Robonine Labs ยท Online course + robot kit
An online course with a mentor and the SO-ARM101 kit โ at home, on the same open-source stack used in university robotics labs.
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Pricing
Live classes with a mentor, billed monthly. Take the robot with them, or work in the training simulator.
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$159
Everything to start
$504
Best value
$745
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Classes run live, on the groupโs timetable โ this is not a recorded course. Kit specs and gallery: SO-ARM101 product page.
The program
Two classes a week for three months, starting 14 September. The first eight lessons are below; the programme runs to 24 and is followed by a second three-month block on computer vision.
01
Build and calibrate your SO-ARM101 โ mechanics, servos, first power-on.
02
Servo bus, controller, power. Send your first commands from a computer.
03
Joint positions and trajectories โ make the arm move exactly how you tell it.
04
Forward and inverse kinematics in practice: reach any point in space.
05
Drive the gripper: pick-and-place with repeatable precision.
06
Camera + OpenCV: find an object by colour and shape, then go grab it.
07
Drive the arm in real time with the leader arm โ your hand, its motions.
08
Record your own demonstrations as training data for the robot.
Train a neural-network policy (LeRobot) that repeats your movements โ autonomously.
Design your own autonomous task and defend it to your mentor.
The hardware
The kit ships unassembled โ building it is module one. Delivery in up to 3 weeks.
Robonine Lab
Every lesson lives on Robonine Lab โ our course platform, with checkpoints, code tasks and a live 3D view of your arm. You always know the next step and see real progress, not promises.
The mentor
Your mentor is a robotics engineer who follows your progress through the whole course.
A servo that won't calibrate, code that won't run, math that won't click โ ask, get unblocked, move on.
You don't just make it work โ you learn why it works, and how an engineer would write it.
Your mentor reviews and approves your final autonomous task.
Where it leads
Robotics is the fastest-growing engineering field โ and the skills behind it are exactly the ones universities and employers screen for.
Mechanics, electronics, Python, computer vision and machine learning โ layered in the order a working engineer learns them.
SO-ARM101 and LeRobot are the open-source standard in research labs โ what students learn here transfers one-to-one.
Every module ends with a robot that does something real โ recorded, reproducible and worth showing at admissions or interviews.
Reviews
Mentored course + arm kit
The final project with mentor sign-off pushed me to clean up my code properly. Went from never touching hardware to a working pick-and-place demo in about two months.
Mentored course + arm kit
I teach maths and wanted to see robotics done right. The mentored track gives you a real person reviewing your code, which changes everything for weaker students.
Mentored course + arm kit
My physics teacher recommended it. The camera module where the arm follows objects with OpenCV is my favourite โ I demoed it at our science fair.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I have automated factories for twenty years and still learned things โ the LeRobot imitation learning setup is genuinely current. Kit quality is above what I expected.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Complete beginner and honestly nervous, but the first module has you assembling the arm with your hands, not staring at slides. By module five I was writing my own Python.
Mentored course + arm kit
Four stars only because the kit took a while to arrive. The course itself is excellent โ module lengths are honest, 30โ40 minutes each, and the mentor sign-off on the final project felt earned.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Bought it for my son and ended up doing half the modules with him. The instructions assume zero background, which was exactly right for us.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Doing this alongside my CS degree. The teleoperation module where the leader arm drives the follower is the best lab I have done anywhere, uni included.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I write backend code all day, robotics was new. The dataset recording and imitation learning modules were the perfect bridge โ real ML on real hardware, not a simulator.
Mentored course + arm kit
I am 14 and built the whole arm myself in module one. My mentor helped me debug my colour detection script and now it works every time.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Total career switcher here. Python from zero, then OpenCV, then my arm picking things up โ each module builds on the last without any jumps.
Mentored course + arm kit
Great structure, honest four stars โ I would have liked a couple more mentor hours for the imitation learning part. The LeRobot pipeline itself is explained well.
Mentored course + arm kit
My 12-year-old daughter did the assembly module with me, then took over completely. She shows everyone the live 3D view of her arm on the platform.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Retired and wanted a proper hobby. The Robonine Lab platform is clear enough that I never felt lost, and the arm has been on my desk running Python scripts ever since.
Mentored course + arm kit
Finished my final project last week โ the mentor signed it off after one round of fixes. Recording my own dataset and watching the arm learn from it was the highlight.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
The content is good but delivery took almost three weeks and a couple of photos in the assembly instructions could be sharper. Once I got going, teleoperation with the leader arm worked exactly as shown.
Mentored course + arm kit
I took the mentored track to evaluate it for my school club. Eleven modules of 30โ40 minutes each, well scaffolded โ my mentor answered every question within a day.
Mentored course + arm kit
As a mechanical engineer I appreciated that the kit ships complete โ camera, both power supplies, clamps. Nothing to order separately, and the mentor code review was surprisingly rigorous.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
I had never coded before and now my arm sorts blocks by colour with the camera. The 30โ40 minute modules fit around school easily.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
The imitation learning module with LeRobot blew my mind. You record datasets by teleoperating the follower arm with the leader, then the arm repeats the task on its own.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Solid course, the OpenCV module and the teleoperation part are great. I just wanted more depth in the kinematics section โ it felt a bit brief for someone who codes for a living.
Mentored course + arm kit
Got the kit for my 13-year-old son and he has done eight of the eleven modules on his own. The mentor checked his Python code and left comments he could actually understand.
Interactive course + unassembled arm kit
Assembled the SO-ARM101 over one weekend โ assembly is literally module one, so you start with a working arm instead of theory. The live 3D view in Robonine Lab made checking each joint really easy.
FAQ
No robotics experience is needed โ the course starts with a screwdriver. To get the most out of it you'll want basic Python; everything else is taught along the way in small, practical steps.
Any reasonably recent Windows, macOS or Linux laptop with a USB port. No GPU is required โ the neural-network training near the end of the course can run on a free cloud GPU, and the course shows you how.
Yes โ the kit is a low-voltage desktop arm and the classes assume no prior knowledge. Younger teens move faster with light parental involvement in the first weeks; the mentor handles the technical questions.
A robotics engineer runs the classes and stays with you for the whole course. You meet twice a week online in a group of 5โ10: they answer questions live, review the code you submit and sign off your final project.
Two live classes a week, plus two to three hours of practice between them. Classes are billed by the month and you can stop any month โ you only pay for the next one.
The kit ships worldwide from our supplier in China; delivery takes up to 3 weeks. Shipping is calculated at checkout from your country and shown before you pay. Buyers in the EU and the UK also pay import VAT and a customs handling fee on delivery. An unopened kit can be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund. Classes are paid monthly, so stopping is a matter of not paying for the next month.
International bank cards โ Visa, Mastercard and more. Payment happens on a secure payment page.
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Order the SO-ARM101 kit with the course included, or start with the mentored course if you already own an arm.
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