Roblivion 13190

We are an FTC robotics team based in Santa Clara, California. We did not compete in the 2020 season due to the pandemic, so when we decided to participate in this year’s season, we found ourselves with an abundance of new members who had never competed in FIRST before. Last year, 13190 was disbanded, and so the team is composed of 'rookies' this year. With completely new members, this is essentially our first year competing, as most members left to our sister team, 8872. We have had to adjust to setbacks such as a lack of collaboration between committees. With completely new members, the team has been transformed from all levels, essentially as a completely new team. Every year, before the release of the season’s challenge and kick-off, we work at our school’s club fair in order to publicize and gain new members. We hold the opportunity for new members to join the team directly or join the club, which we mentor and the members are free to explore without pure commitment.

The team is mentored by Suds Jain, a retired electrical engineer, and Karen Hardy, a computer science teacher at Wilcox High School.