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. 

 

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FTC 7198 Students with Robot
2022-2023 POWERPLAY Season : Team 7198 Mechanical Minks
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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.

Anacortes High School

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!

Anacortes Middle School

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!