Age-appropriate kits
Graded kits from pre-primary to senior school, starting with Toto, a screen-less robot. Plastic in the junior grades, metal in the senior, with plug-in connectors that can't be wired wrong.
Robotics and AI programme for schools · Across India
The complete robotics and AI programme for Indian schools.
From first code to real AI: age-appropriate kits, a graded curriculum from pre-primary to Grade 9, guided-plus-challenge teaching, and competitions that give every student a stage. Run by your teachers, or fully managed by us.
Think. Build. Grow.
designed it first. then built it.
The team behind Grobots
- 12+years in school robotics and tinkering
- 300+private schools
- 1,500+government schools
- Pan-Indiasales and support
Some of the schools where our team has set up labs
Who we work with
One programme. Four ways in.
A single school, a group of campuses, an education company or a state programme: the same system, delivered the way you need it.
Schools
Your own lab, running on Day 200.
Pick the lab, then pick who runs it: your teachers, or our trainer on your campus.
Get a lab proposal →School groups
One standard across every campus.
The same kits, curriculum and reporting in every branch, rolled out in phases. Bhavans Group, Nagpur runs Grobots in 7 branches.
Plan a multi-campus rollout →Education companies
Our programme, under your brand.
Kits, books and lesson videos in your name, supplied at volume, with training for your trainers.
Explore a partnership →Government and CSR
Labs that are still in use when you review them.
District and state rollouts, content in English, Hindi and Marathi, and outcome reporting a funder can use.
Request a programme proposal →The Grobots system
Not a box of kits. One system, in four parts.
One team designs it, makes it, delivers it and supports it, so the kits, the lessons, the teaching and the results all fit together.
Graded curriculum
20–24 sessions per grade, every year from Grade 3 to Grade 9, mapped to CBSE chapters, with Toto's graded missions before that. All on one coding ladder from first code to real AI.
Guided + Challenge teaching
Four guided lessons, step by step, then a challenge session that doubles as the assessment. A Virtual Master Trainer video and a printed workbook go with every lesson.
Virtual and physical competitions
Students compete online during the year and in person at events. Schools get a visible result, and parents a reason to care.
The Virtual Master Trainer
Every lesson, taught on video.
From mission brief to working robot, so the lab keeps running when a teacher changes.
Above: “Square Path Bot”, an Ultima Lite lesson.
The coding pathway
From first code to real AI.
Buttons, then blocks, then text. Each step carries the same ideas one level further, so students never hit a wall and start over.
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Step 1 · Pre-primary – Grade 2
Buttons
Children code Toto with the buttons on the robot. They plan a path, press GO, and see if it works. No screen.
- Toto
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Step 2 · From the early years
Blocks
Picture blocks on a tablet, then block coding on real kits: sequences, loops, sensors and decisions.
- Groblox Junior (tablet)
- Groblox
- MStudio
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Step 3 · Senior grades
Text
The same ideas, now typed. MStudio turns blocks into MicroPython, then students write Python for real hardware.
- MicroPython
- Python
- AI From Grade 6, AI runs through it. Students train models in blocks first, then in Python, and build them into their robots.
Guided + Challenge teaching
Four guided lessons. Then a challenge.
Every fifth session is a Challenge. Students get a problem instead of instructions, and solve it with what the last four lessons taught them. It doubles as the assessment, so the teacher sees who has really understood.
A year of sessions
Guided lesson Challenge + assessment
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- 3
- 4
- 5Challenge
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10Challenge
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15Challenge
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20Challenge
20–24 sessions per grade each year, with a Challenge after every four guided lessons.
Inside a guided lesson
- Step 1
Mission Brief
Understand the real-world problem.
- Step 2
How It Works
Break it into input, process and output.
- Step 3
Build Your Robot
Assemble it from the kit, step by step.
- Step 4
De-Coding the Logic
Reason through the code, block by block.
- Step 5
Debugging Zone
Find what's wrong and fix it.
- Step 6 · mini challenge
Try On Your Own
For anyone who finishes early: extend it at three levels of difficulty.
- Step 7
Brain Tickler
Reflect, and test the idea.
Inside a challenge
- A problem, not instructions. Students get a goal and decide how to reach it.
- They plan, build and code on their own, using only what the last four lessons covered.
- The result is the assessment. The teacher sees who can apply the ideas, not just repeat the steps.
Two ways to run it
Your teachers run it, or we do.
Same kits, same curriculum, same results. The only question is who stands in front of the class.
We run it
Managed Lab
- Who teaches
- Our trained trainer, on your campus
- You provide
- A room, and a coordinator who oversees the work
- Support
- Daily reporting; maintenance included
- Best for
- Larger schools with many sections
Your teachers run it
School-Run Lab
- Who teaches
- Your own teachers, trained by us
- You provide
- A room, and teachers' periods
- Support
- Lesson videos, remote help, yearly maintenance option
- Best for
- Schools with up to two sections per grade
Why robotics, coding and AI
The builders of Bharat 2047 are in Grade 3 today.
