Engineering
Mechanical & Fabrication
Help students develop mechanisms, prototype ideas, understand manufacturing processes, and safely turn designs into real parts.
Mentor Holt Robotics
Mentors
Share what you know, learn alongside students, and help create hands-on experiences that can shape what they do next.
Make an impact
You don't have to build the robot to help build the team.
Mentors help students turn ideas into real projects while developing confidence, technical skills, leadership, and teamwork.
Some mentors bring years of engineering or programming experience. Others contribute through project management, communication, business, organization, media, or simply a willingness to help students learn.
The goal isn't to do the work for students. It's to give them the guidance, encouragement, and experience they need to solve problems themselves.
Ways to mentor
There is more than one way to help.
Robotics teams need a wide range of skills. Technical experience is valuable, but it isn't the only way adults can contribute.
Technology
Programming
Support students as they learn software development, robot control, sensors, autonomous systems, vision, and debugging.
Engineering
Electrical
Help students learn wiring, electronics, sensors, troubleshooting, documentation, and good electrical practices.
Design
CAD & Prototyping
Guide students through computer-aided design, iteration, prototyping, drawings, and designing parts for manufacturing.
Team Operations
Business & Project Management
Help students organize projects, manage deadlines, document their work, plan events, and understand how successful teams operate.
Communication
Media & Outreach
Support photography, video, writing, presentations, community outreach, branding, sponsorship, and telling the team's story.
What mentoring looks like
Guide the process. Let students own the result.
Great mentoring isn't about having every answer. It's about asking good questions, sharing experience, helping students understand mistakes, and giving them room to make decisions.
Teach
Explain the thinking, tools, and processes behind the work.
Ask
Help students think through problems rather than immediately giving them the solution.
Support
Create an environment where students can try ideas, make mistakes, and improve.
Step back
Give students the opportunity to take ownership, lead, and make the final product theirs.
Getting started
From interested to involved.
Learn about Holt Robotics
Explore the programs and see where your experience and interests might be useful.
Explore teamsFind where you fit
Mentors can contribute technical knowledge, professional experience, organization, communication, or general team support.
Connect with the program
Use the Get Involved page to learn about current opportunities and how to connect with Holt Robotics.
Get involvedStart helping students build
Once connected with a team, mentors work alongside students and other adults to support the learning process.
Mentor resources
Resources for learning and getting connected.
Ready to help?
Your experience could become someone else's starting point.
Help give Holt Robotics students opportunities to learn, experiment, lead, and build alongside people willing to share what they know.