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Robotics Team

Overview

Wind Chill 2450 is the robotics team at Cretin-Derham Hall. Wind Chill originally began as “Raider Bots” in 2008 and rebranded to Wind Chill in 2020 to stand out at competitions. Cretin-Derham Hall is a proud member of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics program. Robotics is more than building robots. What we discover when facing a challenge like building a robot is how to bring all kinds of learners, abilities, and interests together so that the outcome is the best for everyone involved.

All skill levels are welcomed and needed. No prior experience needed to join!

Marketing skills include expanding our team brand and outreach
Computer skills included computer-aided design and programming
Building skills include the engineering design process, creative and structural building, mechanical design, and electrical design

CDH students have gone on to college engineering programs around the country, and have worked for companies such as Cargill, Microsoft, Best Buy, and others.

Awards

In our 2016 season, we received the Gracious Professionalism Award at Eagan High School's build season competition
We were one of the top four out of sixty teams to finish in 2020 Grand Forks competition
We won the Team Spirit Award at both the Great Northern Regional in Grand Forks, and at the North Star Regional at the University of Minnesota in 2022