What we're doing
2026
Right after school on Friday, February 20th 2026 half of our team loaded up the trailer with our new robot, tools and supplies. We then departed on our next adventure, bound for walker for a nights stay at the Country Inn and Suites then to Pine River for our Week Zero event put on by the NMRC (Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference). We arrived in walker by 6:00PM and had supper at the local DQ before heading to our hotel. Once at the hotel we checked in and several of us proceeded to the pool for some swimming and relaxation before retiring for the night. Early the next morning our team gathered in the hotel breakfast nook with our packed bags, ate and headed for the suburban for a short 30 minute run to the Pine River-Backus Public School in Pine River, Minnesota. Once there we unloaded our robot tools and supplies and headed for the commons area of the school to find our designated pit area and set up for a day of practice matches and testing the robot's mechanisms. Shortly after we arrived at the school the other half of our team arrived and helped problem solve a drive system issue, fit our new bumpers to the robot and other tasks to prepare for our first practice match. This was our first time playing on a full sized official field and it was a sight to behold. Our first few matches went a little rough but before the end of the event our robot was working smoothly and efficiently. By the end of the event we had mad several adjustments to the robot to improve its intake abilities, practiced shooting into the hub and traversing the trench and bump. By 5:25PM the event was winding down and we had done all we could do with the robot, so we decided to pack up and start the long trek home. before leaving walker we ate at the DQ for supper then left town and turned north through the woods back to Kelliher. we arrived back at the school at 9:45pm and unloaded the trailer and suburban, bringing to an end another great adventure for the Kelliher Bog Bots.
Our Next BIG EVENT is THE GREAT NORTHERN REGIONAL in Grand Forks, North Dakota! this event is from March 11th to the 14th, where The Kelliher Bog Bots and 50 other teams form around the area compete with one another for a chance to place at the regional and maybe achieve a spot at the FIRST World Championship in Houston, Texas.
Be sure to check out our Facebook page to keep up to date on our progress at the event.
Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters. With out you none of these experiences would be possible.
Check out our experiences at FRC Worlds in Houston Texas and The Minnesota State Robotics Championship at U of M in Minneapolis Minnesota. Under the Bog Bots Report tab above.
click below to visit the FIRST Robotics website
Community Outreach and involvement
Since COVID-19 The Kelliher Bog Bots have been working on replacing lost avenues for out reach, while improving and monitoring existing areas that we have already established. The following are the avenues that we are currently using to reach out and be involved in our community.
Kelliher Public School
Gatherings and events
The Kelliher Bog Bots Team 6453 Is more than just a First Robotics Competition Team with a name and a number and a Neat or cool Mascot and logo. It is apart of a dedicated small town school that itself is an integral part of a hard working small Northern Minnesota Town. Who both have supported us and took an interest in us from our team's Creation to this current Season. In Return, We, the members and staff of 6453 Do our level best to give back to this school and to this town when and wherever possible. Our give back Ranges From our performance at our School's ROBOT & GAME REVEAL every season, to setting up booths and displays at the community's fairs and carnivals, to having a float in the local Big Bog Festival during the summer. Theses avenues of out reach give us a chance to give back to a school and a community that, as a whole given us a lot.
2018 School Reveal to our future members.
FRC Power UP
2019 pre-School assembly Reveal.
The Future of our Team!
2021 Team display in Kelliher Public School Cafeteria to be viewed by all ages.
2023 health fair booth displaying our accomplishments and our new pit.
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Presenters
IN May of 2022 Team 6453 was given the opportunity to present to a neighboring high school, Northome School in Northome Minnesota. We were asked to present to Junior high and high school students, to share with them what it is like being apart of the First Robotics Competition. Including, what FIRST offers, What you can learn in FIRST, what it takes to build a robot, how a typical season is laid out and what we have learned together in our six years of being in FIRSTS Robotics. This presentation was put on to help Northome on their information search on starting a team of their own and becoming apart of the Northern Minnesota Robotics Conference.
Our team displaying and explaining our robot Capitan Jack to perspective Northome team Members
Answering questions about the robot and being apart of a First Robotics Competition Team.
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In Big Bog Festival
In July of 2022 our team put together a float for the Big Bog Festival in Kelliher, Minnesota. We were able to drive our robot ahead of the float with our flag waving proudly. This gave us a chance to be seen by the community and to thank the community for supporting us.
Our team's float before the 2022 Kelliher Big Bog Festival. Ready to be seen by the community