Null Set Labs

A youth-led research lab. Software and data analysis in robotics and automation, and in food systems and access.

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Research

Research areas

Robotics and Automation

robotics.nullsetlabs.org

Software and data analysis for competition robotics, and research on robot sensor data and control.

Competition robotics

VEX VisualizerLive Season tracker for the 2026-2027 VEX V5 Robotics Competition Official VEX Events data. Signature events update every 30 minutes while they run; other events on Mondays and Thursdays.
Current season

Events held

Teams with results

Signature events held
VEX hubLive All VEX tools on one page
Worlds 2026Archive Dashboard from the 2026 VEX World Championship 866 high school teams. Kept as an archive since October 2026.

Sensing, control and data analysis

LEAF-LinkCompleted Concept study on spaceflight plant data for NASA's LEAF lunar payload NASA OSDR study OSD-37 and a growth-chamber control simulation. v1.1, October 3, 2026; analysis code published.
Robot localization measurement studyIn Preparation Camera range and bearing measurements after calibration, compared with the pose reference, in the UTIAS Multi-Robot Cooperative Localization and Mapping dataset (MR.CLAM) Public dataset: five camera-equipped robots, nine recordings. Write-up in preparation.

VEX Visualizer, Worlds 2026 archive. TrueSkill rating against match win rate, 856 high school teams with match results.

Food Systems and Access

food.nullsetlabs.org

Research and software on food bank operations, access to food, and nutritional quality ratings.

Pantry Dashboard, synthetic sample workbook. Pounds received and distributed per month, May 2025 to April 2026.

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Releases and changes

About

About the lab

Null Set Labs is a youth-led research lab. Its work is computational: software, statistical analysis of public and partner data, and written reports of methods and results.

The work is organized in two research areas, Robotics and Automation, and Food Systems and Access. Source code for the released software is public at github.com/nullsetlabs.

About Arjun

Arjun is a high-school student and the founder of Null Set Labs. He conducts independent research and collaborates with university research faculty. His work covers mathematics, robotics and applied data analysis.