hours to clean its room. During that time the team was able to clear out its very cluttered room storage. Multiple members organized different components of our room. By the end of week, the team was able to finally see its wooden…