Written by Brenda Everitt, Minneapolis Public Schools parent and resident
The robotics teams are a part of First Robotics, a national youth robotics organization, and have several competitive seasons, one of which just started on January 7. In order to compete, a robotics team needs to drive their robot around a large practice field that is set up especially for the competition with things built in like hoops, targets, and goals. The field that Minneapolis robotics teams have been using is located in North Minneapolis and is called the Minneapolis Urban Robotics Alliance field, or MURA. The field is inside Lincoln Junior High School, which closed in 2006.
Students at Patrick Henry High School founded MURA field in 2017. It was the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the State of Minnesota in 2019. It is used by…
