Our Story
Moon Miners is a student-led engineering team developing autonomous robotic systems for lunar excavation. By combining robotics, systems engineering, and innovation, we are preparing the technologies needed for humanity's next steps on the Moon.
The Origin
More than a student organization: a professional-grade integration of engineering, design, and business specialized for the lunar frontier.
The Challenge
Founded in 2025, CMU Moon Miners is a first-year team with nothing to inherit and everything to prove. We are building a fully autonomous lunar excavation rover from scratch — not as a class project, not as a research demo, but to win the NASA Lunabotics Competition outright.
Meet the teamEngineered to Lead
Solving the extreme constraints of the lunar environment through rigorous design, simulation, and rapid prototyping.
Operational Milestones
2025–2026 milestones
Moon Miners founded
Preliminary Design Review
Accepted into Lunabotics Challenge
Trackbot V1 assembled
Critical Design Review
We are here
Qualifying Challenge
The Challenge