Mechanical Minks
Join our team!
Our build and competition season begins Sept 2023. We’d love for you to join our team! Students will have opportunities to learn coding, mechanical engineering, technical documentation, community outreach, public speaking, social media presence and website management.
FREIGHT FRENZY Control Award Video for Feynman Interleague
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is one of the FIRST progression of programs for hands-on STEM education ages 6-18. We focus on students grades 8 – 12.
The national FIRST organization develops the program; FIRST Washington (FIRST WA) operates the program in our region.
FTC Team 7198
The Mechanical Minks are proud to represent the Anacortes School District. Many of our team members come from Anacortes High School or Anacortes Middle School; we also welcome homeschool students.
Want to see our code? Click here for our GitHub!
We are Grateful to Our Sponsors
Anacortes School District
Located in Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington, the Anacortes School District is filled with great teachers who gave us our start in understanding the science and math we use to create great robots!
Anacortes Robotics Booster Club
The Anacortes Robotics Booster Club facilitates and coordinates the financial donations that fuel our business plans. Without the volunteers in this organization, we would not exist.
Community Individuals and Organizations
Many individuals and organizations in our community contribute to our team through ARBC or direct donations…. here are just some of them. Thank-you all!