Event Overview Bots for Tots was a huge success. We at Talon Robotics, along with the Eden Prairie Police Department, demonstrated our robots (although in different ways) and connected with the kids and parents. This year, many parents were very interested in the robots, which is good news because the…
MMR 2022
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…