Astra 爱思卓 | STEM & Competition Lab

SILICON VALLEY RIGOR • RESEARCH & OLYMPIAD DESK

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Robotics Lab features hands-on embodied intelligence, bipedal locomotion gait control, sensor fusion, and real-time kinematic pipeline programming.

Maker Nexus Immersion Workshop

Hands-On Robotics & Embodied AI (Grades 3–12)

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Silicon Valley hands-on engineering immersion from physical mechanical linkages to multimodal humanoid robotics and full-stack competition R&D.

Venue Maker Nexus — 1330 Geneva Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

Format Small-cohort hardware workstation rotations • Strict mentor ratios

LEVEL 1 Grades 3–4 • Foundation

Mechanical Intuition & Power Transmission

Core Toolkits: LEGO Technic / 9686 / 9896 motorized mechanical systems, reduction gearboxes, DC motors, and worm self-locking gears.

Focus: Gear ratios, torque vs. speed, mechanical advantage, and structural rigidity.

➔ Pathway: FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Explore

LEVEL 2 Grades 5–6 • Intermediate

Actuators, Feedback Loops & Mobility

Core Toolkits: Two-axis CoreXY plotters, dual-motor rovers, ultrasonic range sensors, infrared arrays, Arduino / ESP32.

Focus: Stepper microstepping, PWM duty cycle, sensor thresholding, and closed-loop PID navigation.

➔ Pathway: FLL Challenge & VEX IQ

LEVEL 3 Grades 7–9 • Advanced

Multi-DoF Articulation & Teleoperation

Core Toolkits: 5-finger flex-sensor data gloves, bionic articulated hands, 6-DoF leader-follower arm rigs, edge vision/voice units.

Focus: Inverse kinematics (IK) intuition, UART/CAN bus serialization, and imitation learning workflows.

➔ Pathway: FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) & VEX V5

LEVEL 4 Grades 10–12 • Varsity & Research

Full-Stack R&D, Custom Embedded & Advanced AI

The High School Paradigm Shift: At Grade 10+, pre-assembled commercial kits carry zero admissions weight. Students transition from kit assemblers to full-stack system architects, designing custom electrical, mechanical, and algorithmic pipelines from scratch.

Engineering Stack: Altium / KiCad (custom PCB design), SolidWorks / Fusion 360 (FEA stress analysis & CNC), NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, ROS 2, OpenCV & PyTorch.

Focus: Custom brushless motor driver circuitry, LiDAR/Visual SLAM, impedance torque control, and end-to-end imitation policies.

➔ Pathway: Regeneron ISEF (ROBO/SOFT), FRC Varsity Lead, IEEE Symposia

Featured Live Demonstration Systems

🦾 Dual-Arm Teleoperation

Leader-follower joint mirroring & industrial imitation learning.

🤖 Multimodal Humanoid

Vision object tracking and real-time speech processing pipeline.

🧤 MoCap Data Gloves

Finger flex-sensor array translating hand motion to bionic fingers.

📐 Two-Axis Precision Plotter

Cartesian kinematics transforming digital vector curves to pulses.

1-on-1 Academic Diagnostic Session

$180 $49

45-min rigorous student profile audit, competition roadmap design & code/math evaluation. ($49 fully credited towards tuition upon enrollment)

10-Hr Foundation

$119 / hr

20-Hr Sprint Track

$99 / hr

💬 Astra STEM Prospective Student Inquiry & Priority Waitlist Form