Unfortunately, the link that we posted in the blog Tuesday night was to a promo.  Not the actual live event here is the real event, on YouTube Share

  If you would like to see something a little new and different, there will be a unique Robotics competition this week. It is called FIRST Global.  It was created by FIRST Robotics, the parent organization of The Gearheads. This competition was designed to be the "International Robotics Olympics".  There will be over 180 Nations competing  [ Read More ]

Last weekend, we had the privilege of joining the Albany Huskies Robotics team in participating in the Albany parade.  We had a great time!  This was our first chance to show Candybot off to the Albany spectators, and it was a big hit!  Natalie (a student team member for both the Albany team and the Gearheads) built  [ Read More ]

I believe that last fall we hinted in one of our blogs about big news, but then we did not ever reveal our news.  Now we can share what that was about. Last fall one of our sponsors (Alexandria Industries) was contacted by a PBS station in Western Minnesota, wanting to make an episode of their news  [ Read More ]

On July 20-21st the Gearheads competed at the Gitchi Gummi Get Together, in Duluth.  This competition is designed to give team members a chance to try new roles on the team.  This competition requires each team to have 3 different drive teams.  The Gearhead used this competition to train in 2 new drivers, Natalie and  [ Read More ]

The Gearheaeds met on Monday, July 16, to prepare for the compeitition this Friday and Saturday, July 20-21.  This is an off season competition, and does not qualify winners for future competitions.  It is designed to be a training and relationship building competition, both within and between teams.  This will be the Gearheads 3rd year  [ Read More ]

On the 4th of July, the Gearheads participated in their final parade for the year. We had really good luck with the weather. It rained before the parade, while we were getting things ready at Apollo, and after, as we were doing the teardown, but not during the parade! Here are some pictures of the  [ Read More ]

The Gearheads will be in the Joetown Rocks Parade on the 4th of July. This will be our final parade for the year.  We ill have Super Sir Antsabot up on the float, simulating a climb to "meet the boss", and Candybot will be distributing candy to the waiting crowds.  Come and cheer us on!    [ Read More ]