Armed with a new mentor and a better approach to practice the members of City High’s Raw Bacon Robotics (RBR) are optimistic for the upcoming year.

Nolan Vibhaker, a returning member is pleased to see the introduction of a new leader

“Mr. Crawford is joining the team as a mentor, and he will hopefully be able to offer a fresh perspective on the team. In addition to a new mentor, they are also implementing a lot of student leadership positions. We now have an official team leader and more sub teams, like coding, building, etc. That all have their own leaders. All of this I think, and hope, will help make the team more productive,” Vibhakar said.

RBR consists of several returning members as well as many newcomers. Adam Holmes 21’ a new member of the robotics team, is excited for the upcoming season.

“I decided to join robotics because I really enjoy engineering, building things, and a lot of my friends are in it,” Holmes said.

Of the various activities that RBR participates in Holmes is excited for their competition this year.

“I know this year they have some sort of “space” theme, so it’ll be interesting to build a robot based on the challenges that they reveal. I’m also excited to learn new skills, specifically some programming, which I don’t know a ton about,” Holmes said.

The returning members of robotics are looking to make practices more streamlined this year.

“Last year our team had some organizational challenges, and while we managed to get a working robot that did pretty well, there were a lot of times I felt we could have been more productive,” Vibhaker said.

RBR meets twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursday from 6:00-8:30 at the Theodore Roosevelt Center. Their next event is the unveiling for this years competition which will be held on Saturday September 8th.