Robocode Solihull

Robocode Solihull Imagine. Build. Improve. Robotics, coding and AI for ages 6-17, taught in person at our Studio Lab in Shirley. Small groups, the same Mentor each week.

Ofsted registered, SEND inclusive. A Robocode centre. Book a Free Tech Assessment: robocode.uk/discover From the review of 50 students in our recent poll, 44 of them gave their lessons 10/10, and the 6 others gave more than 6/10.

06/10/2026

Parents ask what "hands-on" means, because every provider says it.

It means bevel gears and a grub screw, and a child working out for themselves why the shaft keeps slipping. Real parts with real tolerances. A mechanism that does not forgive a loose fit and does not care how good the explanation was.

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29/09/2026

At the end of a day with us we hand the children a pen and ask what they thought. This is one of them, unedited.

"The hours were so long they got me so intrigued in building me things. LOVED learning about robots and tech, it was a lot more fun than anything else."

We could write copy about engagement. We would rather show you the handwriting.

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22/09/2026

The robot in this clip finished 15th in the world at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Finals in Istanbul, as the only team representing the United Kingdom.

It was built by teenagers from Shirley, and not one of them was recruited in. They started in a normal weekly session, earned a place on the squad, and then gave it five hours a week from September to July.

Registration for the new season is open, and the criteria are published in full at ftc.robocode.uk/info.

The only UK team on the field at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Finals in Istanbul. Semifinalists, and 15th in the world...
18/09/2026

The only UK team on the field at the FIRST Tech Challenge World Finals in Istanbul. Semifinalists, and 15th in the world, in the team's third season.

Fifteen Robocoders, six departments, five hours a week from September to July. Every one of them started in an ordinary weekly session in Shirley.

The trip was backed by JAMJAR DESSERTS on the Coventry Road in Birmingham. You can find them at facebook.com/jamjardesserts.

Registration for the 2026/27 season is open, and the criteria are published in full at ftc.robocode.uk/info

15/09/2026

Parents often ask what their child actually ends up making. This is one answer.

A small robot, wired by hand, running a course on the floor of the Studio Lab. The motors and the code behind it are the child's own work, and most of the learning happened when it did not work first time. That part is the whole skill.

In person at our Shirley Studio Lab, small groups, the same Mentor every week.

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14/09/2026

Most parents in Solihull want their child to be confident with technology. Few expect them to be building robots that see.

He is ten. A camera watches his hand and the arm copies every movement. Behind it sits computer vision and inverse kinematics, running on a Raspberry Pi over a headless Linux connection. The people who normally write this code are undergraduates.

This is course four of the Robotics pathway at our Shirley centre. It carries a BCS Level 2, which is GCSE equivalent.

Book a Free Tech Assessment at robocode.uk/discover, and your child builds something real in the first hour.

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Robocode Learning Centre, The Exchange, 26 Haslucks Green Road, Shirley
Solihull
B902EL

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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