2012 CompetitionsLake Superior Regional
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End of Build ScrimmagesJanuary 20, 2012 By MN Regionals Web Staff Looking for a way to test your robot before Lock-Up Day? There are three scrimmages planned for the last full weekend of the build season. Based on prior year’s events, these are very helpful in testing your robot and strategy in a real game environment. Each location has its own registration procedure and fee schedule. All scrimmage events require pre-event registration. Please read the flyer for each event and follow the registration instructions. Join the MN FRC LabVIEW TrainingDecember 26, 2011 By MN Regionals Web Staff Jed Retherford, of National Instruments, created a MN FRC community page and is posting LabVIEW training materials. Every FRC team should have a programmer and a mentor "Join" the site so that they can be emailed when new material is available, and also be notified of future training sessions. Click this link. Once you have clicked on the link: Junkyard Robots to Guide Teams, Visitors at the DECC!December 22, 2011 By Lauren W. Hey FRC robot fanatics and pack rats! Planners for the Lake Superior Regional have designed a creative and green project with FIRST Teams’ creativity and building abilities in mind. The DECC (Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center) is the venue for the Lake Superior Regional competition. It’s a large facility where people tend to get lost. Minnesota Splash Goes OnlineDecember 11, 2011 By MN Regionals Web Staff Minnesota Splash this year consists of three evenings of web-based training seminars: December 13, December 15 and December 20. Here are the directions to setting up your computer to access the live webinars. Brush Up Your Design, Build, Programming SkillsOctober 19, 2011 By MN Regionals Web Staff FIRST Teams! This Fall, Dunwoody College of Technology’s Robotics & Manufacturing Department is hosting a series of Saturday morning hands-on seminars including: Beta Testing New Code for 2012September 23, 2011 By Connor S. Excited about the upcoming season? If so, you are not alone, because there are teams already jumping in by helping other FRC teams get ready. These teams start early by applying – and winning assignments – to Beta Test new robot code. This year, 147 FIRST teams from around the world applied to beta test one of three languages: C/C++, JAVA, and LabVIEW. Of that 147, 75 teams were chosen (25 for each language), and of those 75, seven are Minnesota teams. 2nd Annual Minne Mini Regional Set for November 19September 14, 2011 By MN Regional Web Staff The2nd annual Minne Mini-Regional FRC tournament is slated for November 19, 2011, at Prior Lake High School. Sponsored by FRC Teams 2220-Blue Twilight, 1816-The Green Machine and 2169-KING TeC, this will be our last event to play the 2011 game, LOGO Motion. This event is scheduled later in the year to allow your teams to form and to give you the best chance for new members to gain a real competition experience before the 2012 Kickoff on January 7 and the new season. |
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Lake Superior Regional, Duluth: JC Penney, NASA, Minnesota Power Foundation, Archer Racing, P&H MinePro Services, Mr. Don Monaco, Eventis-Business & Wholesale Solutions, Northland Foundation.
North Star and 10,000 Lakes Regionals, Minneapolis: Medtronic Inc., Boston Scientific, Pentair Foundation, U of MN College of Science and Engineering, 3M, BAE Systems, and PTC.