Not just a lab: a life-skills program for Grades 3 to 9.
A grade-wise journey from first gears to real AI projects, with kits, curriculum, teacher training and support that keep the lab running after year one.
Anylan Foundation's Robotics & AI Lab is a CSR-funded STEM lab program that sets up and runs robotics labs in government schools in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. Students in Grades 3 to 9 build robots, code with blocks in Hindi, Marathi or English, and move on to Python and AI from Grade 6. Every lab includes kits, teacher training, on-site support and impact reports for the funder.
Most children in government schools meet technology as something to watch, not something to build. And many school robotics labs fade after the first year: the kits are there, but the confidence to use them isn't.
Every child builds, codes and presents, every week, in lessons that fit the timetable. Teachers are trained before the lab opens, and the lab is planned to keep running in year two and beyond.
One program, not a box of kits: what students use, what teachers get, and what you and the school can count on.
Kits by Grobots, the robotics brand of our implementation partner. Product photos.
Every grade has its own theme and about 20 activities, and every fifth session is a scored team challenge. Each activity is written as an outcome: what the child can do afterwards.
The full program on the core kits: Jr Construction Kit, Primo and Ultima Lite. 20 activities a year, Grades 3–8. No extra hardware.
Everything in Core, plus Snap Circuits (Grades 3–6) and Arduino (Grades 7–9), ending in a Grade 9 year of innovation and tinkering.
Can build a push car that rolls straight, and name the axle and chassis.
Can make a sprite respond: WHEN this happens, DO that.
Can build a crane that lifts a load without tipping, using a counterweight.
Can code a timed light sequence: red, then amber, then green.
Can gear a motor down for force, and explain why slower means stronger.
Team presents a build-plus-code act: the year, consolidated on stage.
Vocabularyaxle · chassis · fulcrum · gear ratio · linkage · sprite · loop · variable
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Can make a lamp switch itself on at dusk: the first IF-ELSE decision.
Can turn noise levels into categories a class can see.
Can detect a shake, and tune how sensitive the alarm is.
Can band temperature into normal and fever: ranges from continuous data.
Can send a message between two devices by radio.
Team automates a crossing in the safe order: warn first, then close.
Vocabularysensor · threshold · if-else · calibrate · accelerometer · transmitter · receiver
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Can roll a fair dice in code: randomness within a range. See the full lesson ↓
Can code a night light with a threshold and if-else.
Can count steps: accumulating a value over time.
Can drive a robot in a square: loops plus calibration.
Can code a robot that steers itself around obstacles.
Team calibrates an alarm from real classroom noise, and deploys it.
Vocabularyinput · output · event · random · variable · threshold · infrared · ultrasonic
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Can control a fan from temperature with if-else.
Can calibrate a robot to follow a line: a closed loop.
Can show why sample quality decides model quality.
Can handle input the model was never trained on: the fallback.
Can write first text code, and read an error message.
Team schedules the school's own bells: timing as code.
Vocabularystate · AND / OR / NOT · truth table · servo · model · training sample · syntax
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Can open a lid on approach, with a hold so it doesn't flap.
Can water by proxy sensing, and say where the proxy fails.
Can let a model drive a servo, and weigh the cost of a wrong action.
Can write a function that returns a converted value.
Can simulate a circuit in Tinkercad, then wire the first bare LED.
Team reads direction from sensor order, debounced.
Vocabularylatch · fail-safe · debounce · label · list · while loop · function · breadboard
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Can code sense-decide-move autonomy in text.
Can build two-class detection with a fallback.
Can command a car by voice, and default to safe.
Can build a phone app that drives the robot: two systems talking.
Can switch a real load a pin can't, through a relay.
Team ships a multi-class model with a fallback.
Vocabularymodulo · flag · safe stop · sample quality · pairing · protocol · relay · Boolean logic
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Can condition a signal with a voltage divider.
Team integrates three sensors into one dashboard, and sanity-checks it.
Can assemble full sense-decide-act autonomy from components.
Team builds keypad access control: matrix scanning.
