Real motors, real sensors, real debugging.
Students design, wire and program physical robots. They start from guided kit builds and progress to original chassis designs with custom sensor arrays, learning that hardware fails and that finding out why is the skill.
Small groups, one mentor, every week
Group size
Two students per bench, one mentor across four benches, never more.
Minutes weekly
One bench session per week, same mentor, same cohort, all term.
Ages
The earliest start on the floor. Age bands keep groups close in pace.
WWCC mentors
Every mentor holds a Working with Children Check and teaches, not minds.
From first kit build to a robot they designed themselves.
Build the kit
Motors, wheels, chassis, power. Assemble a working robot and drive it by the end of the first sessions.
Give it senses
Line, distance and touch sensors. Program the robot to react to the world instead of being steered.
Set it loose
Autonomy challenges: mazes, line courses, object sorting. The robot runs, fails, and gets debugged.
Design your own
Custom chassis with 3D-printed and laser-cut parts, a student-chosen sensor array, and a showcase demo.
Projects from the Robotics benches
Line-following rover
Obstacle-avoiding bot
Robotic sorting arm
Custom-chassis walker
Group ratio 1:8, 90 min weekly sessions. Every term ends with a showcase night where students demo their build to family and peers.