The Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference (NMRC) will be holding its annual “Week 0” event for regional High School Robotics teams in Brainerd, on Saturday Feb 17. The event will be held in the gymnasium at Riverside Elementary School which is located at 220 NW 3rd St, Brainerd, MN 56401.

This is the NMRC’s 2nd annual “Week 0” event which will showcase robots from 24 teams from across Northern Minnesota and North Dakota. It will be the first opportunity of the season for teams to come together and compete to see just how good their new creations are. It serves as the launching point for the six week long competition season which will feature major events in Duluth, Grand Forks, and St. Cloud here in our territory.

Doors will open at 7:30 a.m., on Saturday. Admission is free and open to the public. This event is great for families and kids as they will have a chance to watch matches, walk through the pits, and speak to teams about their robots.

The event is expected to continue throughout the day with a lunch break from 12:00-1 p.m., and the final matches concluding around 4 p.m.. Concessions will be available on site.

Streaming of the event can be found on the Fargo/Moorhead STEM Alliance’s Twitch page at twitch.tv/stemalliance

Conference teams that will be in action include…

Brainerd 2503 Warrior Robotics (Event Host)

Nevis 3102 Tech No Tigers

Cass Lake-Bena 3134 Accelerators

Cass Lake-Bena 3275 Regulators

Fergus Falls 3293 OtterBots

Pine River-Backus 3294 Backwoods Engineers

Perham 3297 Full Metal Jackets

Blackduck 4181 Quack Attack

Moorhead 4360 Sputnik

Frazee-Vergas 4539 KAOTIC Robotics

Little Falls 4623 Flyer Robotics

Bemidji 4674 RoboJacks

Pequot Lakes 5913 Patriotic

Big Fork 5253 Backwoods Bots

Crosby-Ironton 6132 Ranger Robotics

Kelliher 6453 Bog Bots!

Fargo Area 7048 Red River Rage

Red Lake 7235 Red Lake Ogichidaag

Swanville 7677 Bodacious Bulldogs

Pillager 8422 Husky Howlers

Ashby 8878 ArrowBot

If you would like more information about this event or additional programs we support please visit our website at NMRConference.org .