Bharat 2047 needs people who can think a problem all the way through, and then make the thing that solves it. We don't train coders. We grow systems thinkers and coding architects.
Why robotics
Robotics is the tool. The skills are the point.
A robot is just the excuse. While building it, students practise the competencies every future job needs, and debugging teaches them to stay with a hard problem until it works.
Systems thinkingProblem solvingCollaboration CommunicationPersistenceCreativity
Why coding, differently
Coding architects, not coders.
AI already writes code. What it can't do is decide what should be built, break a messy problem into parts, and judge whether the result is right.
A coderfollows the steps
An architectdesigns the system, directs the code, owns the result
Why AI, now
AI readiness is basic literacy.
By the time today's Grade 3 student finishes school, AI will be part of every subject and every job. CBSE brings AI and computational thinking into the curriculum from Grade 3 in 2026–27.
Bharat 2047
Where will your students be in 2047?
2036finishes school
29age in 2047
They leave school in 2036. By 2047 they'll have spent 11 years building their careers, and a developed Bharat.
Why robotics labs fail
Looks great on Day 1. Works for years.
Most labs manage one or the other. A lab is a room; a programme is a system. Labs fail in five predictable ways, and a Grobots lab is built to avoid each one.
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Trap 1 · The complexity trap
Complexity before confidence.
Hand young learners a tangle of open-source electronics and you get instant intimidation.
Instead, prioritise
Better entry
Build it, make it work, “I made this”, then “how does it work?” We didn't remove the electronics. We changed when they arrive: Grade 3 builds, Grade 5 codes, Grade 7 creates, Grade 8 trains AI, Grade 9 tinkers.
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Trap 2 · The kit count trap
Twenty kit types, a few projects each.
A long kit list looks generous, but it's a poor measure of learning.
Instead, prioritise
More learning
One Grobots kit carries up to four years of lessons, 20–24 sessions a year, and endless projects beyond them. Don't count the kits. Count the learning experiences.
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Trap 3 · The museum trap
Only a museum.
Glass cases and display robots impress visitors. But if that's all the lab has, how much learning actually happens in that room?
Instead, prioritise
Showcase, and use
Grobots labs do come with showcase kits that make visitors stop and look. They sit next to graded kits that every section uses, every week.
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Trap 4 · The inauguration trap
A great Day 1, then nothing.
When the whole budget goes on the opening, there's nothing left for an ordinary Wednesday.
Instead, prioritise
Day 1 and Day 200
The opening can still be a show. Then comes Day 200: Grade 6, 30 children, a 40-minute period. Every Grobots session is planned for that day, with a video lesson for each one.
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Trap 5 · The ownership trap
It becomes nobody's job.
If nobody owns what happens every week, use collapses.
Instead, prioritise
Clear ownership
Up to two sections per grade, your science or CS teachers can run it as a side duty, with our training and videos. More than two, it needs a dedicated, trained lab person, which our Managed Lab provides.
Day 1
A lab worth opening.
Showcase kits such as a bionic arm, a walking spider bot, a smart home model and a 3D printer, plus arenas and posters on the walls. The lab looks the part when parents and visitors walk in.
Every day after
A lab that's used.
Graded kits for every section, a lesson plan and video for every period, and support that keeps it running. The lab still works in its third year, and its fifth.
What students build
Real projects, Grade 3 to Grade 8.
Every project solves something students recognise, from a merry-go-round to an AI that checks for helmets.
Grade 3 · Jr Construction Kit
Merry-Go-Round
Think: gears and motion
Build: a working merry-go-round
Grade 3 · Primo + Groblox
Make Grobu Dance
Think: sequences and events
Build: a dance routine on screen and board
Grade 5 · Ultima
Digital Dice
Think: randomness and fairness
Build: a shake-to-roll dice
Grade 5 · Ultima
Reaction Timer
Think: measure, decide, act
Build: a reflex game for the class
Grade 6 · Ultima
Follow Me Bot
Think: sensors and feedback loops
Build: a robot that follows your hand
Grade 6 · Ultima + AI
AI Animal Recognition
Think: training data and bias
Build: an AI that names animals it sees
Grade 7 · Ultima
Smart Plant Water Reminder
Think: designing for real users
Build: a sensor that says when a plant needs water
Grade 7 · Ultima + AI
AI Trash Sorter
Think: classification
Build: an AI that sorts waste
Grade 8 · AI
AI Hand Gesture Car
Think: human–machine interfaces
Build: a car you drive with your hand
Grade 8 · AI
AI Helmet Detector
Think: safety systems
Build: a camera that checks for helmets
AI, trained by students
Students train AI to see, hear and read movement.
