Eagan, MN
Welcome to the Lockheed Martin / Thomson-Reuters & Eagan High School Team 2220 Website!

PostHeaderIcon Latest News

PostHeaderIcon Popular

PostHeaderIcon Blue Twilight | Team 2220 Homepage

PostHeaderIcon A Visit to Hidden Valley Elem

Welcome Viewers!

The week has been going well so far. Thursday the 21st of January, team members Madison Weldon, Cooper McKinnon and mentor Jenny Flipi, donated time to participate in a science fair at Hidden Valley Elementary School.

On display was a robotic arm that kids could control to pick up candy off a moving beltway. It was huge success, and once more we prove that science is fun and super cool!

 

Read more...

 

PostHeaderIcon Our First Video!

Check out our first video!  More to come!

alt : robotics_video_one.flv Enlarge Video

Last Updated (Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:32)

 

PostHeaderIcon Getting There

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.

Read more...

 

PostHeaderIcon Begin! FRC Kickoff!

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.

 

Read more...