Event Summary MMR (Minnesota Miniature Regional) is an off-season competition consisting of 36 teams, and it is the last off-season competition we at team 2502 go to. This event was definitely a great experience for both experienced and new team members. There were a few hurdles we had to jump…
Friday Fun with FTC!!! (11/11/22)
Author: Timothy M The FTC Incursion Today during the open room we had half of the FTC teams that we mentor come into the room to get some last-minute work done on their robots before their competition the next day. They worked tirelessly to get everything patched up and get…
Monday Night Lights. (Open Room, 11/7/22)
Event Summary Business meetings On Monday the 7th, Talon decided to add a second open room for each week. From now the team will be having two open rooms per week until the season begins. Today the team got a lot done. To start the day off, the team had…
Robots & Rotini 2022
Authors: Etnik H, Dylan C Event Summary On November 5th Talon was finally able to have its biggest fundraiser of the year Robots & Rotini! Below is a summary of pasta, games, and more! FTC Practice and Demos All of the Eden Prairie FTC teams came to Robots & Rotini…
MRI 2022
Authors: Dylan C, Anirudh R Event Summary MRI is a local off-season event, in Roseville, consisting of 36 teams. MRI, being one of the last events of the 2022 off-season, was another excellent event for newer members to get their first competition experience. The team had a great time and…
Rookie Camps, and Open Room
Authors: Dylan C, Paul O Today, Monday the 3rd, is the start of rookie camps for incoming team members. We were able to start the day with a presentation from Neel. The presentation was about team structure and a Captain’s duties. This led to a talk about the roles of…
Homecoming Game
Hoco Game and T-shirt Cannon On Friday the 30th Talon was invited to shoot our own T-shirt cannon at our homecoming game. Talon quickly assembled a few volunteers and everyone started to fold t-shirts to shoot at the game. When the day of the game arrived, the team grabbed the…
Open Room 9/29/2022
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…