9–16+ · Online / Hybrid

Hybrid & Online

Live robotics classes over video, with a real kit shipped to the learner so they are building actual hardware at home.

Live instructor-led robotics with a real kit shipped to the learner. Simulation in KidBot Studio bridges sessions.

Format
Live cohorts
Level
Beginner → Advanced
Commitment
Term-Based
Leads to
In-person tracks, competition streams, advanced coding.
Why this exists

Online cohorts prove whether a lesson survives without an instructor standing at the bench. That is the same test a program has to pass before a school's own staff can run it, so this is where the curriculum's independence gets checked.

Who it is for
  • Learners outside reach of a lab
  • Families whose schedule cannot take a fixed in-person slot
  • Anyone who wants to keep momentum between in-person terms
Choose something else if…
  • The learner needs someone physically at the benchRobotics Tracks
  • You want the shared workshop environmentCamps

What becomes real.

Capabilities, and how far this program takes each one.

  • Remote debugging

    Core

    Isolating a fault and explaining it precisely enough to get help.

  • Documentation habits

    Core

    Recording what changed, because nobody else saw you change it.

  • Independent build discipline

    Core

    Getting unstuck alone before the next session.

  • Simulation

    Foundation

    Testing logic before committing it to hardware.

How it runs, and who it runs for.

  • Learners and families

    Live cohorts, kit shipped

    Small-group instruction on a schedule, with hardware at home.

  • Schools

    Blended with in-person

    Used to extend a school program's reach beyond the timetabled sessions.

What comes with it
  • A robotics kit shipped to the learner
  • Live instruction in small groups
  • Maple Mind Online and KidBot Studio access
What you bring
  • A workspace and a computer
  • Reliable attendance at live sessions
What they build
  • Home-lab robots
  • Simulated autonomy challenges
  • Sensor experiments
What they learn
  • Remote debugging
  • Documentation habits
  • Independent build discipline
Tools & technology
  • Maple Mind Online
  • Robotics kit
  • KidBot Studio
On the floor

What it is actually like.

One session, in the order it happens.

Beat 01

The kit arrives before you do

Hardware ships ahead of the cohort, so the first session is a build session rather than an unboxing.

  1. Kit arrives
  2. Live session
  3. Between sessions
Beat 02

Debugging over a camera

You have to describe what the robot is doing to somebody who cannot see it. That constraint makes learners better at diagnosis than a lab does.

  1. Kit arrives
  2. Live session
  3. Between sessions
Beat 03

Simulation holds the gap

KidBot Studio carries logic work between sessions, so momentum does not depend on having the instructor present.

  1. Kit arrives
  2. Live session
  3. Between sessions
How it works
  1. 01

    Kit arrives

    Hardware ships before the cohort begins.

  2. 02

    Live sessions

    Small-group instruction with build checkpoints.

  3. 03

    Between sessions

    Simulation and challenges keep momentum.

One part of a bigger system

Built in real classrooms. Turned into infrastructure.

Online cohorts prove whether a lesson survives without an instructor standing at the bench, the same test a school program has to pass.

This programHybrid & Online
Curriculum

Level-based progressions written against the hardware, not adapted to it.

FAQ

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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
In Person

Camps

A full week of robotics during a school break, ending with a robot the learner built from nothing.

Who
7–15
Format
Full-day / week-long
Level
Intro → Intermediate
Short Burst
In Person / Online

Skill Builders

A short, focused module on one thing (CAD, electronics, vision, 3D printing) for someone who already builds but has a specific gap.

Who
10–16+
Format
Short modules
Level
Targeted
Focused
Where to go from here
For a learner

Check what ships to you

For a school

Blend online with in-person

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.