Welcome to Droid Academy:

A hands-on robotics course for ages 7 to 80. No experience needed. Just curiosity.

PARTS TO PROGRAMMING

In 8 one-hour lessons, you’ll learn electronics basics and bring E-32, our custom R2D2-style droid, to life. Servos, motors, IR flame sensors, and sonic sensors — E-32 will see, move, and react.

At its core is the ESP32, a modern microcontroller (computer) and a big leap beyond older boards like Arduino or Micro:bit.

Younger students use block coding. Older students use MicroPython. Same robot. Same core lessons. Depth adjusts to you.

Come once a week or once a month. No need to commit to every session.

This is more than robotics. It’s your launchpad to voice commands, machine learning, and the smart tech of tomorrow.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

BASIC ELECTRONICS

 

Atoms and Electrons
Voltage, Current and Resistance
How Computers Use Electricity: Binary
Digital vs Analog
How Computers Work
Memory: Two Kinds
Why a Microcontroller (and Not a Laptop)?
Pulses — The Idea Behind Half of E-32’s Electronics
The LED
The Ultrasonic Sensor
Actuators — Motors and Servos

 

CODING

Understanding Software & IDEs
MicroPython (Seniors)
BIPES (Juniors)
PRACTICAL CODING PROJECTS – DROID CONTROL
COST

R180/1hr session

DURATION 

The full course is 8 sessions. 1 Session = 1hr. 

WHERE 

Workshop in Glencairn, Cape Town

WHEN

Book times that suite you