Thanks to everyone who cheered on the team at the Minnesota Bluff Country Regional in Winona! We were the captain of the 4th alliance and played up to the finals of the playoffs! Thanks to the dedication and countless hours spent working on the robot, outreach, our amazing impact presenters, and more, we won the Team Sustainability Award! Additionally. We were also able to be qualified for the FIRST World Championship in Houston in this regional!
Our next competition is the Iowa Regional in Cedar Falls, March 25-28. More information can be found here. We hope to see you there!
Team Neutrino will be heading to Winona, Minnesota from Wednesday, March 4 to Saturday, March 7 for the Minnesota Bluff Country Regional! We will be using our 2026 robot, Halcyon, for our first FRC regional event of the Rebuilt 2026 Season! You can find more information at: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2026/MNWI
On March 1st, Team Neutrino held their Robot Reveal! With 122 people in attendance, this event allowed the team to share all the progress made during the build season with the local community. Team members were introduced, and all those who attended could learn more about the team and see the robot revealed to the public for the first time today! Additionally, the Woodie Flowers’ Award and the FIRST Leadership nominees from our team were announced – congratulations to William McDeid and Joy Zhang for FIRST Leadership, and Woodie Flowers’ nominee, Dagney Paskach!
On December 11th, Team Neutrino hosted a mock kickoff meeting to prepare team members for the upcoming 2026 FRC season. Students were first split into groups to analyze parts of the 2020 Infinite Recharge game manual. The information each group considered most important from their respective sections was then put into lists for the other groups to see and understand. The students then conversed within their groups about strategy for the Infinite Recharge game based on the information they learned. They answered questions about point scoring, arena maneuvering vulnerability, and more. Based on their answers to the questions, the team members came together and decided on needs, want, nice-to-haves, and no’s in their strategy for the 2020 game. Together, they had fun, discussed different possibilities for strategy, and developed a better understanding of how Team Neutrino’s real kickoff day will look like in January.
On December 18th, Team Neutrino held a mock Monday discussion to begin discussing the collaboration of strategy and design. Together, the team reviewed their strategy for the Infinite Recharge game manual. Then, the team members split into groups to brainstorm ideas for robot design, based on their strategy. Within their groups, they discussed robot design option, such as what shooter design to use and how would the robot intake the game pieces. After gaining a good understanding of their best idea and creating a example sketch, each group shared their thoughts with the rest of the team. Through team discussion, they collaborated to develop an idea of what the best design would be for the 2020 Infinite Recharge game.
Thanks to these team meetings, team members feel more prepared for what to expect during the beginning of our 2026 build season on January 10th!
On November 8th, Team Neutrino spent the morning and afternoon disassembling Leviathan, the robot from the 2025 season, in preparation for the upcoming season. We began by removing the control components from the robot, followed by various mechanisms from the robot’s body. Later, we dismantled the reefs so that we could reuse the wood for prototyping or for creating more game fields in the next season. Each mechanism was taken apart by a group of team members collaborating. We practiced the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and adhered to general safety measures to ensure everyone remained safe. Additionally, we organized the mezzanine area to improve navigation and better prepare for the new season.
