Our robot suffered technical issues during the beginning of the 23rd match. :( Here's to hoping that we make it to state.

Update: Team Hephaestus is now Rank 9! :)

Team 9459 Hephaestus has finished in Rank 9. Top 10! Good job to Team Hephaestus! :)

Congrats to Athena and 16342 Hippocampus as they form an alliance in the semi-finals!

Team Hephaestus is going to STAAAAAAAATE!!!!

About 30 minutes until the 9:00 hour. Things are beginning to wind down. What was your favorite or least favorite part of tonight?

Wow, this place is really quiet.

Did you know: High Tech Kids, the organization that runs First Tech Challenge, as well as First Lego League, organized 1,160 teams this year in total! #mnftc @HighTechKids1

In the theme of Star Wars, we have Baby Yoda, 3D printed by Hephaestus’s team member, Liam Sykes.

We are proud to be in the same division as Ben Kuncel of Tactical Tech Tomato Turtles

It was an interesting run for Team Hephaestus. Better luck next time.

Team Hephaestus just had a 14-66 loss and are now rank 24 #mnftc

We are also joined by Cougar Robotics

Our programmer, Ford Franzen is hard at work programming our robot’s autonomous. #mnftc

The coolest non-FTC robot of the day: The MindCub3r built by CyberHawks14188 #omgrobots @HighTechKids1

Team Hephaestus Go Team Hephaestus

Congrats to Teut Robotics as they move on to the finals! #mnftc

This is so sad. She was a great mathematician who helped America in advancing us further into the space race. Thank you, Katherine Johnson. You are a hero to us all.