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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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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

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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

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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.