Build Your Own Robot
In this holiday course, you’ll build your own robot from scratch. We use the Raspberry Pi Pico (MAKER-PI-RP2040), sensors, and motors to build a machine that can drive around.
The two “eyes” are an ultrasonic sensor — that’s how the robot notices when something is in its way and steers around it on its own:
Programming is done with makerSpaceOS. It’s a block-based tool that lets you click together logical sequences without having to wrestle with Python syntax directly – but real code is generated in the background.
The same technology in a different KidsLab project: Pico, servos, and self-printed parts.
What we do:
- Hardware building: mounting motors and sensors on a chassis.
- Controls: programming driving functions and obstacle avoidance.
- 3D design: designing and printing your own parts in Tinkercad.
- Open source: all results are stored in a Git repository so you can keep working at home.
Course details:
- 📅 Date: August 17–21, 2026 (Monday–Friday)
- 🕒 Time: 2 pm to 5 pm each day
- 👥 Participants: age 12+ (max. 8 spots)
- 💶 Cost: €150 (reduced €75) plus €25 material cost
- 📍 Location: KidsLab Augsburg
You take the finished robot home with you — that’s what the €25 material cost covers.
No child is excluded — the ticket shop has a self-service 50% discount option. If that’s not enough, just send us a quick email or WhatsApp message — we’ll find a solution, even for €0. More on this
Interested? Reserve your spot now: