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The last few meetings have been a little slow but things are starting to pick up here in Team 2220.

After the kickoff, our team hosted a massive strategy meeting with the Apple Valley High School team, the Eastview High School team and the Henry Sibley High School team. The inquisitive minds of students and mentors brainstormed possible strategies for playing Breakaway.

At the next team meeting, all the compiled strategies were looked over and the impossible were stricken from the list. The team then separated into small groups to work on more detailed strategies and later presented their ideas to the team.

On Friday the Ninth of January, the FIRST Robotics Competition kicked off this year’s game event. Hosted at the University of Minnesota’s Northrop Auditorium, Team 2220 helped hand out the kit of parts to the 110 teams attending the kickoff event.

For the next six weeks, teams spanning the width and breadth of the country will construct a robot to compete in this year’s game. The game- Breakaway- involves bumps, soccer balls and towers, and is looking to be an exciting challenge this year.

Robots will have to meet very specific size and weight requirements to ensure the ‘bot doesn’t flip as it goes over the bumps and make it through the passages.