Doors open at 10 a.m. and those attending, including spectators, should enter by the west gym ramp.
Students will present breakout sessions on a variety of topics, including game manual reading and mechanical aspects of robotics. At noon, there will be a worldwide kickoff broadcast.
“Team 3102 is committed to making FIRST accessible to everyone in the northern reaches of the state,” mentor Kay Netteberg said. “By providing events locally, such as our Kickoff Event and our Week Zero, we are pushing for equality of opportunity in Minnesota. This has been an important piece of what we do as a robotics team. It is part of our mission to ‘be the change we want to see’ in robotics.
“We have hosted kickoff for the past seven years, and Week Zero combined with the T3 FIRST Ladies Event for the past six years. As those events evolved, 3102 began working jointly with the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference (NMRC). For the past four years, we have worked to further create a network of geographically accessible events. In doing this, the NMRC and 3102 now support a community of 28 teams and provide opportunities for hundreds of students to find success.”
Nevis is also scheduled to host the Week Zero event on their field at Tiger Arena on Saturday, Feb. 26, with as many as 24 teams attending.
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“At that event, we will also be hosting a T3 FIRST Ladies event, with the potential for more than 100 young women attending,” Netteberg said. “Watch for details on our website tnt3102.org.”
