Mentors 

Mentors in FIRST volunteer their time and expertise to support teams. They dedicate countless hours to the team whether it's helping with robot design, programming, or offering guidance during competitions. Mentors in FIRST often help work on the robot during weekends, after their job and in the off season to improve the robot. Their commitment goes beyond just the technical aspects; mentors also foster team culture, ensuring that students learn the importance of communication, collaboration, and problem-solving. By volunteering their time mentors help make this program available to teams. But they also leave lasting impacts on the students they work with, helping them grow into skilled individuals ready to take on the future.

Hyperdroids has 3 dedicated mentors that they are very thankful for. Some information about them is:

Mike Warren has been mentoring FTC for 3 years now making this his 3^rd season. Coming from a background in free/open networking and security software, he’s tackled a learning curve. Mike finds it fun to see real- world objects move using “only” code, and motivational to see students testing, inventing, building, and operating their robots.

Jag Kainth has been involved with ATAA both at the FTC and FRC level for many years. As a board member, Jag helps co-ordinate all aspects of our organization while concentrating his hands-on mentoring duties to Hyper Droid's FTC program.

Vincent Stein is Hyper Droid's newest mentor, coming from experience on other local FTC teams. Vincent brings professional experience with engineering to the competitive robotics scene, mentoring mostly on the programming side of things.

You? ATAA and Hyper Droid are always interested in prospective mentors! If you have a passion for youth competitive robotics, we need all kinds of expertise -- from organizational, Web and print design, business co-ordination, and of course technical skills like programming and technical CAD and build skills. Please email 10015@ataarobotics.ca.