Our rover team saw their new sensor map the field for the first time this week — a quiet moment of discovery that a whole season of patient work made possible. Next stop: the RoboCup Qualifier at Tech Arena.
18 OCT
Empowering Builders
Curiosity. Courage. Community.
Mercy Robotics offers a singular hands-on engineering experience for young women. Founded in 2019 and housed in Lab 204, we give members an opportunity to explore every aspect of building a machine — from mechanical design and firmware to computer vision and competition strategy. We believe the shop floor is the best classroom: here members spark every design discussion, lead every subsystem, and drive every robot. Mercy supports an environment of curiosity, courage, and community that serves as a lifelong foundation for engineering confidence — and a place where every young woman can see herself shaping the future of technology.
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EmpoweringCuriosity
At Mercy, curiosity isn't just encouraged, it's essential. Whether wiring a first sensor, stepping into CAD, machining a bracket, or teaching a rover to see, members are inspired to ask questions, take risks, and try something new. That spirit of discovery fuels a workshop where beginners grow into builders.
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Build & code
EmpoweringCourage
Courage is at the heart of every build season. In a supportive shop, members find the confidence to pitch a design, own a subsystem, and defend it in review. Whether presenting a control loop or flying an untested airframe, our builders take bold steps backed by a team that believes in them.
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Compete & mentor
EmpoweringCommunity
Community is more than a value here, it's how the robots get finished. Through peer mentoring, open build nights, and outreach to middle-school makers, members develop a deep sense of responsibility to the people around them and to the next class of engineers.
Outreach & mentoringThe Mercy difference
Mercy Robotics is a place where precision is matched by patience, where leadership is grounded in teaching, and where every member is prepared to build something that moves.
"No work of charity can be more productive to the good of society than the careful instruction of women."
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New members are especially invited to the Drone Race Open on the North Field. Watch our student-built aerial systems hold a six-gate course, then take a controller for a lap of your own.
02 NOVFrom our archives: the Class of 2024 taught a robotic arm to place a part within a millimetre. Two years on, their jig is still the one every new builder learns on — a gift from one class to the next.
22 NOV