2017-18 Year End Celebration
Southwest High School Team 2129 celebrated an amazing 2018 in May.
Northstar Regionals 2018 – Day 1 Afternoon Update
We have successfully undergone inspection and passed. We have received our schedule for the qualifying matches for the next two days. Our matches are highlighted in the picture below and you can see our first Regionals post for videos and…
Northstar Regionals 2018 – Day 1 Schedule
Below is both the competition schedule as well as the practice match schedule. We'll post updates here or you can follow the updates at the Blue Alliance or the FIRST archives. Feel free to drop by the pit to say hi!…
Open House – Saturday the 27th
midpoint of our six week build. Here’s the game animation so you know what we’re proposing to do with the robot: https://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc/game-and-season FRC Team 2129 would be very pleased to host our team's families and friends. When: 11:00 to 1:30 on Saturday,…
Outreach at Lake Harriet
On this Friday we went to Lake Harriet Lower Campus for a STEM out reach activity. We had the opportunity to let 36 students dive the robot, and also draw and design their own robots.
MinneMini Competition
This past week end we participated in the minnemini competition. Our focus was on developing new drivers and drive teams. We field tested our prototype battery cart and have plans on how to improve it from its current set up.…
Sponsor visit to Barr Engineering and TruNorth Solar
We visited sponsors Barr Engineering and TruNorth Solar on this past Thursday to both thank our sponsors and to learn about their businesses and the work that their employees do. We brought along the robot and gave a demonstration to both companies. After…
Robots Take Over the 3M Plaza
Ultraviolet and our lead mentor Tim - a retired 3M employee who is making a difference for our team. #grateful #omgrobots #lifewith3m pic.twitter.com/gafNqCGRYX — Southwest Robotics (@swrobotics) August 4, 2017 Here we go! #lifewith3m #omgrobots pic.twitter.com/Xylho4z0D0 — Southwest Robotics (@swrobotics)…
Helping More Kids Get Involved in FTC!
We are helping @ftc_rubies launch 3 FTC teams - robots will be rolling through #Minneapolis National Night Out Tuesday! #NNO2017 #omgrobots pic.twitter.com/wIYrFFMm0f— Southwest Robotics (@swrobotics) July 26, 2017 This summer, we are helping 3 new @FTCTeams get ready for the…
STEAM day at Lake Harriet lower campus
We worked with students at Lake Harriet Lower School on Friday afternoon! Thirty kids drove the robot, decorated hand catapults then shot marshmallows! We brought the Southwest Ultraviolet robot to let @MPS_News Lake Harriet lower school students test drive on…