Team Waldbaum

Team Name: Team Waldbaum

Excavator Name: Stephanie Penera

Team Leader: Sam Waldbaum

City, State: Sunnyvale, California

Team Background:
I am a one man team spending too much time in my garage and too much of my own money on this competition. I have competed in a different robotics competition, Roborodentia, the last four years at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and finally won it this April. After that, I heard about the Regolith Excavation Challenge and couldn’t resist taking it on as my next competition. Although I will have only 9 weeks from my start date until the competition, I am confident I can put together a competent robot.

Why did your team decide to pursue the Regolith Excavation Challenge?
The challenge sounded like a lot a fun and I have the skills to build a machine to meet the goals. So when a large ½ million carrot is dangled in front of me, I couldn't justify not chasing after it. Despite the challenges of participating as an individual robotics hobbyist/student with no sponsorship, I decided to enter.