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  1. FIRST Robotics of #Minnesota closes the 2026 competition season at Concordia University, St. Paul with MSHSL – Minnesota State High School League – Championship. The top 36 teams, ranked by their season performance, are competing today, May 16th for the title of the State Champions.

    #frc #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #mshsl #MNastodon #robotics #OMGRobots

  2. FIRST Robotics of #Minnesota closes the 2026 competition season at Concordia University, St. Paul with MSHSL – Minnesota State High School League – Championship. The top 36 teams, ranked by their season performance, are competing today, May 16th for the title of the State Champions.

    #frc #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #mshsl #MNastodon #robotics #OMGRobots

  3. FIRST Robotics of #Minnesota closes the 2026 competition season at Concordia University, St. Paul with MSHSL – Minnesota State High School League – Championship. The top 36 teams, ranked by their season performance, are competing today, May 16th for the title of the State Champions.

    #frc #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #mshsl #MNastodon #robotics #OMGRobots

  4. FIRST Robotics of #Minnesota closes the 2026 competition season at Concordia University, St. Paul with MSHSL – Minnesota State High School League – Championship. The top 36 teams, ranked by their season performance, are competing today, May 16th for the title of the State Champions.

    #frc #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #mshsl #MNastodon #robotics #OMGRobots

  5. FIRST Robotics of #Minnesota closes the 2026 competition season at Concordia University, St. Paul with MSHSL – Minnesota State High School League – Championship. The top 36 teams, ranked by their season performance, are competing today, May 16th for the title of the State Champions.

    #frc #firstrobotics #firstroboticscompetition #mshsl #MNastodon #robotics #OMGRobots

  6. Context: I still have the laptop I used for #FirstRobotics for 2006 and 2007 (maybe 2005), and it still has the complete development environment for those IFI controllers.

    #FirstRoboticsCompetition #FRC

  7. Context: I still have the laptop I used for #FirstRobotics for 2006 and 2007 (maybe 2005), and it still has the complete development environment for those IFI controllers.

    #FirstRoboticsCompetition #FRC

  8. Context: I still have the laptop I used for #FirstRobotics for 2006 and 2007 (maybe 2005), and it still has the complete development environment for those IFI controllers.

    #FirstRoboticsCompetition #FRC

  9. Context: I still have the laptop I used for #FirstRobotics for 2006 and 2007 (maybe 2005), and it still has the complete development environment for those IFI controllers.

    #FirstRoboticsCompetition #FRC

  10. Context: I still have the laptop I used for #FirstRobotics for 2006 and 2007 (maybe 2005), and it still has the complete development environment for those IFI controllers.

    #FirstRoboticsCompetition #FRC

  11. 2811 just got picked for Alliance 1 at #PNW #DCMP and I'm losing my mind right now. I have been saying for *months* that we built a fabulous defense bot. Drivers don't want to hear it (they want to score points). Now defense might just punch our ticket to #FRC Worlds.

    Playoffs after lunch. youtube.com/watch?v=s3X4yqNg-88

    #FIRSTRobotics #FirstInspires

  12. 2811 just got picked for Alliance 1 at #PNW #DCMP and I'm losing my mind right now. I have been saying for *months* that we built a fabulous defense bot. Drivers don't want to hear it (they want to score points). Now defense might just punch our ticket to #FRC Worlds.

    Playoffs after lunch. youtube.com/watch?v=s3X4yqNg-88

    #FIRSTRobotics #FirstInspires

  13. About to celebrate the *TRUE* New Year. Counting down to the release of the 2026 FIRST #Robotics game. At #Kickoff in Vancouver, WA with teams from around the #PDX area.

    #FRC #FIRSTRobotics #FIRSTInspires

  14. About to celebrate the *TRUE* New Year. Counting down to the release of the 2026 FIRST #Robotics game. At #Kickoff in Vancouver, WA with teams from around the #PDX area.

    #FRC #FIRSTRobotics #FIRSTInspires

  15. #OMGRobots!

    This amazing #firstRobotics team of exceptionally bright kids is confident they can succeed this upcoming 2026 competition season. But they need some help to participate in two tournaments in #Minnesota.

    I vouch for this incredible #STEM program called #FIRST that teaches kids not only how to build robots but also innovate, solve problems, manage budget, communicate, and many other skills useful in real life.

    This team is run by high school students, their parents, and volunteer mentors with no financial support other than donations. Please consider #giving some help to these awesome kids this #thanksgiving season. Or just BOOST this post, that will help too. THANK YOU!

    givemn.org/story/hjbcig
    The recipient is a 501C3 non-profit. Donations are tax deductible. The tax ID is in the profile on this #giveMN website.

    #givingtuesday #twincities #mnastodon #givetothemaxday

  16. #OMGRobots!

    This amazing #firstRobotics team of exceptionally bright kids is confident they can succeed this upcoming 2026 competition season. But they need some help to participate in two tournaments in #Minnesota.