Team builds and calibrates its own machine, end to end.
Can present evidence, and defend the machine's limitations to an audience.
Vocabularyvoltage divider · H-bridge · PWM · hysteresis · requirement · calibration · edge case · robustness
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Source: curriculum overview, Grades 3–9, developed with our implementation partner
Every activity finishes in one 40-minute period.
Complexity grows with each student's readiness.
Multilingual block coding, plus Hindi lesson videos and workbooks.
Works offline on Raspberry Pi, tablets or Windows, with solar options where power is unreliable.
Students take projects to science exhibitions and robotics competitions.
Learning metrics your board can read, from baseline to endline.
We'll send a quote and offer you a visit to a working lab.
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Or call Sapan Jain on +91 70242 30852.
Grade 5 · Session 3 · Digital Dice, taken from the student workbook. Every lesson follows the same ten stages, so a teacher without a coding background is never improvising, and each stage builds a step of the Robotics Learning Pathway.
Have you ever played Ludo or Snakes and Ladders with your friends and needed a dice to move your piece? Sometimes a real dice can get lost, right?
Mission: Today, you will program your Ultima Controller to become a super cool digital dice that shows a random number when you shake it!
Detects when the Ultima Controller is shaken, just like you shake a real dice in your hand.
Thinks about the shake, then quickly picks a random number from 1 to 6. This is where your code runs!
Displays the random number on its bright, glowing lights, so everyone can see your dice roll!
Just like you learned about using buttons as inputs in 'My Reacting Robot!', the on shake block is an event. It tells your Ultima Controller: 'Hey, when someone shakes me, listen up and get ready to do something!'.
This smart purple block is like a tiny brain that picks a random number for you. It's just like rolling a real dice – you never know what number you'll get, but it will always be between 1 and 6!
After picking a random number, the show number block tells your Ultima Controller to display that number on its bright 5x5 LED Grid. This is similar to how you displayed text on the built-in OLED in 'My First Talking Screen', but now we're using the LED Grid to show numbers!
When you shake your Ultima Controller, a random number between 1 and 6 will appear on its glowing LED grid.
If your digital dice isn't working or showing numbers, don't worry! Robots sometimes need a little help. Check these things:
Can you make your digital dice roll numbers only between 1 and 3? (Hint: Look at the pick random block!)
Instead of numbers, can you make the LED Grid show a smiley face if the random number is an even number (2, 4, 6) and a sad face if it's an odd number (1, 3, 5)? (Hint: You'll need if/else blocks!)
If you roll a 6, can you make the LED Grid first show a sparkle animation for a moment, and then display the number 6? (Hint: Look for the show leds block or show icon for animation and then show number!)
What kind of action makes our digital dice show a number?
Engineer's Notebook: You've created a fantastic digital dice! How else could you use the 'shake' feature in your Ultima Controller? Can you think of a game or a useful tool that reacts to shaking?
क्या तुमने कभी दोस्तों के साथ Ludo या Snakes and Ladders खेला है और चलने के लिए dice की ज़रूरत पड़ी है? कभी‑कभी असली dice खो भी जाता है, है ना?
Mission: आज तुम अपने Ultima Controller को ऐसा super cool digital dice बनाओगे जो shake करने पर एक random number दिखाएगा!
पता लगाता है कि Ultima Controller कब shake किया गया, बिलकुल वैसे जैसे तुम अपने हाथ में असली dice को shake करते हो।
Shake को समझता है, फिर बहुत जल्दी 1 से 6 के बीच कोई random number चुनता है। यही पर तुम्हारा code चलता है!
Random number अपनी चमकीली, glowing lights पर दिखाता है, ताकि सब लोग तुम्हारा dice roll देख सकें!
जैसे तुमने 'My Reacting Robot!' में buttons को input की तरह use करना सीखा था, वैसा ही on shake block एक event है। ये तुम्हारे Ultima Controller से कहता है: 'अरे, जब कोई मुझे shake करे, तो ध्यान से सुनो और कुछ करने के लिए तैयार हो जाओ!'.
