Nerds of The North

FRC Team 568 is Alaska’s only FRC team in the state, founded in 2001. PNW District Champion Engineering Inspiration Award 2018. PNW Chairman’s Award 2020.

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We are excited to announce FIRST in Alaska and FRC 568 the Nerds of the North are facilitating a weekly series of workshops for Alaskan FTC team members, coaches, and mentors! Our first workshop will be this upcoming Wednesday (10/7), all about how to run an online team.

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Here's the gofundme link! https://t.co/CuqiunLEmC

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A quick update on the Rapid React season; we won our qualifier event at Clackamas and were in the finalist alliance at Wilsonville! We also won the Clackamas Chairman's Award which means we qualified for District Championships! Please donate to help us with travel! Link in bio.

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Us at Clackamas!

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We've arrived in Portland,... https://t.co/sNbCp9jqZS

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We've made it to $1000! Th... https://t.co/sNbCp9jqZS

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Kickoff is almost here! Join us this Saturday to start the 2021 season, all skill levels welcome!

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Click this link to learn about this workshop and more! 🤖 https://t.co/q4jCH1qj3m

[Nerds of The North @FRC568]

We are excited to announce FIRST in Alaska and FRC 568 the Nerds of the North are facilitating a weekly series of workshops for Alaskan FTC team members, coaches, and mentors! Our first workshop will be this upcoming Wednesday (10/7), all about how to run an online team.

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Calling all Alaskan FTC teams!

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Join us in welcoming them to leadership! We’re so excited for this upcoming season! 🤖 🚀

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Who’s ready to see our 2020-21 Leadership committee? 🤖 🚀

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Business Manager Taylor Heckart

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Meet Vice President Alex Lintleman!

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Meet our President Lawton Skaling!

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🚨 Riley Robot Needs Your Help! 🚨
We are in the process of creating a Riley Robot game to promote mathematics and engineering in students, but we would like your feedback! Head to this link, play the game, and let us know what you think in the attached form under the game! 🤖

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Bonus clip! Here’s a clip from the @ktva coverage of our ceremony, with footage of the robot delivering awards!

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New challenges call for creative solutions! We’re honored to have received the Chairman’s award, but we had one problem: how do you give out the awards in the time of Covid? The answer? Robots of course! Thank you to everyone who came to our drive-in chairman’s award ceremony 🤖