10-Day Autonomous
Workshop Plan
From ideas to intelligent innovation - a mentor-driven journey of engineering excellence, rapid prototyping, and competition-ready results across every arena.
Program Mission
Why this workshop exists
Day-by-Day Roadmap
Ten days, five phases, one competition-ready prototype
Discover · Evaluate · Inspire
Assess team skills, review ideas and prior projects, identify innovation potential, form teams, and finalize the most promising concepts.
Strategize · Plan · Resource
Freeze project scope, prepare the Bill of Materials, allocate team responsibilities, and identify required hardware and software resources.
Learn · Design · Architect
Understand system architecture, core hardware components, sensors, coding workflows, simulations, and curated learning resources.
Build · Assemble · Configure
Begin hardware assembly, electronics integration, core system setup, and the initial coding pass.
Develop · Integrate · Validate
Integrate sensors and autonomous algorithms, and begin subsystem-level testing and validation.
Review · Debug · Present
Resolve outstanding issues, track progress, and begin building the presentation, documentation, and project storytelling.
Optimize & Complete
Finish system integration, improve reliability, and carry out complete functionality testing.
Benchmark & Assess
Evaluate readiness, identify gaps, optimize performance, and complete any pending modules.
Test · Refine · Rehearse
Conduct trial runs and debugging, practice mock judging sessions, and align delivery with evaluation criteria.
Demonstrate · Impress · Win
Deliver the final demonstration, explain technical innovations with clarity, and answer judges confidently and persuasively.
Success Indicators
What a competition-ready team looks like at the end
Goal: Every team should leave the workshop with a competition-ready prototype, a compelling technical story, and the confidence to compete at national-level innovation events.
Final Point · Pitch-Ready Guidance
Beyond building the prototype, mentors dedicate a focused pitch-readiness session in the closing days - coaching every team on narrative structure, live-demo delivery, and confident Q&A handling, so they walk into judging as polished and prepared as their prototype.
Build your arena-ready prototype.
Ten days, five phases, one competition-ready demo. Head back to the classic hub to register a team or revisit any arena's brief.