MVP began as a collaboration between Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens and a group of engineers and athletes
from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering and together they developed the world’s first robotic tackling dummy to help
reduce unnecessary contacts and the incidence of injuries suffered during football and other sporting practices. In the first 2
years of the robotic tackling dummies (MVP|DRIVES) being available, MVP completely sold out of their MVP|DRIVES to half the
NFL, 40+ colleges, and more than 75 high schools. At Dartmouth, concussions were reduced by 58% in the first two seasons of
implementing the MVP|DRIVES into practice. The MVP|DRIVES are designed to accurately simulate the size and performance
of a human, weighing 190 lbs and reaching speeds of 18 mph.
MVP is a privately held robotics & engineering design company that specializes in developing high-performance robotic
solutions for sports and tactical operations, headquartered in Lincoln, MA & Bradford, VT.
▪ MVP was crowned the winner of the NFL’s 1
st
& Future Competition in 2017
▪ MVP was awarded a development contract through the Air Force’s AFWERX program to apply their dynamic training
technology developed in the sports world to training for the battlefield.
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