Three kinds of model, the same three steps: collect examples, train, then let the model drive the robot. Students do this in Groblox and MStudio, offline.
Vision: teach a robot to see
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1 · Collect examples
PlasticPaper -
2 · Train the model
Trained on the device. Nothing is uploaded.
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3 · Robot acts on it
The robot pushes it into the plastic bin.
Show the camera a few examples of each thing. The model learns to tell them apart, like the AI Trash Sorter students build in Grade 7.
Try the vision trainerVoice: teach a robot to hear
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2 · Train the model
Trained on the device. Nothing is uploaded.
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3 · Robot acts on it
The robot drives forward.
Record a few seconds of each word, plus some background noise. The model learns the sound of each command.
Try the voice trainerPose: teach a robot to read movement
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1 · Collect examples
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2 · Train the model
Trained on the device. Nothing is uploaded.
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3 · Robot acts on it
The robot raises its arm to match.
Strike each pose in front of the camera. The model tracks the body's key points and learns which pose is which.
Try the pose trainerAI works offline. Models train and run on the device, with no internet and no cloud account. Lesson videos can be served from a school server.
Runs on
- Windows PCs
- Android tablets
- Raspberry Pi
Competitions and recognition
Every student gets a stage.
Competitions are part of the programme, not an extra. They give students a deadline worth working for, and give schools results they can show.
Virtual
Compete from your own lab.
Online challenge rounds during the year. Students build and code at school and submit their work, wherever in India they are.
Physical
Then meet on the arena.
The strongest teams compete in person, on the same arenas they practise on in their own lab.
2047
Today's Grade 3 students will be about 29. Let's make sure they're ready to build it.
Who's behind Grobots
Designed for every kind of Indian classroom.
City CBSE campuses and rural government schools. Small classes and crowded ones. Labs with fast internet and labs with none. Our team has worked in all of them, and Grobots is built for every one.
Grobots Future Technology Private Limited
12+ years of school robotics, brought together in one company.
Grobots is led by four engineers who have spent more than 12 years building robotics and tinkering programmes in Indian schools: in over 300 private schools and more than 1,500 government schools. What they learned shaped the design: controllers with plugs that only fit one way, AI that runs without internet, and a guided-plus-challenge teaching method any trained teacher can run. Sales and support across India.
- 12+years in school robotics and tinkering
- 300+private schools
- 1,500+government schools
Anand Ingle
Director · Engineer
Vaibhav Nagori
Director · Engineer
Ashish Desai
Director · Engineer
Sudhir Patil
Director · Engineer
Questions we're asked
Short answers.
What is Grobots?
Grobots is a complete robotics and AI programme for Indian schools, from pre-primary to Grade 9. It combines age-appropriate kits, a graded curriculum of 20–24 sessions per grade each year, guided-plus-challenge teaching, and virtual and physical competitions. Schools run it with their own trained teachers or as a Managed Lab. Grobots is run by Grobots Future Technology Private Limited and serves schools across India.
Can our teachers run it without robotics experience?
Yes. Teachers get onsite training, a printed workbook and a Virtual Master Trainer video for every lesson, which takes the class from the mission brief to a working robot. Every lesson follows the same template, so a science or computer teacher can run it. Schools with many sections can choose a Managed Lab instead, with a Grobots trainer on campus.
Can Grobots run the lab for us?
Yes. In a Managed Lab, a trained Grobots trainer teaches on your campus and reports to you daily, and maintenance is included. In a School-Run Lab, your own teachers run it, with our training, lesson videos and support.
Is a Composite Skill Lab mandatory for CBSE schools?
Yes. CBSE Circular Skill-75/2024 asks affiliated schools to set up a Composite Skill Lab for Classes VI–X. Schools seeking fresh affiliation need one now, and existing schools have until August 2027. Grobots sets it up in three options, with every item mapped to the CBSE list.
Which grades does Grobots cover?
Pre-primary to Grade 9. Grobots Toto covers pre-primary to Grade 2 with screen-less coding. From Grade 3 to Grade 9, kits are matched to each stage, with 20–24 sessions per grade each year and a video lesson for every session.
Do you work directly or through resellers?
Directly. Grobots sells to and supports schools itself, across India. It also works with school groups, supplies its programme under their own brand to education companies, and partners with channel partners, government programmes and CSR funders.
Do the labs need fast internet?
No. AI activities run offline, and video lessons can be served from a school server where the internet is weak.
Which devices does Grobots software run on?
Windows PCs, Android tablets and Raspberry Pi. AI models train and run on the device itself, so students can do AI activities with no internet.