Removing the Barriers to Robotics

Access in.Barriers out.

Three high schoolers got sidelined by their school's $300 robotics team. Now we build the funding, workshops, and mentors so cost never decides who gets to build.

For teams & engineers

I have a project.

CAD, prototypes, and production runs.

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For everyone

I want the objects.

Planters that float, lamps that glow, made in-house.

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Founded by: 3 students, 1 combat robot
Barriers removed: Money · Knowledge · Direction
Toward: Combat robotics tournaments
Newest pillar: Manufacturing services

Three barriers, removed on purpose.

Money, knowledge, and direction shouldn't decide who gets to build.

Money

We fund your project, up to a cap set each program term.

Knowledge

Workshops build the mechanical, electrical, and software fundamentals in order.

Direction

A mentor helps you pick a first project that's small enough to finish.

How the Robotics pillar works Read our full story

The mission, in practice.

High school sessions, public workshops, and the Rookie Program's funding and mentors.

Free for MLP members

Members usually attend at no cost.

Open to everyone

Low cost for non-members. No experience needed unless a session says so.

Robotics focused

Hands-on building, wiring, and programming.

A workshop presenter at a laptop with a breadboard and motor simulation on the projector — A motor-control workshop, March 2025.

See workshops & the Rookie Program

Original ideas, actively worked on.

Our own engineering ideas, not just client work.

Robotics & automation

Combat robot drivetrains and mechanisms, built and drop-tested in our own shop.

Embedded systems

Sensing and control electronics, like the gesture-tracking glove behind our HDI project.

Advanced manufacturing

Print processes and materials, tuned on the same machines that run customer work.

What R&D is working on

The newest addition to what we do.

3D printing, CAD, and small-batch production: the revenue line that funds the mission. Every part follows the same five steps.

PROBLEM

01
PROBLEM
It starts as a constraint, not a drawing.
We pin down what the part must survive: loads, clearances, environment.
02
DESIGN
CAD with manufacturing already in it.
A parametric model built around the production process, with tolerances only where they earn their cost.
03
VALIDATE
Test it until it tells the truth.
Prototypes fail early and cheaply. Every iteration ends with findings, not just parts.
04
MANUFACTURE
Locked process, monitored production.
Locked parameters and in-process checks make part 80 identical to part 8.
05
PRODUCT
Inspected, verified, shipped.
Critical dimensions measured before anything ships. You get the part, the files, and the documentation.