In Person
Robotics Tracks
A weekly robotics class that keeps going: the same learner moves up through levels rather than repeating an introduction.
- Who
- 11–16+
- Format
- Weekly
- Level
- Beginner → Advanced
Long-Term
11–18 · In Person
Competitions
Team-based robotics aimed at competing: design under a rulebook, build, test, break, rebuild, and go up against other teams.
Team-based competition preparation: strategy, design cycles, driver practice, engineering notebooks and match analysis.
- Format
- Season-based teams
- Level
- Intermediate → Advanced
- Commitment
- Season
- Leads to
- Advanced engineering, mentorship, judging and leadership.
Why this exists
Competition is the external exam. A season tells us what to change in the curriculum, the kit list and the instructor training, judged by people with no reason to be generous.
Who it is for
- Learners who already build and want the constraint of a rulebook
- Teams that want the whole engineering cycle, not just assembly
- Anyone who works better with a deadline and an opponent
Choose something else if…
- You are still learning to buildRobotics Tracks
- You want to compete but lack one capabilitySkill Builders
What becomes real.
Capabilities, and how far this program takes each one.
Design under constraint
AdvancedEngineering to a rulebook, a size limit and a deadline you did not choose.
Failure analysis
AdvancedWorking out why it broke rather than replacing the part and hoping.
Team roles
CoreDividing an engineering problem across people and keeping it coherent.
Match strategy
CoreReading the game, not just the machine.
What you end up having built.
A competition robot
Built to the season's rules, driven by the team that designed it.
An engineering notebook
The record of decisions, failures and revisions, judged in its own right at many competitions.
A practice field
Teams build the environment they test in, which is its own design problem.
How it runs, and who it runs for.
- Learners
Season-based teams
Join a team through the competition pathway.
- Schools
A competition program on site
Team structure, season planning and coaching installed as part of a school program.
What comes with it
- Coaching through the season
- Competition robots, telemetry and practice arenas
- Team structure and season planning
What you bring
- Season-long commitment
- A team willing to lose a few matches on the way
For a school
As a school's competition stream
Competition is usually what a school program grows into once the level structure is running and learners want somewhere to point it.
Which of these lands on your staff depends on the engagement model: we run it, we run it with you, or you run it.
See how a school program worksWhat they build
- Competition robots
- Engineering notebooks
- Practice fields
What they learn
- Design under constraint
- Team roles
- Match strategy
- Failure analysis
Tools & technology
- Competition robots
- Telemetry
- CAD
- Practice arenas
On the floor
What it is actually like.
One session, in the order it happens.
Beat 01
Roles, not just seats
Teams organise around real engineering functions (design, build, code, drive, strategy) because a competition robot is too much for one person.
- Roles
- Iterate
- Compete
Beat 02
The design cycle, repeatedly
Prototype, test, break, improve. Most of a season is finding out what does not work while there is still time to change it.
- Roles
- Iterate
- Compete
Beat 03
It has to work under pressure
A robot that performs in practice and folds in a match is telling you something specific about your design.
- Roles
- Iterate
- Compete
How it works
- 01
Team formation
Roles assigned around real engineering functions.
- 02
Design cycles
Prototype, test, break, improve. Repeatedly.
- 03
Season
Practice, compete, review, iterate.
One part of a bigger system
Built in real classrooms. Turned into infrastructure.
Competition is the external exam. A season tells us what to change in the curriculum, the kit list and the instructor training, and it is run by people with no reason to be generous.
This programCompetitions
Curriculum
Level-based progressions written against the hardware, not adapted to it.
FAQEvery question, across the whole ecosystem
Questions about Competitions .
About competing
About the program
If you are a parent
Compare with the rest of the system.
Enrolment
Start at the right level, not the easy one.
Two minutes of questions tells us whether this program fits, or whether something else in the ecosystem fits better.