Meet the Team

Ben Bernhard

Ben Bernhard, codename: NASA, frequenctly finds himself on the Moon. After winning Science Man of the Year in 2027, people thought there was not much else that Ben could accomplish. But then he rewrote people's expectations by creating a minature Sun in his basement. Coming from a Louisiana, Ben's favorite food is of course Gumbo from New Orleans. He requested that we not say this but he once ate so much gumbo in one month that he single-handedly drove up the price of gumbo world-wide.

Riley Egan

Riley Egan, codemane: Mr. ROS, was born and raised by Open Robotics. He bleeds ROS. Whether is be packages, nodes, topics, messages, etc. Riley has you covered. When he is not redefining ROS for the modern era, Riley likes to go skydiving and is a little bit of an adrenaline junky. Fun fact about Riley is that is can actually turn himself into a robot if need be.

Brendan Kopf

Brendan Kopf, codename: Soaring Hawk, is the big idea guy of the group. Early on he had great ideas such as "what if we added a hawk?" A self-described renaissance man of the year, Brendan likes to spend his days eating jif peanut butter or gazing at stars and thinking about what else could be out there?

George O'Sullivan

George is an interesting fellow hailing from Saint Louis, Missouri. George's hobbies include playing soccer, knitting, wearing cloaks, and making websites. His ultimate goal in life is to be a trophy husband. Fun fact about George, he once failed a pizza eating contest even after consuming 7 pounds of pizza.

Cara Ravasio

The self-proclaimed mother of the group, Cara spends many days walking Baymin around the local park. She has big plans for the little robots to attend URM, the University of Robots on Mars which she plans on founding in 2050.