FIRST® Tech Challenge Michiana Premier Event
TEAM #23786
MakEMinds |
HOMETOWN: Edison, NJ, USA
DISTANCE: 740 miles (1,190.91 km)
SOCIALS: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
- 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!”
Quick Stats from FTCScout
Total NP | Auto | Teleop | Endgame | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Best OPR | 152.38 | 36.92 | 115.47 | 14.60 |
Rank | 237 | 206 | 283 | 1,165 |