Welcome MashUp 2025 Schools!

STEM Week 2025 Robotics Design Challenge

Your school is automatically eligible to participate in the BV Hub STEM Week 2025 Manufacturing Robotics Design Challenge if registered for the Manufacturing Mash-Up Event at Gillette Stadium on October 21, 2025!

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We’re excited to have your school join us for this hands-on, project-based learning experience funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education.

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Over the next few weeks, your students will work in teams to design and build a robot capable of performing real-world manufacturing tasks, guided by the theme “Automation in Modern Manufacturing.”

Each participating school will receive a robotics kit, resource materials, and ongoing technical support to help students bring their ideas to life - no prior robotics experience required.

The challenge will culminate on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Gillette Stadium during the Manufacturing Mash-Up,where your students will:

• Demonstrate their robot in a simulated manufacturing environment

• Compete in performance-based tasks inspired by industry

• Present their design process and teamwork to a panel of judges, including educators, industry experts, and state leaders

Please complete the School Commitment Form as soon as possible. Once we receive it, we’ll arrange to either mail or hand-deliver your robotics kit and resource materials directly to your school.

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We can’t wait to see the creativity, collaboration, and innovation your students bring to this challenge!

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Timeline of Activities

 Outreach and Engagement

Sept 22 - Oct 3

• Individual outreach to each school

• Confirm participation and logistics

• Educators: Register for an orientation session

• Educators: Complete a School Commitment Form

Educator Orientation and Kit Distribution

Oct 1 - 8

• Virtual teacher orientation session(s)

• Deliver Design Challenge Kits to schools

Student Design and Build

Oct 1 - 20

• Teams build and test robots

• True Robotics office hours and Q&A

• Teams refine designs and presentations

• Judges trained and scoring finalized

• Final readiness checks

Culmination Event: Manufacturing Mash-Up at Gillette!

Oct 21

• Manufacturing Mash-Up at Gillette Stadium

• Student robot challenges and presentations

• Judging and awards

• Feedback collected

Post-Event Wrap-Up

​Oct 22 - Dec 31

• Collect and analyze surveys

• Return kits to schools

• Distribute career exploration packets