What we are building
Projects
The Mars Yard, turtle-bots, and the work behind Code Club: planetary science and robotics, within reach of every learner.
Live
The Mars Yard
A real rover on Mars-like terrain in Cape Town, driven by learners from a browser. The Mars Yard is live and the first learners have run code.
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Platform
- Raspberry Pi rover, browser-based block coding
Fundraising
JPL Open Source Rover
We are fundraising to build a JPL Open Source Rover, a six-wheel rover based on the ones on Mars, to take exploring beyond the Mars Yard.
- Location
- Atlantis dunes, West Coast, and South Africa's national parks
- Platform
- NASA JPL Open Source Rover, six wheels and a Raspberry Pi
Ongoing
Code Club and the new curriculum
Growing Code Club and supporting the roll-out of South Africa's new Coding & Robotics Curriculum, now with classroom lesson plans and club projects co-created with teacher Dominique Cave.
- Location
- South African classrooms and clubs
- Platform
- Code Club, CAPS-aligned lesson plans, coding and robotics
Presented
Turtle-bots
Simple, friendly robots that make robotics more exciting and accessible.
- Location
- South Africa
- Platform
- Simulation first