Mark Rober

Mark Rober is, to my eyes, what science education should have always looked like. He is no hobbyist: he spent nine years at NASA, seven of them on the Curiosity rover at JPL, before turning that engineering rigor into glitter-bomb traps and absurd contraptions that delight millions. What I respect is the discipline hiding under the goofiness. Behind every viral build is genuine mechanical engineering and a clear teaching instinct. His Diamond Play Button is well earned, but his real achievement is making curiosity feel irresistible. He is, quite simply, one of the best teachers working today, classroom optional.

Name (English)

Mark Rober

Name (Japanese)

マーク・ローバー

Reading

まーく・ろーばー

Born

March 11, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Origin

Orange County, California, United States

Occupation

YouTuber / mechanical engineer / inventor / science communicator / television producer

University

Brigham Young University

Awards & achievements

• 2014 Silver Play Button
• 2016 Gold Play Button
• 2019 Diamond Play Button

• Official sitehttps://markroberbuildinstructions.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/markrober/
• Xhttps://x.com/MarkRober
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Rober
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24088544

Tags

• California
• YouTuber
• mechanical engineer
• inventor

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.