Dawson-Boyd Robotics

02/27/2026

The robot is ready to go! Tomorrow we will be scrimmaging with 18 other teams at Willmar High School at the West Central Week 0 event. The public is encouraged to check it out, as matches run 9:00 to 3:45. Admission is free and concessions are available. If you can’t make it, but still want to watch, here is a link to a livestream.

Match video from Minne Mini.Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WARPSPEED4239

02/26/2026

Our team is filled with anticipation as on February 28th, THIS Saturday, we will be taking a trip to Willmar for a practice competition known as week 0. 🥳This will be our first time of the season where we get to see and compete unofficially with other teams. This will give our team a feel for the official competition which is also coming up soon, in Grand Forks. Feel free to come and watch; it is open to public spectators for free. If you can’t make it, fret not as we will be posting the places you can see us play on our social media! Thanks for all the support we have gotten as we continue through the season! 🐰❤️

02/18/2026

Two weeks away from Week 0 in Wilmar, Minnesota (Thanks to for hosting) and the build squad has nearly finished the robot. 🦾 They just need to complete the hopper, and then comes programming refinement and drive practice. The marketing squad has made over 150 buttons and is planning on extending that number! Before Week 0 the bumpers for the robot have to be made. They will show that it belongs to the Team 6146 and change between red and blue corresponding the alliance color of each match. The bumpers are made of dense foam with woodboard backing and fit around the robot’s frame.

02/12/2026

Thanks to our team’s dedication, we’ve made tremendous progress across the board! The build squad has finalized the shooter for scoring "Fuel" (yellow balls 🟡) and has a solid start on the intake mechanism. Meanwhile, the marketing squad finished the banner to recognize sponsors at competition and prepared some special gifts for teams at the Great Northern Regional event 👀. They’ve also updated all sponsors on our website—link provided below. For anyone who wants a full view of what we have been doing, a newspaper article will be in the The Dawson Sentinel soon. Thanks for all the support so far in the REBUILT season! ❤️
https://dawsonboydrobotics.weebly.com/donationssponsors.html

01/27/2026

Today, Monday, January 26th, Week 2:
Merch designed,
Button design complete,
Robot building in progress,
Banner design in progress,
Wired swerve drive motors on robot frame.
This is what the robotics team looks like so far in the season!

01/13/2026

This year's Dawson-Boyd Robotics clothing is ready to order! The short sleeve and long sleeve t-shirts feature our student-designed archeologist bunny logo corresponding to the FIRST AGE season theme and FIRST Robotics Competition game REBUILT.

Note: This is not a financial fundraiser for our team, it is purely to show your pride. However, we encourage you to support Dawson business Jim's Clothing & Sporting Goods, as they always do good work for us. If you would like to support our team financially, send us a message.

01/11/2026

After unearthing this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition, REBUILT, at Willmar Senior High School, our team is ECSTATIC about this year’s challenges. 🪏 If you are curious about this year’s challenge, you can follow the link provided to the official FIRST Robotics Competition video. We are already counting down the days until our competition at the Great Northern Regional and can’t wait to see all the AMAZING robots 🤖 and teams this year. Happy building season from our team to yours! 🐰❤️

https://youtu.be/_fybREErgyM?si=hxcXpKK_jrWTbdRB

11/02/2025

Any 7-12 grade students interested in joining Robotics at Dawson-Boyd should bring their parents to the first meeting of the year, next Monday Nov. 10 at 6:00 p.m. in the Innovation Lab.