Mark Rober

American YouTuber and engineer

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2024 Mark Rober was presented with the FIRST Robotics Competition Founder's Award at the FIRST Championship in recognition of his efforts to expand access to STEM education and robotics programs.
September 2024 Mark Rober posted on X that he had been divorced for three and a half years.
2023 Mark Rober was nominated for the 13th Streamy Awards in the Science and Engineering category.
2023 Mark Rober delivered the commencement address at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2023 CrunchLabs, associated with Mark Rober, was nominated for the 13th Streamy Awards in the Creator Product category.
September 2023 As of September 2023, Rober's original video 'Backyard Squirrel Maze' had accumulated 114 million views, with a follow-up video achieving 80 million views.
2022 Mark Rober won the 26th Webby Awards as Webby Film & Video Person of the Year.
2022 Mark Rober was nominated for Creator of the Year at the 12th Streamy Awards.
2022 Team Seas, consisting of Mark Rober and MrBeast, was nominated for the 12th Streamy Awards in the Social Impact Campaign category.
2022 Mark Rober won the 12th Streamy Awards in the Science and Engineering category.
2022 Team Seas, consisting of Mark Rober and MrBeast, won the 12th Streamy Awards in the Social Good: Creator category.
2022 Team Seas, consisting of Mark Rober and MrBeast, won the 12th Streamy Awards in the Brand Engagement category.
2022 Mark Rober founded CrunchLabs, an educational technology company focused on providing hands-on STEM learning experiences and subscription box services for children.
July 2022 Rober guest-hosted an episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!,' showcasing his popularity and contributions to science communication through entertainment.
2021 Rober released the video 'Backyard Squirrel Maze,' showcasing a backyard obstacle course he built to deter squirrels from stealing bird food.
2021 Mark Rober and Jimmy Kimmel won the 11th Streamy Awards in the Nonprofit or NGO category for NEXT for AUTISM's Color the Spectrum LIVE.
2021 Mark Rober won the 11th Streamy Awards in the Science and Engineering category.
2021 Mark Rober was awarded a one-off prize as STEM Personality of the Year by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and he was later named an Honorary Fellow for his contributions to the engineering profession.
2021 Rober, in collaboration with MrBeast, founded #TeamSeas, which aimed to raise over $34 million to clean up beaches and seas, achieving a dollar-for-pound trash removal initiative.
April 2021 Mark Rober and Jimmy Kimmel hosted a live stream, raising $3 million in support of NEXT for AUTISM.
2020 Mark Rober won the 10th Streamy Awards in the Learning and Education category.
2020 Team Trees, consisting of Mark Rober and MrBeast, won the 10th Streamy Awards in the Nonprofit or NGO category.
2020 Rober starred in the Discovery Channel hidden-camera show 'Revengineers' alongside Jimmy Kimmel and launched the series 'This is Mark Rober' on Discovery.
2019 Mark Rober won the 9th Streamy Awards in the Science or Education category.
December 2019 Rober released a follow-up video featuring an improved design of his glitter-bomb package, collaborating with Macaulay Culkin, and addressing the previous incidents involving friends of an accomplice.
2018 Mark Rober was nominated for the 8th Streamy Awards in the Science or Education category.
December 2018 Rober posted a video demonstrating a contraption designed to trick parcel thieves, which sprayed glitter and emitted a foul odor while capturing video footage. The video received 25 million views in one day.
2015 Mark Rober moved to Sunnyvale, California.
2014 Mark Rober earned a Master of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California.
2013 Rober sold his company Digital Dudz to UK-based costume company Morphsuits after his app-integrated costumes gained popularity and were sold in retail outlets like Party City.
2012 Rober launched Digital Dudz, an online Halloween costume company specializing in costumes based on the concept featured in his viral video. The company generated $250,000 in revenue within its first three weeks.
October 2011 Mark Rober recorded his first YouTube video, showcasing a Halloween costume that used two iPads to create the illusion of seeing through his body. The video went viral, amassing 1.5 million views in just one day.

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