ये smart purple block एक छोटे दिमाग जैसा है जो तुम्हारे लिए एक random number चुनता है। ये बिलकुल असली dice घुमाने जैसा है – तुम्हें कभी पहले से नहीं पता होता कि कौन‑सा नंबर आएगा, लेकिन वो हमेशा 1 से 6 के बीच ही होगा!
Random number चुनने के बाद, show number block तुम्हारे Ultima Controller को बताता है कि वो number अपनी चमकीली 5x5 LED Grid पर दिखाए। ये वैसा ही है जैसे तुमने 'My First Talking Screen' में built‑in OLED पर text दिखाया था, लेकिन अब हम LED Grid का इस्तेमाल numbers दिखाने के लिए कर रहे हैं!
जब तुम अपना Ultima Controller shake करोगे, तो 1 से 6 के बीच का कोई random number उसकी चमकती LED grid पर दिखाई देगा।
अगर तुम्हारा digital dice काम नहीं कर रहा या नंबर नहीं दिखा रहा हो, तो चिंता मत करो! Robots को कभी‑कभी थोड़ी मदद चाहिए होती है। ये चीजें ज़रूर चेक करो:
क्या तुम अपना digital dice ऐसा बना सकते हो कि वो सिर्फ 1 से 3 के बीच वाले numbers ही दे? (Hint: pick random block को ध्यान से देखो!)
numbers की जगह, क्या तुम LED Grid पर smiley face दिखा सकते हो अगर random number even हो (2, 4, 6) और sad face अगर वो odd हो (1, 3, 5)? (Hint: तुम्हें if/else blocks की ज़रूरत पड़ेगी!)
अगर 6 आए, तो क्या तुम LED Grid से पहले थोड़ी देर के लिए sparkle animation दिखा सकते हो, और फिर number 6 दिखाओ? (Hint: animation के लिए show leds block या show icon देखो और फिर show number!)
किस तरह की action से हमारा digital dice कोई number दिखाता है?
Engineer's Notebook: तुमने एक कमाल का digital dice बना लिया है! Ultima Controller में 'shake' फीचर को और कैसे इस्तेमाल कर सकते हो? क्या तुम ऐसा कोई game या useful tool सोच सकते हो जो हिलाने पर react करे?
तू कधी friends सोबत Ludo किंवा Snakes and Ladders खेळताना तुझ्या piece साठी dice वापरला आहेस का? कधी कधी खरा dice हरवतोही, बरोबर?
Mission: आज तू तुझा Ultima Controller असा program करशील की तो super cool digital dice बनेल, जो तू shake केल्यावर random number दाखवेल!
Ultima Controller केव्हा shake झाला हे तो ओळखतो, अगदी तू खरा dice हातात घेतल्यावर जसा shake करतोस तसं.
तो हा shake लक्षात ठेवतो आणि पटकन 1 ते 6 मधला एक random number निवडतो. इथेच तुझा code चालतो!
तो number त्याच्या bright, glowing lights वर दाखवतो, म्हणजे सगळ्यांना तुझा dice roll दिसू शकतो!
जसं तू 'My Reacting Robot!' मध्ये buttons input म्हणून वापरायला शिकलास, तसंच on shake block हा एक event आहे. तो तुझ्या Ultima Controller ला सांगतो: 'अरे, कोणी मला shake केलं की, नीट ऐक आणि काही action करायला तयार हो!'.
हा smart जांभळा block म्हणजे लहानसा मेंदूच जणू, जो तुझ्यासाठी random number निवडतो. अगदी खऱ्या dice सारखं – तुला आधी कधीच माहित नसतं कोणता number येणार, पण तो नेहमी 1 ते 6 मध्येच असतो!
Random number निवडल्यानंतर, show number block तुझ्या Ultima Controller ला सांगतो की हा number त्याच्या bright 5x5 LED Grid वर दाखव. हे अगदी तुझ्या 'My First Talking Screen' मध्ये built-in OLED वर text दाखवल्यासारखंच आहे, फक्त आता आपण numbers दाखवण्यासाठी LED Grid वापरतोय!
