Robotics with Python
Python-controlled robots, sensor data, smoother control and a competition-style capstone built in teams.
- Grades
- Grades 9–12
- Length
- 10–12 sessions
- Group size
- 16–24 students, working in teams of 2–3 per kit
- Where it runs
- School-day enrichment, After-school, Weekend academy, Summer camp, Library / community center
Teens program robots in Python, use sensor data to make them smarter, and build a competition-style capstone robot.
Skills students build
Before joining
Basic Python helps (Coding Pathway Level 1 or similar), but beginners can catch up.
How progress is checked
- Python movement library
- Test report with data
- Capstone run and design presentation
What students learn, step by step
Every lesson ends with something students make, explain or show.
| Session | Topic | What students learn | What students produce |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Python on the robot hub | Motors and sensors from code | First Python robot program |
| 2 | Functions for robots | Reusable moves | Movement library |
| 3 | Reading sensor data | Logging and graphing readings | Sensor data log |
| 4 | Smooth control | Feedback: correcting as you go | Smoother line following |
| 5 | Mechanisms | Gearing for speed vs strength | Tested mechanism |
| 6 | Testing like engineers | Repeat runs, measure, compare | Test report |
| 7 | Capstone challenge | Design, build, code, iterate | Competition-style run |
| 8 | Capstone presentation | Design review and careers | Presentation and portfolio entry |
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What students build
- A Python movement library
- A sensor data log and graph
- A competition-style capstone robot
How we keep it safe
- Small parts are used only with age-appropriate kits and adult supervision
- Kits stay at the school or site — nothing to buy for home
- No accounts or personal data needed for the coding apps used in class
- Clear tidy-up and kit-check routines at the end of every session
The engineering design cycle
Every challenge follows the same loop real engineers use.
- 1
Ask
What problem are we solving?
- 2
Plan
Sketch and choose an idea.
- 3
Build
Put the robot together.
- 4
Code & test
Run it and measure what happens.
- 5
Improve
Change one thing and try again.
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Students can move up to the next grade band in later years.
Build & Move
Big-brick builds, gears and a first motor — plus picture-block coding to make things move.
Robot Builders
Motors, sensors and block coding: robots that move, react and solve small challenges.
Robotics Engineers
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