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See all our team members and get some quick bits of information about each of them and what they do on 6709 S.P.U.D. Inc's team. Students Our team prides ourselves on being a student lead team. We enjoy being able to choose what direction our team goes in with mentors to assist us in making sure the choices we make are the right ones. Nora Niemela Role : Marketing Member Grade : 7 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory: "Introducing Arianna to Jolly Ranchers." Why I joined : "Because a few of my siblings were in robotics." Ian Anderson Role : Programming Member Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 4 Favorite Memory : "Programming a robot" Why I joined : "Robots" AnnaGrace Berger Role : Logistics Lead Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 2 Favorite Memory : "When we held a hub meeting and I went to grab something from the closet near where the mentors were having a meeting and Cayla jokingly said 'shh we're in a meeting.' Then I closed the door of the cabinet and the tower of Coca-Cola fell and exploded" Why I joined : "Because I wanted to be in another activity and I knew that they needed business team members" Isaac Berger Role : Business Captain Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 6 Favorite team Lore : "Late team meetings and unplanned robotics activities." Why I joined : "I didn't want to join but the coach and my math teacher convinced me to." Chris Carter Role : Build Member Grade : 8 Years in FIRST : 2 Favorite team Lore : "Water games" Why I joined : "I went to the info night and it looked cool and my mom told me to." Logan Conright Role : Marketing Lead Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 6 Favorite team Lore : "The crevasse ..." Why I joined : "To expand my marketing and talking skills" Clarissa Crum Role : Build Member Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite Memory : "Racing against Ian in LaCrosse" Why I joined : "I love to create things that can be used for fun" Paxton Fluegel Role : Build Member Grade : 7 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Spencer Frederickson Role : Build Member Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Asher Henning Role : Programming Lead Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 5 Favorite Memory : "Beating Alex in smash bros" Why I joined : "Friends" Mya Holman Role : Build Member Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 6 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Theo Johnson Role : Electrical Lead Grade : 10 Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite team Lore : "Daniel steals falcon 500 motors" Why I joined : "Cool looking robots and Mrs. Forgey as a teacher." Caiden Nelson Role : Programming Member Grade : 11 Years in FIRST : 5 Favorite Memory : "When Jude brought suction dart guns and we turned them into non NFA compliant sawed off toy guns." Why I joined : "I felt I could expand my programming knowledge and spend more time with Daniel and Jude." Felix Niemela Role : Build Member Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite team Lore : "Double bonk" Why I joined : "Metal, grease , motors" Stella Niemela Role : Marketing Member Grade : 10 Years in FIRST : 2 Favorite Memory : "Interviews with Arianna at Lake Superior" Why I joined : "Peer pressure and a little bit of spontaneous decision making." Daniel Schabilion Role : Build Lead Grade : 11 Years in FIRST : 5 Favorite Memory : "The night that we all put brakes on waffle fry. " Why I joined : "I wanted to make a cool robot with my friends!" Delanie Davis Role : Build Lead Grade : 10 Years in FIRST : 5 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Jude Slack Role : Build Lead Grade : 11 Years in FIRST : 4 Favorite Memory : "Darth-Tater's intake exploding mid-match" Why I joined : "My older brothers were in it and praised the program" Jacob Stegora Role : Programming Member Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite Memory: "On the bus to competitions" Why I joined : "The cool things you can build together" Faith Westivig Role : Build Member Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 5 Favorite team Lore : "Ty" Why I joined : "I saw it on tv" Landon Cross Role : Build Member Grade : 8 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Arianna Porrone Role : Build Member Grade : 12 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory: "Our trip to St. Cloud for Jumpstart. I loved getting to know the other members on the team and the class about the skills for building a successful Robot." Why I joined : N/A Lilly Possehl Role : Build Member Grade : 11 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory: N/A Why I joined : N/A Soren Schabilion Role : Marketing Member Grade : 7 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Cooper Koesel Role : Build Member Grade : 7 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Logan Lundt Role : Build Member Grade : 7 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Kole Nelson Role : Programming Member Grade : 9 Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Mentors Our mentors help to oversee the team to make sure that our team is always going in the right direction. They also help to train our students into helping them find their full potential. Ben Lauderbaugh Role : Coach Years in FIRST : 3 Favorite Memory : "Everything Double Bubble...double bubble flavored tootsie rolls!" Why I joined : My love for all things robotics does! Cayla Lauderbaugh Role : Coach Years in FIRST : 2 Favorite Memory: "Breaking out in random song and other students joining in!" Why I joined : come ask me and I'll give you many reasons. Jody Henning Role : Mentor Years in FIRST : 2 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined :N/A Scott Potter Role : Mentor Years in FIRST : 8 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined :N/A Alex Chastain Role : Mentor Years in FIRST : 9.5 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : Why wouldn't I join? Bret Lauderbaugh Role : Mentor Years in FIRST : 1 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A Mike Slack Role : Mentor Years in FIRST : 9 Favorite Memory : N/A Why I joined : N/A

