LUNA
- Season
- 2025 — 2026
- Competition
- NASA Lunabotics 2026
- Disciplines
- Mechanical · Electrical · Software
- Record
- Proof of life (video)
We design, build, and compete lunar mining robots.
Meet the team NASA Lunabotics · NYU Tandon
We’re a team of NYU undergraduates working across mechanical, electrical, and software engineering to take a lunar mining robot from an idea to the competition floor.
At NASA’s annual Lunabotics competition, that means digging, hauling, and depositing simulated lunar regolith. Along the way, we advance autonomous excavation research and share robotics with communities across New York City.

Luna is our 2026 lunar mining robot, designed and built by students at NYU.
Watch Luna in action
The people behind Luna, from the NYU workshop to the sand at Coney Island · Spring 2026
Interested in applying? Learn moreLoading the team roster…


Spring 2018
Fall 2019
Spring 2021
Earlier machines (ORBIT, ATLAS) live on the team's channel.
Interested in joining, supporting a season, or connecting with the team? We’d like to hear from you.
eng-rdt@nyu.eduNYU Tandon School of Engineering
325 Gold St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
To discuss sponsorship, equipment, or other ways to support the team, send us a message. Thank you to the organizations backing our work.