​It takes a serious amount of teamwork to handle a 3102 cannonball! Students on the team have historically faced challenges with geographic accessibility. In an area of 35,000 square miles, 3102 has pushed to create relationships between 36 teams in northern MN and ND. Creating this network of teams is a core project of 3102, and in 2017 we became a founding member of the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference. Over the past nine years, the things we have done in Northern MN are unbelievable! In just the past year, the NMRC and 3102 have provided our teammates the experience interacting with thousands of individuals, helping us to make a splash as a team. 

Prior to the NMRC, and a ripple that helped create the conference, are two historic 3102 events; Week 0.5 and especially Kick-Off, being one of the largest in Minnesota for the past eleven years and bringing over 10 teams together to network about the upcoming season. For the past 2 years, we have created a full field cardboard mock–up and hosted human scooter robot trials to further student understanding of the new game.

Talk about teamwork. New game, new students, new leaders and lots of fun on the scooters. In 2021, the NMRC purchased our field and created a mobile FRC field designed to go anywhere. We knew that other teams needed to share robotics with their communities. 

Because of the great distances between FRC teams in the northern part of our state, making this happen requires dedication. Last season, 3102 students traveled more than 3,000 miles in vans. Mostly hauling the NMRC mobile field to various communities for events. Being the first ones there and the last ones to leave, we worked as a team to provide support or host events.