Divisions This is your Services Page. It's a great opportunity to provide information about the services you provide. Double click on the text box to start editing your content and make sure to add all the relevant details you want to share with site visitors. Fabrication Build The Build subdivision is responsible for building the robot, field pieces, and other equipment that is necessary to be ready for competition. Programming Programming subdivision programs the robot to complete the functions it needs to complete. Programming team uses the Java programming Language. They also use visions systems to assist the drive team. Electrical The Electrical subdivision works side by side with the team to wire up the robot. Our team strives to use the most updated technology. Safety Our team takes Safety seriously. Not just physically either, we make sure students are doing mentally. Our has individual safety glasses to ensure cleanliness. Business Marketing The Marketing subdivision creates the advertising materials. Marketing runs the social media accounts as well. Impact The Impact subdivision oversees the teams outreach events, team impact on the community, as well as communication with the community. Logistics Logistics maintains the organization of the team. They oversee team project management, making sure all our ducks are in a row. Scouting Scouting watches other teams and records details about their robot and team so that we can make an educated choice if we become part of an alliance and can choose another team to join us. Many Subdivisions, One Team Though our team works on separate subdivisions, we still work towards the same goal.

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See team 6709 S.P.U.D. Inc's sponsors here. We appreciate our sponsors strongly and are always willing to do whatever they ask of us! Why sponsor? Our team goes through roughly $15,000 a year. But you may be asking yourself, 'how do they spend that much each year?' Below you can see the set costs of recurring things our team has to pay for, recent purchases, and some products we are looking into purchasing. Recurring prices Competition fee: $6,000 In order to go to a competition a team must pay the fee. A second competition costs a team $3,000 Robot price: $3,000 This is the average price of the robot for each year. Price does vary depending on the complexity of the robot Recently paid items Swerve Drive: $2,920 Swerve drive is a drive train that allows the robot to go multiple directions Many higher ranked teams have invested in swerve drive knowing its fabulous potential White board kit: $20 Our team uses whiteboards often to design and plan for new projects and robots Our old markers are beginning to show their age so we decided to buy new ones Husky 72" tool chest: $1,398 Our team has decided that our pit has some flaws and are beginning to invest in a pit that can fit the team better for its needs Hydraulic robot cart: $770 This new cart can let the team reach any part of the robot without having to lean over This cart is also better equipped to handle different designs of robots Team Banner This banner helps as an advertiser to the team as well as a great team picture to put on social media What We do for our Sponsors? We appreciate our sponsors as they are the backbone of all of our success, without them we would not be doing what we do. Facility Tours Our team members enjoy touring our sponsors facilities and looking to see what they do. This amazing opportunity gives our team members a chance to see if this is something they would want to get into. Branding Display Depending on the donation amount that our sponsors graciously give to us, sponsors get various logos displayed on banners, the website, or even the robot. want to sponsor us? Click the button below. Mail Our team members tour our sponsor, UMC's facilities We display our sponsors on our 2022 robot Our team attends SpudFest's parade annually Wish List: Motors - $2,000 Recently there were brand new motors that got released. Our team is planning on purchasing these new motors as they are a lot faster and better than our teams current motors. Team Trailer - $6,000 Our team is shopping for a team trailer. We have noticed an increase in outreach events our team is attending, and decided that this would be in the team's best interests to get one. 3D Printer - $1,000 - $300 Our team has done research and realized that if we decided to make parts in house, it would be cheaper and we would get the parts faster. There is a lot of things to consider when buying a 3D printer. You have to choose what materials to print from, the quality of the machine, and many other things that make this a big decision. Media Equipment Upgrades - $1,000 Our team wants to upgrade its filming equipment as we step forward in our team's social media activities. CutterPillar Crop - $100 Our Business team has been cutting a lot of different kinds of paper, and our current methods have room to improve. This is a very reliable cutter. Printer - $200 High quality printer that is capable of printing flyers, brochures, business cards and other high detailed things that our current printer just can't handle. Laminator - $60 Laminates pieces of paper to make them last longer. Wish List

