Highlights from the Hack & Build hardware hackathon

Credit: Columbia University Robotics Club

A four-legged robot with wheels sitting on a table
Students demonstrating their robot to a judge
The judeges of the Columbia Engineering 2025 Hack & Build hardware hackathon
The first place winners of the Hack & Build hardware hackathon hold up their certificates alongside the competition judges
The first place winners of the Hack & Build hardware hackathon hold up their certificates alongside the competition judges
The third place awardees of the 2025 Columbia Engineering Hack & Build hardware hackathon hold up their certificates alongside the competition judges
A robot
A googly-eyed purple pouch with several wires attached
Two Hack & Build hardware hackathon competitors holding their robot that resembles an eye with eyelashes
A robot that resembles a human hand
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Parisa Yousefpour

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Zhengbo Zou

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Dept Civil Eng & Eng Mechanics

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