Local Media Coverage Archive - 2008

Can’t get enough of the FIRST Minnesota Regional? Check out these links to metro area print and television coverage!

Outlet	Title
UMN News	“March Madness goes hi-tech”
Minnesota Daily	“Robots Overrun Williams Arena in high school competition”
Fox 9-KMSP TV	“Robot Wars at Williams Arena”
KARE 11 TV	“Robots invade U-M Campus”
WCCO TV	“Web Extra: Robotics Competition at U-M”
University of Minnesota	U of M IT Video (Quicktime)
University of Minnesota	U of M IT Video (Flash)
Star Tribune	“Mad Robot skills tested at the track”
Star Tribune	“I was going to college to study psychology but now…” - Video Extra
Minnesota Sun Newspapers - Metro Area	Team 2518-Spartans of St. Jude, Simley High School
	Team 1816-The Green Machine, Edina High School
	“Engineering ingenuity”
	Team 2225-Robotronic, Champlin Park High School
	Bloomington Jefferson High School
	Team 2502-EPRobotics, Eden Prairie High School
	MN Regional Photo Gallery
Press Publications	“Real World Robots” Team2207 - Prime 329, White Bear Lake Area High Schools
Press Publications	“Rookie robotics team heads to Nationals” Team 2472 - RoboSapiens, Centennial Senior High School, Circle Pines
LifeScience Alley	"'Gracious Professionalism' Wins the Day at Minnesota’s FIRST Regional Robotics Competition" - The story is on page 7.
The Woodbury/South Maplewood Review	“There is no ‘I’ in robot: North High team enters state’s first robotics competition”
Stillwater Gazette	"Engineering Success: Stillwater Students compete at state robotics competition"

Regional Promotional Flyer

When flyers looking like this start appearing, don’t be surprised. These flyers, being distributed to all Minnesota FIRST Robotics teams, are meant to be downloaded and sent to as many people as possible to draw attention to the upcoming competition. Sure, those are exciting pictures from last year’s competition, but we hope the flyer will bring plenty of curious visitors to Williams Arena to see this year's FIRST Overdrive action up close and personal!

FIRST in the Star Tribune

Minnesota FIRST Teams from Irondale, Minneapolis’ Patrick Henry High Eagan are profiled in “The Future Is Now,” a story about FIRST Robotics and the Minnesota Regional in the Star Tribune. The front-page article in the “Twin Cities” section focused on the efforts of rookie and second-year teams from around the metro. The article also investigates the reasons behind FIRST’s rapid growth in Minnesota, and details the financial support from large corporations, such as Medtronic, Inc., and Dr. Stephen Oesterle, who have helped take the Minnesota Regional from a dream to reality. Read the Article.

Outdoor Boards by Medtronic

Medtronic, a primary sponsor of the FIRST Minnesota Regional, has kindly sponsored two giant outdoor boards along metro highways with the banner slogan “Science in Overdrive.” Viewers are directed to the regional website for more information!

Medtronic Board

FIRST in The Rake

The Rake Magazine of the Twin Cities featured the Team 2479-St. Paul-Johnson, St. Paul. Humorous and informative, it gives an inside look into the fun challenge of being a rookie team while also giving a background on FIRST as a whole. Read the Article.