Mvp robotics 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 17 mph.