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6709 S.P.U.D. INC Robotics 6709 S.P.U.D. INC Robotics 6709 S.P.U.D. INC Robotics 6709 S.P.U.D. INC Robotics A PROGRAM BUILT FOR ANYONE 6709 S.P.U.D. INC GOAL Expand STEM awareness in the community while providing students opportunities to learn, explore, and discover career and STEM interests. 2024 CMRC Winners Our Subdivisions The opportunities are endless Build Logistics Programming Electrical Impact Marketing "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." - Walt Disney What We Believe Our team has 4 cornerstone beliefs 01 Student-Led We try to be a robotics team where students take charge of key decisions, lead meetings, and manage day-to-day operations with mentors offering guidance. To put it metaphorically, its like bowling, where the students are the bowling ball and the mentors are the guide rails making sure we always knock down the pins. 02 Sustainability For us, this means practicing the art of passing down the torch to new leadership as veteran members graduate. We focus on building strong relationships with our school to ensure the team’s long-term success. Sustainability also means collaborating with other teams, working together to support each other, and making sure we all thrive, both now and in the future. 03 Community Engagement 04 It's not just building a robot Robotics is about giving STEM opportunities to everyone. We are fortunate to be located in Big Lake Schools where STEM is their focus too. Our team has always made an effort in being out in the community demonstrating the importance of STEM. FIRST Robotics motto is "More Than Robots." And we believe in this strongly. Robotics is an amazing experience in which where you can meet new people, learn new skills. Robotics means something different to each student(learn more at "Meet The Team" page) CORE VALUES Service We engage in the community Pride We are proud of what we do and who we are Unity We work as one team following the same goal Dedication We give it our all, doing our best on whatever we do

What is Competition Our team commonly attends two competitions each year. Competition is the end goal in robotics, and it's what the students look forward to the most. The main events of competitions are usually on the weekends. Below are our two competitions this year. Lake Superior Regional We were excited to compete at the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, MN at the end of February-early March! During competition, we ranked 23rd and were chosen as part of an alliance with team 2143(Team Tobor) and 5653(Iron Mosquitos). Even though we didn't win, it was a valuable learning experience and we enjoyed our time there. Granite City Regional We will participate in the Granite City Regional in St. Cloud, MN in early April.

All of our robots in our history and their accomplishments. Robots Waffle Fry Season: Charged Up Drive Train: Tank Drive(2 omni wheels in the back) Status: In Progress Objective: Drop off on top nodes Name description: We named our 2023 competition robot Waffle Fry because of all the random metal poles going to places making it look like a waffle fry. Overview: Waffle Fry can pick up at the double substations and then drop off at any of the nodes. Tater Tantrum Season: Infinite Recharge (2021) Drive Train: Standard Tank Drive Status: Decommissioned Objective: Shoot the target with driver Name Description: This season, our robot was making constant squeaking noises whenever we would move it and whenever it would shoot, it would make a loud rumble sound, so we gave it the proper name of Tater Tantrum. We later found out that the squeaking problem was cause by some loose bolts in our motors. Overview: Darth Tater was a fresh start for our team as the majority of the team that year was new and our team had to focus on training in new students rather than improving the team. Darth Tater Season: Rapid React Drive Train: Standard Tank Drive Status: Decommissioned Objective: Top Goal, second bar Name Description: This robot was name Darth Tater due to us having a potato and a Darth Vader pez dispenser on hand and we created a mascot with it, and because that's what the team voted on. Overview: Darth Tater was a fresh start for our team as the majority of the team that year was new and our team had to focus on training in new students rather than improving the team. Unknown Season: Infinite Recharge Drive Train: Standard Tank Drive Status: Disrepair Objective: Score in low goal and engage hyper drive. Name description: We name this robot due to Overview: This robot was one of our more lackluster robots as we just played it safe and simple while designing.

FIRST Robotics is the organization that our team is a part of and runs and operates all the competitions. What is First? Mission Statement The mission of FIRST® is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership What is FRC We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it “the hardest fun you’ll ever have.” Under strict rules, limited time and resources, teams of students are challenged to raise funds, design a team "brand," hone teamwork skills, and build and program industrial-size robots to play a difficult field game against like-minded competitors. It’s as close to real-world engineering as a student can get. Volunteer professional mentors lend their time and talents to guide each team. Each season ends with an exciting FIRST Championship . Vision "To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders." Dean Kamen, Founder Who Created FIRST? Dean Kamen is an inventor, an entrepreneur, and a tireless advocate for science and technology. His roles as inventor and advocate are intertwined—his own passion for technology and its practical uses has driven his personal determination to spread the word about technology's virtues and by so doing to change the culture of the United States. Core Values Discovery: We explore new skills and ideas. Innovation: We use creativity and persistence to solve problems. Impact: We apply what we learn to improve our world. Inclusion: We respect each other and embrace our differences. Teamwork: We are stronger when we work together. Fun: We enjoy and celebrate what we do! Some Numbers 81% of FIRST alumni declare a STEM major by their fourth year in college (compared to 68% of peers in FIRST Longitudinal Study ) 2.5 million+ student participants impacted in 100+ countries since 1989 50% of female FIRST alumni declare a major in engineering or computer science by their fourth year of college (compared to 14% of peers in FIRST Longitudinal Study) FIRST programs reached 534,000+ students globally during the 2021-2022 season.

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See whats going on for fundraisers and outreaches here from 6709 S.P.U.D. Inc Robotics. Events Below you can see all of our Fundraisers and Community events. Come see us and ask questions about our team. We appreciate everyone that has helped support us by visiting us at these events. Conference Championship Our team will be hosting the annual Conference Championship Date: October 12 Location: Big Lake High School

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