RoboLabWorks lets students select, assemble, and optimize robot components across six engineering systems — then deploy their design into real-world missions and get scored on the tradeoffs that matter.
Each choice is a tradeoff in cost, power, speed, and capability — just like real robotics.
Arduino · micro:bit · Raspberry Pi · ESP32 and more.
Ultrasonic · camera · LiDAR · IR · soil moisture · IMU.
DC · servos · continuous · pneumatic muscles.
Gripper · screwdriver · hose · wrench · drill · hammer.
Tracks · legs · wheels · propellers · flippers.
AA · LiPo · LiFePO₄ · solar · supercapacitor.
Pick a part at each of the six systems and watch your robot build up live.
Take it into a mission — earthquake rescue, Mars sample, smart farm, and more.
Get graded on task, energy, cost, speed, and reliability. Redesign to win.
There's no single right answer — every design is a balance of strength, speed, precision, and cost.
Cross rubble, find a survivor, deliver a kit.
Traverse terrain, collect a rock, return it.
Find thirsty plants and water only those that need it.
Assemble a structure with screws and bolts.
One robot that can do it all.
Five events, one design, endless tradeoffs.
RoboLabWorks was founded by Dr. Carlotta A. Berry — the Lawrence J. Giacoletto Endowed Chair of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, co-director of its multidisciplinary robotics program, and founder of NoireSTEMinist.
A nationally recognized robotics educator (2024 Forbes 50 Over 50 in Innovation; IEEE Education Society Distinguished Lecturer), Dr. Berry champions low-cost, modular, open-source robots — the philosophy at the heart of RoboLabWorks. Learn more ▸