Simone Giertz is what YouTube should be: smart, funny, genuinely educational, and refreshingly human. She's built a career on making things that don't work—and in doing so, teaches kids more about engineering, persistence, and creative problem-solving than most polished STEM channels.
The 'shitty robots' aren't just silly; they're a philosophy. Simone shows that making stuff is about iteration, failure, and having fun with the process. She's soldered circuits, built ridiculous breakfast machines, and documented her brain tumor recovery with the same mix of humor and honesty.
This isn't sanitized kids' content—there's occasional mild language and she's not trying to be a role model in the traditional sense. But for tweens and teens interested in making, engineering, or just seeing someone do weird creative projects, this channel is gold. It's one of the rare YouTube channels where 'educational' doesn't mean boring, and 'entertaining' doesn't mean brain rot.








