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

 

Resources

Google classroom code: kmquhsu

FRC website

FRC 2021 handbook

This video is an example of a FIRST Robotics match. This match includes the Wind Chill robot competing at the North Star Regional in 2022.

Social Media

Twitter

Instagram

 

Contact 

Coach Jeff Winsor : Jwinsor@c-dh.org

Coaches Nick and Lexie Montelibano: cdhrobotics@c-dh.org

Student Leaders:

Riley Klaus ‘23 : klaus.riley.23@c-dh.org

Michael Loeffler ‘24 : loeffler.michael.24@c-dh.org

MJ Dougherty ‘25 : dougherty.maryjeanne.25@c-dh.org