The Adventures of Spring Break: Revenge of the Practice Monday-20th Spring break officially started for our school district, but that doesn’t mean Talon isn’t hard at work! At 3:30 room opened and the team began to work on the robot. Our main work was on making an auto. While not…
2023 Build Season Days 45-51 (3/13-19/2023)
We Did It! This past week Talon finished building our robot. This weekly summary tells the story of us finishing it along with the team practicing. Monday-13th Tuesday-14th Wednesday-15th Thursday-16th Friday-17th Weekend Updates 18/19 Both weekend days were quite similar to each other. On Saturday the team mainly worked on…
2023 Build Season Days 40-44 (3/6-10/2023)
Authors: Dylan C, Timothy M, Isaac M, Al A. Week Summary: Monday-6th Monday was a day off for the entire team. No subteam met and the room was canceled! Tuesday-7th Tuesday was the team’s first day back since Duluth. While the robot was being redesigned, members of the team were…
NORTHERN LIGHTS REGIONAL Day 3 3/4/2023
Attack of the DECC Just like Friday morning, every team member woke up at different times to have breakfast. Once 7:30 hit everyone moved over to the DECC to get through the rest of our qualification matches. Below is a summary of Saturday: Qualification Matches Qualification match 7 The bell…
NORTHERN LIGHTS REGIONAL Day 2 3/3/23
Day Summary Breakfast The start of a good day comes with breakfast. While easing into the lobby of the hotel members woke up at different times. All of these times being early in the morning, Talon was ready to go by 7:30am. We quickly rushed to the DECC from our…
NORTHERN LIGHTS REGIONAL Day 1 3/2/23
The Northern lights Regional is the first competition of the season for the team. Starting super late Wednesday night our drive team traveled alongside our robot trailer to get all the way up to Duluth. Once they arrived they unpacked the trailer and settled into the hotel getting plenty of…
2023 Build Season Days 32-39 (2/19-26/2023)
Authors: Adhi K, Dylan C, Timothy M Week Summary Whew… We’ve been busy! These last few weeks talon has had tests, design pivots, and loads of fun. Enjoy! Sunday-19th With the deadline of February 20 set for the completion of our practice bot, we were hard at work to complete…
2023 Build Season Days 26-31 (2/13-18/2023)
Weekly Summary With the build season coming to a close Talon is in a really good spot. Our practice bot was finished this week, our code is almost done, and we got to practice a slight amount. Everyone here at talon is super excited for our Duluth tournament. Monday-13th Marketing…
2023 Build Season Days 21-25 (2/6-10/2023)
Week 5 Summary The week was quite eventful for the team. To start off the weekend, we dropped off metal to be anodized at our great sponsor named HardCoat inc. In addition to that, the team was able to finish the entire drivetrain and start construction of the elevator. On…
2023 Build Season Days 16-20 (1/30-2/3/2023)
Week Summary Monday-30th Open room for Monday was similar to every other Monday. With open room starting at 3:30 talon got to work. We cut plates on the CNC machine for the intake that we previously voted on a few team meetings ago. Once the plates were cut, an assembly…