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Spudmarine is an 87.5 lb machine powered by Kraken and Falcon 500 motors, designed for precision and performance. It features a two-stage elevator and a Coral Station pickup, enabling scoring across the top three levels of the reef. Built on a 26” x 26” MK4i swerve drive, Spudmarine is agile and adaptable. SPUDMARINE Mk2 2025 Robot Dimensions 26x26x41 Max Height: 72" (reaches 4th reef row) Weight Robot: 87.5lbs Bumpers: 11.5lbs Scoring Row 2, 3, 4 of the Reef. Deep cage climb(TBD). Can remove Alge from the reef. Auto Alignment SPUDMARINE Mk2 has 3 on board cameras running of Orange Pis that use the fields April tags to auto align itself with the reef. Robot Specs SPUDMARINE Mk2 takes everything from SPUDMARINE Mk1 and dials it up a notch. Better accurate auto alignment, optimized hopper, limited failure point elevator with dual barrel system, reinforced vision camera mounts, etc. Elevator Two stage, run on a single drum powered by two Falcon 500's using 12:1 gearboxes. And has 1/4" dyneema built to hold 1,200lbs Sweve Drive MK4i 26x26 drive train Kraken X60's for steering and drive Climber Using a Falcon 500, this climber is based off of the 10118 Everbot design Arm & Claw Passive claw using two 4" compliant wheels, and a 10:1 gear box for the arm. Scores 2,3,4 Hopper Our hopper is passive, except for at the bottom where we have an indexing wheel. Motors on the robot Kraken X60 - Swerve Drive Falcon 500 - Manipulator parts Vision Systems Our team uses 2 Orange Pi's hooked up to 3 cameras to allow us to read the field's April tags. Have Questions? Ask one of these guys Ben Lauderbaugh Coach Jude Slack Fabrication Captain Daniel Shabilion Fabrication Captain Isaac Berger Business Captain Asher Henning Programming Lead Theo Johnson Build & Elec. Lead Alex Chastain Lead Build Mentor Autos Reliable 2.5 piece autos (left & right) The blue(right) auto is our more accurate auto 1 piece middle auto, though as of right now it hasn't been run through our tests yet. Watch Auto Where Will You See SPUDMARINE? Granite City Regional St. Cloud, MN Apr. 3 - Apr. 5 Previous Events At home carpet Becker Week 0 Becker Invitational Lake Superior Regional Our team worked on our own field to begin testing autos as well as practice driving. At Becker we continued to troubleshoot as well as practice some new mechanisms. Programmers got some time to test autos. Programming tested autos and worked on streamlining the presets we have for each of the Reef levels. Our team got a lot of drivers practice. We placed 5th at this regional and are now working on upgrading SPUDMARINE to be ready for Granite City.

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Our Team's Beginning Founders Our team was started by two students, Erik Poffenberger and Denton Eisenschenk, both of whom are now studying a type of Engineering. These students were in middle school when they created it with the guidance of the shop teacher, Mr. Hill. When Our team was created in October of 2017. Year History Looking back on the timeline! 2017 Steamworks We got off to a great start! Our team ranked 5th place at the MN 10,00 Lakes Regional and formed an alliance with team 3007(Robotitans) and team 2581(Spartan Robotics). We later ranked 16th place at the MSHSL FIRST State Robotics Championship. 2018 Power Up Our team powered up our robot for our second season with several new additions to the team. Now a team of 15 students strong, we ranked 25th at the Medtronic Foundation Regional in Minneapolis. 2019 Destination: Deep Space We blasted off this season by growing to 25 students this year, and celebrated by investing in several large equipment upgrades. Our team ranked 46th in the Great Northern Regional and 56th in the Minnesota 10,000 Lakes Regional. 2020 Infinite Recharge 2020 greeted a team recharge, as the majority of our members joined this year. Unfortunately, this season was cut short and we did not have the chance to participate in any regionals. 2021 Infinite Recharge 2021 found our team participating in an online robotics challenge rather than an in-person competition. Only students that lettered the previous year were allowed to take part due to safety concerns, leaving only a few members on the team. 2022 Rapid React In 2022 we took off with Darth Tater and ranked 42nd at the Great Northern Regional during Week 4. This year was a lot of students' first competition due to the prior years being online. Our team took notice of this and made this a growing year. 2023 Charged Up The electrical energy and positive charge this season powered our robot, Waffle Fry, and marked another great season. At the North Star Regional in LaCrosse, we ranked 38th out of 39 teams. After a short recovery period, we participated in the 10,000 Lakes Regional and ranked 18th out of 61 teams. In addition, teams 7850(C.A.R.D.S.) and 4664(Butler Bots) chose us as alliance partners. 2024 Crescendo Our robot, Tater Swift, raised the volume of our performance to the next level. We ranked 17th at the Lake Superior Regional, then participated in St. Cloud’s very first Granite City Regional, ranking 15th place and joining teams 6749(tERAbytes) and 2549(Millerbots) in an alliance. 2025 Reefscape This our current year. Our team dived right into the Duluth Lake Superior Regional and, ranking 17th, joined teams 2143(Team Tobor) and 5653(Iron Mosquitos) in an alliance. We will later compete at St. Cloud Granite City Regional. Robot History 6709 S.P.U.D. INC has had many different robots throughout our history, all different from the others. All known robot names also have a potato theme. 2017 - Steamworks NA 2018 - PowerUp NA 2019 - Deep Space NA 2019 - Outreach Bot Tatertot 2020 - Infinite Recharge NA 2021 - Infinite Recharge Tater Tantrum 2022 - Rapid React Darth Tater 2023 - SpudFest parade Spuddles 2023 - Charged Up WaffleFry 2024 - Crescendo Tater Swift 2024 - SpudFest Parade Sweet Potato 2025 - Reefscape SPUDMARINE 2025 - Reefscape JV Chrispyfry

SPUD Stands for Service, Pride, Unity, Dedication. These are the four main core values our team has when operating. What is SPUD? SPUD is the acronym for our core values of our team. In our 2018 season, our team members created the SPUD acronym. Service This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Pride This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Unity This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Dedication This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start.

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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