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MLP

Where MLP began

Robotics is the reason MLP exists.

Three high schoolers, a combat robot, and a $300 fee to join their school's team. MLP started as the fix, and combat robotics is still the core of the mission.

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The barrier

Before MLP was a company, it was three people who loved robots. Their school's team cost up to $300 to join, and if you weren't already skilled, you got sidelined while the team leads did the real work.

They entered their first combat robotics competition as “MLP,” then started building the funding, workshops, and mentorship that could replace that experience.

The three founders unboxing an RC transmitter and wiring kits before their first competition

Three barriers, removed on purpose.

What kept the founders out is what MLP now funds, teaches, and mentors.

  • 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.

The actual build, unedited.

No stock photos: the first wiring session and the tire prototypes we drop-tested to failure.

The workbench: multimeter, ESC, receiver, and battery, mid-build.
The battery mount, printed in-house, foam-lined for the LiPo.
Fitting a coupler to a drive motor.
Four tread iterations of a 3D-printed tire, printed to be drop-tested.
Drop-testing a printed wheel at a shared makerspace.
Checking a tread for cracking after a test run.

Toward competition

A first robot, built with funding and a mentor, headed for a combat robotics tournament. Tournament details will be posted here once confirmed.