6.270 Sponsors

MIT EECS funds much of the contest costs and also provides laboratory facilities. We also owe a great debt to the EECS staff for their generous help and support.

The Ford Motor Company Fund provides invaluable financial support for all aspects of the contest. Their sponsorship promotes the wellfare of the participants through breakfasts and lunches, electronics, tools, awards, and space reservation.

LEGO Education sells Lego parts to 6.270 at an educational discount and donates prizes for the contest winners.

LEGO Denmark donates a large amount of "loose" LEGO pieces, many of which are difficult to find from other sources.

Analog Devices donates MEMS gyroscopes, which will be used to sense the robots' movement and direction.

Intempco donates the interface board for the MEMS gyroscopes.

Guidant's generous financial contribution goes to video production of the contest.

Oracle's sponsorship helps us to afford Lego and electronics for our contestants.

The D. E. Shaw group's generous financial contribution helps us to fund our contest.

Lockheed Martin provides general financial contributions for the contest.

Jump Trading provides financial support as well as cool Alienware laptops for innovative teams.

One of our oldest and most loyal corporate sponsors, Microsoft funds a large amount of the contest costs and buys essential late-night pizza for all of the participants.

Enersys - Hawker donates the powerful lead-acid batteries which supply the robots with electricity.

GM funds a large portion of the contest costs.

Google is an active financial sponsor of this competition.

3M provides essential parts for the assembly of electronic components used on the robots.

Sharp donates distance sensors, allowing the robots to sense objects remotely.

Broadway Technology, a new sponsor as of the 2007 competition, contributes to the purchase of sensors and the lumber needed to construct our playing table.

CopyTech gives us a discount on printed materials.

QRST's, locally located in the Cambridge area, quickly produces our contest t-shirts and gives us a generous discount.

Akamai is an active financial sponsor of this competition.