The Center for Autonomy at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences hosted four outreach programs for undergraduates over the summer. Over the course of the three eight-week programs, AEOP, Realtime Adaption REU and NASA's ULI, interns contributed to both software and hardware engineering tasks, supporting ground and legged platforms such as Clearpath Jackals, a Husky, and Unitree Go2 quadrupeds. Under the guidance of research mentor Dr. Christian Ellis and Ph.D. students, participants break down complex research objectives into achievable tasks, ultimately developing software to work seamlessly with real robotic systems.