जेव्हा तू तुझा Ultima Controller shake करशील, तेव्हा 1 ते 6 मधला random number त्याच्या glowing LED grid वर दिसेल.
तुझं digital dice चालत नसेल किंवा number दिसत नसतील, तर घाबरू नकोस! Robots ना कधी कधी थोडी मदत लागते. या गोष्टी तपासून बघ:
तू तुझा digital dice असा करू शकशील का की तो फक्त 1 ते 3 मधलेच numbers देईल? (Hint: pick random block बघ!)
numbers दाखवायच्या ऐवजी, random number जर even (2, 4, 6) आला तर LED Grid वर smiley face आणि odd (1, 3, 5) आला तर sad face दाखवू शकशील का? (Hint: तुला if/else blocks लागतील!)
जर तू 6 roll केलास, तर LED Grid आधी थोडा वेळ sparkle animation दाखवेल आणि मग number 6 दाखवेल असं करू शकशील का? (Hint: animation साठी show leds block किंवा show icon वापर आणि मग show number!)
आपले digital dice कोणत्या action मुळे एखादा number दाखवतात?
Engineer's Notebook: तू एक मस्त digital dice बनवलास! Ultima Controller मधला 'shake' feature अजून कशासाठी वापरू शकशील? shaking वर reaction देणारा एखादा game किंवा उपयोगी tool तुझ्या लक्षात येतोय का?
From the Grade 5 student workbook: English, Hindi and Marathi editions. Teachers get a matching Virtual Master Trainer video for every lesson.
Robotics is the tool, not the goal. See it as a journey on the homepage →
Turns ideas into critical thinking
Builds initiative and leadership
Makes collaboration visible
Develops self-direction
Makes computational thinking practical
Turns failure into resilience
Connects learning to communication
Builds confidence for what comes next
Children building, coding with blocks and making hardware respond. Tap a clip to play it.
Partner recordVideos: Umang project, Nagpur municipal schools. Photos: Atal Tinkering Labs in the partner's client schools. More on the partner page →
Every partner gets the same set of reports, ready for your CSR committee and annual report.
Where students start, on the skills in the pathway.
From every school, so you see the lab in use.
Sessions held, attendance and midline results.
Learning outcomes from baseline to endline, and the certificate for your CSR records.
Yes. Promoting education, including employment-enhancing vocational skills, is listed under Schedule VII (ii) of the Companies Act, 2013. Anylan Foundation is registered with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to implement CSR projects (CSR-1: CSR00096762).
Yes. It is a STEM lab focused on robotics, coding and AI, where students use science and maths to build and program working machines. Schools that want a broader maker space can add the Innovation & Tinkering Lab.
Grades 3 to 9. The Core track runs 20 activities a year in Grades 3–8. The Full Lab adds Snap Circuits and Arduino, and a Grade 9 year of innovation and tinkering.
The Core track runs the full program on the core kits (Jr Construction Kit, Primo and Ultima Lite) with no extra hardware. The Full Lab adds Snap Circuits for Grades 3–6, Arduino for Grades 7–9 and a Grade 9 innovation year.
Not to start. Block coding works in Hindi, Marathi or English, so students learn logic in the language they think in. Text coding in Python, from Grade 6, is in English.
Yes. AI lessons use Teachable Machine built into the offline coding editors (Mcode and Groblox), so models are trained and run in the lab without the internet. Children train models on printed sample cards, not on real faces or personal data.
No. Kits work offline, with Raspberry Pi, tablets or Windows computers as coding terminals, including ones the school already has.
The school's own teachers, trained before the lab opens and supported by a video for every lesson, plus a resource person on site where the program includes one.
Repairs and spares are handled locally.
Every lesson ends with a self-check and a short quiz, and every fifth session is a scored team challenge. Baseline, midline and endline assessments are reported to the CSR partner and the school.
It depends on the number of schools, the track (Core or Full Lab) and the support term (1, 2 or 3 years). Share your budget and region and we'll send a quote.
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