About the Robotarians

The Robotarians are a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition team that began in the fall of 2008, consisting of high school students from several schools combined from southwest Michigan. 

Our Mission

The Robotarians team mission is to nurture pride, respect, and interest in science and technology among the next generation.  Through the application of the engineering algorithm during the build and event season and marketing and community service during the whole year, we are growing future engineers, marketing professionals, programmers, graphic designers, commercial artists, builders, designers, and productive citizens who will, in turn, build a better future. 

This mission unfolds in a multitude of ways, driving students to innovate 

Team History

Our team “Robotarians” began as the “Shooting Comets” based in Coloma High School in 2009, then changed to “Coloma/Watervliet Technologies” as we combined with the then-rival Watervliet High School in the following year.  We steadily began increasing our membership.  Now the Robotarians is proud to include 3 school districts and home school students from all throughout our community.

NOTE: ORDER RECENT TO OLDEST, INCLUDE AWARDS WITH THE YEAR PASSAGES RELEVENT TO THEM

Awards page

A General Overview of Our Past Few Years

• In 2022, our team experienced a drop in members due to the heavy senior population of the year before and the lack of opportunity for recruitment during the pandemic.  Despite this, we achieved more than we ever felt possible, gathering help from previous alumni and new recruits to qualify for the Michigan State competition and eventually the FRC World's competition in Huston, Texas.  We were also the proud recipients of two awards.

• In 2021, contests were all done remotely due to the pandemic, so there wasn’t any opportunity for advancement.  We aided the community through the hosting of a blood drive at the Silver Beach ballroom, and a team member was nominated for the Dean’s List.

• 2020 was a difficult year for the Robotarians due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we took the opportunity to make ear savers for health care workers in addition to our other community outreach events.  We were the recipients of the Safety Award at the St. Joseph event, and we received the Chairman’s Award at Shepard virtually during the pandemic.

• In 2019, the Robotarians welcomed members from Bridgman and were honored to receive the Chairman’s award at Shepard in addition to the Safety and Gracious Professionalism awards in Forest Hills.  A team member was the Dean’s List Winner of the St. Joe event, and another was nominated.  We also began the tradition of providing a robot demonstration to the children at the Logan Autism Center.

501(c)(3) Information

The CW Tech Robotarians are a 501(c)(3) Non-profit organization.  Donations to the team qualify for tax deductions.  Any donation checks can be written to CW Tech Robotarians.