Currently a student at Broward County Community College Robert plans to major in anthropology and in 2006 completed Florida Atlantic University's archaeology field school in Salongo, Ecuador. Rather than returning home with the other students upon completion of the course, he opted to conduct a one man expedition to visit the Jivaro of Ecuador's Amazon jungle. The Jivaro, also known as the Shuar, formerly enjoyed a reputation for headhunting that kept them safe for centuries from outside incursions.

In addition to consorting with headhunters, Robert has been active in Renaissance, Seminole and Civil War reenactment Societies, manufactures his own medieval armor, and is an experienced archaeological field technician.