Local high school robotics team invites community to open house in new location

(November 2, 2026) Goleta, CA – Local high school robotics team, Octobots Robotics, is inviting the community to a free open house event on Monday, November 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at their new “practice field” location at 5677 Calle Real in the Calle Real Shopping Center in Goleta (the former Carrow’s/Denny’s/Coast Supply building). The new location is being sponsored for the season by The Towbes Group. The community-wide event offers families, prospective students, local business leaders, sponsors, and STEM enthusiasts an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at how student engineers design, build, program, and compete with 115-pound industrial-scale robots. Attendees will have the opportunity to: Watch live, interactive robot demonstrations. Meet student leaders of each sub-team in electrical, hardware, software, strategy, media, and more. Enjoy family-friendly activities Robotics is so much more than just building a machine — it’s about teamwork, problem-solving, a