    I vouch for this incredible #STEM program called #FIRST that teaches kids not only how to build robots but also innovate, solve problems, manage budget, communicate, and many other skills useful in real life.

    This team is run by high school students, their parents, and volunteer mentors with no financial support other than donations. Please consider #giving some help to these awesome kids this #thanksgiving season. Or just BOOST this post, that will help too. THANK YOU!

    givemn.org/story/hjbcig
    The recipient is a 501C3 non-profit. Donations are tax deductible. The tax ID is in the profile on this #giveMN website.

    #givingtuesday #twincities #mnastodon #givetothemaxday

  17. #OMGRobots!

    This amazing #firstRobotics team of exceptionally bright kids is confident they can succeed this upcoming 2026 competition season. But they need some help to participate in two tournaments in #Minnesota.

    I vouch for this incredible #STEM program called #FIRST that teaches kids not only how to build robots but also innovate, solve problems, manage budget, communicate, and many other skills useful in real life.

    This team is run by high school students, their parents, and volunteer mentors with no financial support other than donations. Please consider #giving some help to these awesome kids this #thanksgiving season. Or just BOOST this post, that will help too. THANK YOU!

    givemn.org/story/hjbcig
    The recipient is a 501C3 non-profit. Donations are tax deductible. The tax ID is in the profile on this #giveMN website.

    #givingtuesday #twincities #mnastodon #givetothemaxday

  18. #OMGRobots!

    This amazing #firstRobotics team of exceptionally bright kids is confident they can succeed this upcoming 2026 competition season. But they need some help to participate in two tournaments in #Minnesota.

    I vouch for this incredible #STEM program called #FIRST that teaches kids not only how to build robots but also innovate, solve problems, manage budget, communicate, and many other skills useful in real life.

    This team is run by high school students, their parents, and volunteer mentors with no financial support other than donations. Please consider #giving some help to these awesome kids this #thanksgiving season. Or just BOOST this post, that will help too. THANK YOU!

    givemn.org/story/hjbcig
    The recipient is a 501C3 non-profit. Donations are tax deductible. The tax ID is in the profile on this #giveMN website.

    #givingtuesday #twincities #mnastodon #givetothemaxday

  19. #OMGRobots!

    This amazing #firstRobotics team of exceptionally bright kids is confident they can succeed this upcoming 2026 competition season. But they need some help to participate in two tournaments in #Minnesota.

    I vouch for this incredible #STEM program called #FIRST that teaches kids not only how to build robots but also innovate, solve problems, manage budget, communicate, and many other skills useful in real life.

    This team is run by high school students, their parents, and volunteer mentors with no financial support other than donations. Please consider #giving some help to these awesome kids this #thanksgiving season. Or just BOOST this post, that will help too. THANK YOU!

    givemn.org/story/hjbcig
    The recipient is a 501C3 non-profit. Donations are tax deductible. The tax ID is in the profile on this #giveMN website.

    #givingtuesday #twincities #mnastodon #givetothemaxday

  20. Hi @in_sympathy,

    What would you suggest as the power supply for SBCs like OrangePi or RaspberryPi in a 12V chassis which may fluctuate wildly? It's an #FRC robot. There's a 5V "regulated" source on the chassis but its advertised capacity is only 2A max. So my first thought was a dedicated step down from 12V to 5V. Seeking expert advice. Thank you.

    #FirstRobotics

  21. Hi @in_sympathy,

    What would you suggest as the power supply for SBCs like OrangePi or RaspberryPi in a 12V chassis which may fluctuate wildly? It's an #FRC robot. There's a 5V "regulated" source on the chassis but its advertised capacity is only 2A max. So my first thought was a dedicated step down from 12V to 5V. Seeking expert advice. Thank you.

    #FirstRobotics

  22. At the #FIRSTRobotics mentor BBQ tonight, my wife introduced herself to a room full of 30+ adults as "a five-year-robot-widow." I feel like maybe I owe her some jewelry or something for putting up with my nonsense.

  23. Meet the Makers: Smithtown FIRST Robotics Team student engineers from Smithtown High School East & West are showcasing their 2025 FIRST Robotics competition robot at #MakerFaireLongIsland!

    Built in just 6 weeks as part of the global FIRST competition!

    Sept 14 | Stony Brook University
    Info: longisland.makerfaire.com
    🔗 Maker Profile: longisland.makerfaire.com/make
    Apply by Aug 10: longisland.makerfaire.com/call

    #MeetTheMakers #Robotics #FIRSTrobotics #STEAM #MakerCulture #YouthInnovation

  24. Needed: #PDX area front-end #developer willing to #volunteer time to teach and mentor a high school FIRST Robotics program.

    The Tactics & Strategy wing of the Skyview Robotics program has been working on a data collection and reporting tool and could use some professional guidance. The mentor "stack" currently includes Product, UX Design, Data Analysis, and Dev Ops, but nobody to teach front-end coding.

