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EPS Supports Manchester Machine Makers

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Isaac Vernon and Charlotte Ruley receive check from EPS’ Julie Glover. 

FTC Team #16221, The Manchester Machine Makers 4-H Club, is pleased to announce that Engineered Printing Solutions in East Dorset VT has joined us in a partnership of support and mentoring.  Additionally, they will offer an internship program to team members for the 2021-2022 FIRST Tech Challenge Season. EPS is committed to inspiring our young roboticists, building a community of scientists and engineers here in Northshire.

The competition theme this year is “Freight Frenzy” and the team is busy designing and building a robot to accomplish the tasks outlined by the FIRST organization (www.firstinspires.org).  FIRST was founded in 1987 by innovator and inventor Dean Kamen to promote STEM advancement for young people, and is continued and supported by thousands of volunteers and mentors around the world. 

The Manchester Machine Makers is a 4-H Club with members in grades 7-12 from all over Bennington County. For more information about the team and Engineered Printing Solutions visit www.manchestermachinemakers.org and www.epsvt.com. Additionally, see EPS’ blog post on the topic at https://epsvt.com/eps-donates-manchester-machine-makers/.

We are getting ready for the upcoming season!

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The Manchester Machine Makers are gearing up for the upcoming season. The team currently has nine members who are students at Burr and Burton Academy, Long Trail, Dorset, and Arlington Memorial Middle School. That includes the team’s four new members that have joined this spring: David, Piper, Finn, and Katie.

We are all excited for the FIRST Tech Challenge announcement this fall, on the 18th of September, revealing this year’s robotics challenge. In the meantime, the Manchester Machine Makers are preparing the best we can for the upcoming season.

Since the team frequently uses MATLAB and Solidworks as we build and design robots, new members have been learning and practicing how to use this software over the summer.

As time draws nearer to the FIRST Tech Challenge kick off, we are working hard to prepare for the upcoming season so we can hit the ground running!