Hi! I’m Kimberly Majumder

I’m working hard to raise money for the Vanderbilt Robotics fundraiser led by Lin Liu.

Help Vanderbilt Robotics Compete in NASA Competition

This fundraiser is organized by Lin Liu

About

Vanderbilt Robotics was founded last year with the goal of giving students from all backgrounds the opportunity to work on an interdisciplinary project and to teach engineering skills that cannot be learned in the classroom. Vanderbilt Robotics is the only student-led robotics organization on campus. Our organization began with seven undergraduate students and now has over thirty dedicated team members, with several other students attending our university-wide robotics workshops. This year, we are competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We are designing, fabricating, and programming a robot that will autonomously mine gravel from under a foot of BP-1, a dusty material with physical properties similar to sand on Mars. We also participate in community outreach to extend our love of robotics and STEM to kids and help them pursue these interests. We have served as judges and referees for middle school and high school VEX competitions in the Nashville community. We also host robotics workshops for first time and experienced engineers in Nashville. While this is our first year competing in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition, all our members have worked incredibly hard over the past semester to make a competitive robot, and to have a lasting impact on future Mars excavation technology.