Robot Garage

In the LEAGUE’s robot garage, students study topics in robotics from the ground up,  working on robotics projects that incorporate motors, microcontrollers, cameras digital communications, mechanical components and sensors. Advanced students learn about machine vision, kinematics and motion control.

Robot Garage

  • Learn to build and program robots

  • Choice of multiple sessions per week

  • Intermediate to advanced

  • Pacific Beach and Carmel Valley locations

  • Included in membership ( create an account )

The Robot Garage  is a self paced program, with a few common lessons on basic topics, but primarily involving students building and programming a project. Students have programmed industrial robotic arms, built face detecting cameras, and several small mobile robots, using Arduino and Micro:bit microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi computers. Some advanced  students are building neural networks to predict ballistic trajectories, while beginners start with programming lights to blink and motors to move.

FIRST FRC and FTC Programming Clinic

For Summer 2025 we will be running programming clinics for FIRST FRC and FTC teams. In these free classes, students can improve their Python and Java skills, get familiar with the FIRST programming tools and environments, and learn advanced techniques like PID control, filtering AI, April tags and route planning. We’re still planning the program, so we are looking for robotics students to take the class, volunteer student instructors and adult sponsors.

The FIRST Robotics Program is actually part of three other programs, depending on how you want to be involved:

  • Robotics Students, who will take the free Code Clinic classes that will focus on FIRST robotics topics.
  • Interns in our League Labs program, our internship program, where students create new classes for the Code Clinic.
  • AI Research, where students study using machine vision to extract objects from a video, and neural nets to predict their motion.

So, if you want to teach the classes, you will be a League Labs intern. If you want to take the classes, join the Code Clinic. If you want to study neural networks and machine vision, join the research project.

But, regardless of your interest … if you are on a FIRST team, fill out the registration google form.

Schedule

Not Sure? Try a Free Class.

If you’d like to get a peek at the Robot Garage, join the LEAGUE Tech Club, our Meetup group for free public classes, and look for the Soldering Clinic and Introduction to Motors classes, or contact us to arrange a visit.

The LEAGUE Tech Club runs free and low cost events all over San Diego. Join the Tech Club meetup group for a free Java class, or expore other tech topics like Python, robotics, electronics and game design.

The LEAGUE Tech Club