MakEMinds

HOMETOWN: Edison, NJ, USA

DISTANCE: 740 miles (1,190.91 km)

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REGION: USNJ

YEAR FOUNDED: 2023

QUALIFICATIONS

• Qualified for States: Consistently placed 2nd overall at all 3 qualifiers
• Control Award Winner at NJ State Championship
• Turnpike Division Finalist Alliance Captain at States
• Think Award & Inspire Award at League Tournament
• Autonomous Accuracy: Reached 93% success rate with Pedro Pathing
• Innovative Engineering: Designed a 4-stage Viper Slide and 3-axis claw
• Level 2 Ascent
• Published a ChatBot to support other FTC NJ teams
• Outreach Impact:
• 9+ events
• 300+ hours mentoring 5 FLL teams
• Reached 3,200+ non-FIRST students
• Mentored teams internationally from 10+ countries

FUN FACTS:

• Our Robots named “Riptide”
• We hosted our own global hackathon, HackEMinds, with 27 teams across 10 countries
• Had over 16 iterations of our claw through the season
• Every claw iteration is named like Iron Man suits: Mark 1 → Mark 16
• Met the mayor of Edison, NJ, and were featured in the Edison Town Newsletter
• Team operates almost entirely student-led—with mentors sourced from LinkedIn and FIRST alumni
• We follow the motto: “Have fun, raise STEM awareness, and build a robot to do impossible things!”