Build what
comes next.
A future technology workshop where kids aged 7–16 build robots, use AI, write software and grow the confidence to make real things.
Not a coding class. Not another iPad app. Arconium is a workshop. Students solder, wire, build and debug real robots, then write the software that runs them.
How a term runs
Every term follows the same rhythm: enough structure to make real progress, enough freedom to make it theirs.
Pick a build
Students choose a project inside their program: a robot, a model, or a small piece of software, scoped to the term.
Bench time
Weekly sessions at the workbench: wiring, soldering, 3D printing, and code, with a mentor beside them.
Debug it
Things break. Mentors don't fix it for them. They teach the students to find out why.
Show it off
Every term ends with a showcase night where students demo their build to family and peers.
Three tracks, one workshop floor.
Applied AI
Train models, build vision and language projects, and learn what AI can and can't actually do.
Robotics
Build and wire physical robots with sensors, motors and chassis, from a kit up to an original design.
Software
Write real code in Python and JavaScript to build games, tools and the software that runs their robots.
What students actually build
Line-Following Rover
Age 9, Lane Cove
Bird Species Classifier
Age 13, Rouse Hill
Sorting Arm v2
Age 12, Lane Cove
Platformer built in Python
Age 11, Rouse Hill
student at the bench,
close-up on hands/tools
Engineers and builders first, teachers second, on purpose.
Every mentor at Arconium has shipped something, whether a product, a research build or a competition robot, before they ever ran a session. Small groups, working benches, no scripts read off a slide.
Two Sydney workshops
Lane Cove
Arconium's founding workshop - full bench setup, laser cutter, 3D printers and our largest robotics fleet.
Visit Lane Covepage →Rouse Hill
Our newest site, opened for Sydney's growing north-west - same tracks, smaller cohorts.
Visit Rouse Hillpage →“He stopped asking for more screen time and started asking to go back to the workshop.”
“She rebuilt her robot three times before it worked. Nobody made her. She just wanted it right.”
“The mentors talk to the kids like engineers, not students. It shows in how seriously they take it.”
Come build something for a session. No commitment, just tools.
Book a Trial BuildStraightforward, by term
Compare all programs →A single hands-on session in any program, no enrolment required.
Weekly 90-minute sessions, one program, kept materials included.
In-school or after-school programs run with your staff and space.
Before you book
No. Most students start with zero robotics or coding background. Programs are scoped by age, not prior skill.
One 90-minute session in the program of your choice. Your child leaves having built and taken home something working.
7 through 16, split into age bands per program so groups stay close in skill and pace.
Not the same session, but we run overlapping time slots at both sites so drop-off and pick-up line up.
Yes. Intensive multi-day builds during Sydney school holidays, at both Lane Cove and Rouse Hill.