Camila Van Order González is a reporter with Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.
RUTLAND — The MINT is this city’s multifaceted makerspace, supplying the tools and materials necessary for almost any project an artisan wants to pursue. This July, the nonprofit expanded its Quality Lane space from 14,000 square feet to 22,000 square feet.
Part of the expansion includes a playing field to train and practice robots — ones used by high school teams across the country in tournaments like the FIRST Robotics Competition. The events involve students pitting robots in some sort of physical game.
“This past year, we had to take traffic cones and little…
