MakEMinds

FIRST® Tech Challenge Michiana Premier Event
TEAM #23786

MakEMinds

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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!”


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