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The newest addition to Dartmouth Athletics—the Mobile Virtual Player (MVP). The device was developed after Head Football Coach Buddy Teevens tasked engineers at Dartmouth’s Thayer School to develop a safer, more effective means to train for contact. Quinn Connell, Elliot Kastner, Andrew Smist and Noah Glennon began developing the idea as a part of their capstone engineering course at Dartmouth. Since graduating, Elliot, former defensive lineman for the Big Green, and Quinn, former co-captain of the Dartmouth Rugby Football Club, have returned to Thayer to continue the project. Along with Thayer advisor John Currier and backing from several interested parties, Buddy, Elliot and Quinn formed Mobile Tackling Target LLC.

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Dartmouth football now has a new and "safe" kind of tackling dummy. Meet the MVP, an autonomous Mobile Virtual Player designed to reduce injuries and simulate realistic game scenarios with less risk. It's a free-standing, remote controlled, padded dummy that hit the practice field two years ago when head coach Buddy Teevens wanted Dartmouth's engineering school to come up with a safer way to tackle.

Full story: "Meet the Mobile Virtual Player, a robotic practice dummy created to make football safer"

by Chris Grasinger
August 27, 2015

Players got their first look at the prototype Wednesday. According to Dartmouth, the dummies cost about $3,500 to manufacture, and researchers are developing a business plan to market it to pro, college, high school and youth teams.

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Buddy Teevens, head football coach of Dartmouth College, has reduced player injuries by 80% since introducing the Robotic MVP, “Mobile Virtual Player.” So, naturally, Stephen needs to take a whack at it.

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This video is about the various uses of the MVP! See how you can train to perfect your skills with the MVP!

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This video is a quick highlight from the MVP's travels throughout this spring's product testing period!

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Check out the MVP in action at the Steelers Spring Sessions!

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A robotic tackling dummy created by Dartmouth College engineering students could turn out to be the most valuable player on the field this football season. Short for Mobile Virtual Player, the MVP robot is designed to take a beating during football drills, sparing players from an accumulation of the kinds of impacts known to result in concussions and long-term brain damage.

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MVP is proud to present the future of tactical training with our simunition friendly MVP|DRIVE. All of the training in this video took place with non-lethal simunition rounds.

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