19 Facts About Mark Rober

Mark Rober is known for his YouTube videos on popular science and do-it-yourself gadgets.

Mark Rober later worked for four years at Apple Inc as a product designer in their Special Projects Group, where he authored patents involving virtual reality in self-driving cars.

Mark Rober became interested in engineering at a young age, making a pair of goggles that helped avoid tears while cutting onions.

Mark Rober earned a mechanical engineering degree from Brigham Young University as well as a master's degree from the University of Southern California.

Mark Rober worked there for nine years, seven of which were spent working on the Curiosity rover, which is on Mars.

Mark Rober designed and delivered hardware on several JPL missions, including AMT, GRAIL, SMAP, and Mars Science Laboratory.

Mark Rober took in $250,000 in revenue in its first three weeks of operations, and by 2013 his app-integrated costumes were sold in retail stores such as Party City.

Mark Rober sold the company to UK-based costume company Morphsuits in 2013.

In December 2018, Mark Rober posted a video showing how he tricked parcel thieves with an engineered contraption that sprayed glitter on the thieves, emitted a foul odor, and captured video of the thieves.

Mark Rober later removed two of the five incidents caught on tape after discovering that two of the thieves were actually friends of a person he hired to help catch the package thieves.

Mark Rober posted a follow-up in December 2019, teaming up with Macaulay Culkin and featuring an improved design.

In 2021, Mark Rober released the video Backyard Squirrel Maze, showcasing a backyard obstacle course he built to deter squirrels from stealing food from the bird feeders in his backyard.

Mark Rober released a follow-up video of an updated obstacle course a year later.

In 2018, it was reported that Mark Rober had been secretly working on virtual reality projects for Apple Inc.

Mark Rober worked as a product designer in Apple's Special Projects Group from 2015 to early 2020.

MrBeast and Mark Rober worked with YouTubers across the globe in an effort to make this come true.

Mark Rober is an advocate for autism awareness, as his son lives with it.

In 2021, as part of the Institution's celebrations, Mark Rober was awarded a one-off prize as STEM Personality of the Year, following nominations from across the globe.

Later that year, Mark Rober was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the engineering profession.