Throughout the program, you will work towards designing a robot arm that will perform the best in the RoboArm stacker challenge: a competition where robot arms must strategically sort, balance and assemble varying objects to build the tallest possible tower within the time limit. Prizes will be awarded based on performance as well as the robot arm design itself.  (challenge statement revealed in kick-off)

The planning will consist of weekly lectures / workshops, aimed at teaching robotics-related theory. This will be the foundation of all the deeper, and practical knowledge of the program.
Behind each discipline, we will teach the fundamental principles that actually matter in applied robotics and show you how to think like an actual engineer, and not just a student.
The second part of this program will consist of the building of the robot arm. This will be done independently on your own, meaning you can plan it according to your own schedule.
The time investment for the time investment outside of the weekly lectures / workshops should be aimed at around 4-8 hours weekly, dependent on current skill level and ambition.

The majority of the program will consist of 3 primary modules. ME / EE / CSE.
These modules are 3-5 weeks long and happen sequentially. During these modules, you will learn & apply the knowledge to create your robot arm. This structure has been chosen due to its appropriate balance between learning robotics and typical engineering projects.

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The robot arm will be your creation, meaning you can choose what you want to add based on your design ambitions and get to personally keep it. Depending on hardware choices the robot arm parts will cost approximately €30-€90.

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For most beginners entering robotics, the biggest hurdle to cross is hardware, rather than software. Therefore the RoboArm program will lean more towards a hardware-first approach. (Can't vibe code CAD / circuit design.... Not yet anyways)