    The crew meets Tuesday and *possibly* Thursday nights starting in the fall. We may be able to flex that for you though. Reach out for more info. Thanks!

    #VanWA #VancouverWA #Portland #FIRSTRobotics #FRC #Software #SoftwareDevelopment #Frontend #Fullstack

  25. Needed: #PDX area front-end #developer willing to #volunteer time to teach and mentor a high school FIRST Robotics program.

    The Tactics & Strategy wing of the Skyview Robotics program has been working on a data collection and reporting tool and could use some professional guidance. The mentor "stack" currently includes Product, UX Design, Data Analysis, and Dev Ops, but nobody to teach front-end coding.

    The crew meets Tuesday and *possibly* Thursday nights starting in the fall. We may be able to flex that for you though. Reach out for more info. Thanks!

    #VanWA #VancouverWA #Portland #FIRSTRobotics #FRC #Software #SoftwareDevelopment #Frontend #Fullstack

  26. #bostonWeekend 41/x

    Mon #Robots -

    #DeanKamen at the MOS

    Free with pre-registration.
    “A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
    #FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

  27. #bostonWeekend 41/x

    Mon #Robots -

    #DeanKamen at the MOS

    Free with pre-registration.
    “A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
    #FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

  28. #bostonWeekend 41/x

    Mon #Robots -

    #DeanKamen at the MOS

    Free with pre-registration.
    “A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
    #FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

  29. #bostonWeekend 41/x

    Mon #Robots -

    #DeanKamen at the MOS

    Free with pre-registration.
    “A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
    #FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

  30. #bostonWeekend 41/x

    Mon #Robots -

    #DeanKamen at the MOS

    Free with pre-registration.
    “A Conversation with Inventor Dean Kamen at 7 p.m. at the Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, on the Cambridge border. Free with registration. Kamen discusses his and his company’s work on human health innovations, including robotic arms, insulin delivery systems and more. (Kamen may yet be most famous for the Segway mobility device – which, bizarrely, in 2001 drew predictions from Steve Jobs it would be “as significant as the personal computer” and praise for being “revolutionary” from Jeff Bezos.) President of the museum Tim Ritchie joins.”
    #FIRST #Stem #FirstRobotics #Segway

  31. Watching the PNW FIRST district championship while cataloging video from the Willsonville tournament. Really impressive scores being put up. Hope team 2550 can go next year.

    #firstrobotics #pnw #robotics

  32. Competition monitor bot is loaded up and ready to track the team progress @frc8410

    #FIRSTRobotics #FRC8410 #OMGRobots

  33. Both #SkyviewRobotics teams are competing this weekend and... I haven't been up since 4:00am. I'm not at the venue. I'm not working on losing my voice already. For the first time in 10 years, we're competing in a Saturday-Sunday event, not a Friday-Saturday. My brain is actively rejecting the oddity of it all. #FIRSTRobotics #FRC

  34. Our second competition starts tomorrow with load in, set up, and practice matches. The team itterated a few times in the last few weeks on intake design, elevator controls, and automation. And included some last minute prototyping building and finishing a whole new climbing system.

    Looking forward to putting on a good show for the home crowd and we'll see if it's good enough to get us into district championships in a week and a half.

    #FirstRobotics #OMGRobots #FRC8410 #Overdrive

  35. FIRST Robotics time again, and this year I'm judging, which requires some pre-work.

    The hardest part of judging is the final few rounds, when we're trying to decide to hand the award to the team that walks on water or the team that cures leprosy. Lemme tell you: one of the reasons I keep doing this event is that. The original purpose of FIRST is to inspire the next generation of students (originally the future engineers, but increasingly just good people who know how to be good to other people).

    That's a head-fake. The inspiration is circular. These students make me want to stand up and demand the world be better because they fucking deserve better from it.

    When I'm tired... Bone-tired, blood-tired, forty-years-in-the-same-flesh-tired... These kids ain't ready to quit yet and all of a sudden, neither am I.

    #frc #firstrobotics

  36. We're mid-season right now, so there's going to be a lot of traffic on that hashtag. If you're in a #STEM field professionally, I also highly recommend getting involved as a mentor with a local #FIRSTRobotics team. firstinspires.org/ways-to-help

  37. My high school child came back from the #firstRobotics competition, and I was trying so hard not to laugh....

    He was helping out another team who's robot had all kinds of control issues. He said after four hours of mucking with it and removing completely extraneous modules and crud he kinda got it working, and never wanted to look at that code again.

    The kicker? It was apparently mostly written with AI :-/

  38. I'm giddy with anticipation for this. Fair warning, we're in competition season. I'll be posting quite a bit about this tomorrow and Saturday using the #FIRSTRobotics and #SkyviewRobotics hashtags. Feel free to mute them (or me) if it becomes too much.
    mastodon.social/@skyviewroboti