Silicon Valley/Real robots/Global students
Control real robots.Build your future.
A 12-week program where young adults aged 18–25 learn Physical AI — the AI that makes robots see, decide and act — and run their own code on real robots in our Silicon Valley lab, from anywhere in the world.
Illustrative — not a recording of the ON Robotics lab.
Registering interest now. Tuition for the next cohort will be published when registration opens.
Not a simulation
Your robot is in California.Your classroom is anywhere.
Students write code at home. Our lab in Mountain View runs it on real robot arms today, with mobile robots and drones coming next. Sessions are scheduled and supervised by an instructor — every run is approved, observed and recorded.
Available now
Robot arms
Pick, place, grasp, automate.
Coming soon
Mobile robots
Navigate, sense, avoid.
Coming soon
Drones
Perceive, plan, fly.
Illustrative — not a recording of the ON Robotics lab.
Real missions
Every module ends with a mission.
Missions are assessed on real hardware. Students keep the code and results.
Weeks 01–02
Weeks 01–02MISSION 01
Python, safety, joints & coordinates
Execute approved movements, demonstrate the stop procedure, visit fixed targets and record repeatability.
Weeks 03–04MISSION 02
Remote operation & cameras
Move a lightweight object into a tray; use live camera views to select an object and document the decision.
Weeks 05–06MISSION 03
Demonstrations & datasets
Record consistent demonstrations and prepare a team dataset card.
Weeks 07–08MISSION 04
Learning from examples & supervised deployment
Train a model with guided tools and test it on the real arm, recording every trial.
Weeks 09–10MISSION 05
Evaluation & improvement
Measure success, timing and failure types; collect targeted examples, retrain and compare.
Weeks 11–12Capstone
Capstone & Demo Day
Connect task, code, data, model and evaluation; demonstrate and explain your contribution.
How it works
Physical AI in practice: demonstrate a task, record examples, train a model, test it, improve it.
- 01
Learn
Live online lessons in Python, AI and computer vision.
- 04
Explain
Document code, results and what went wrong. That's what gets assessed.
Illustrative — not a recording of the ON Robotics lab.
Built for curious young adults aged 18–25.No robotics experience needed.
Program
- Ages 18–25
- 12 teaching weeks
- 5–6 hours per week
- Teams of 3–4, individual assessment
- Readiness check before start
Format
- Online lessons + scheduled lab access
- Language of instruction confirmed per cohort
- Live session times confirmed per cohort
- Requirements: laptop and a stable internet connection
- Tuition published when registration opens
Progress you can see — not just attendance.
- By week 4
A supervised robot task.
- By week 8
A team dataset built from recorded demonstrations.
- By week 12
A project portfolio with an individual explanation.
Students walk away with
- 01
Engineering
Define the task, run it, measure what actually happened, then change one thing. Every mission is run and reviewed the same way, so the habit outlasts the twelve weeks.
- 02
Python
Students write the code that moves the arm: reading sensor values, setting positions, and handling the runs that do not go to plan.
- 03
AI literacy
They record demonstrations, train a model on them and watch where it fails. A model stops being a black box once you have built one that drops the block.
- 04
Hardware
Scheduled, supervised sessions on the robots in Mountain View: submit the code, watch it execute, read the result and try again.
- 05
Portfolio
Mission results, recorded data and a final project the student can talk through in their own words: what worked, what did not, and why.
Outcomes describe what the program is designed to deliver. We will publish results from our first cohort.
Where this leads
Every student finishes with a portfolio they can explain. The strongest go further.
Fellows pathway
Students who show strong understanding and safe working habits are invited to continue: advanced projects, humanoid robotics, competitions, and mentoring from the lab team.
Learn moreSummer in Mountain View
Each year, the top 10 students across our cohorts are invited to a two-week summer program at the Silicon Valley lab — hands-on robot time and events alongside local students and engineers. Program fee and scholarship details are published on selection. Selected students receive a 50% scholarship and cover the remaining fee, travel and visa arrangements.
Learn moreAdvancement is merit-based
Selection is based on assessed work — mission results, data and model quality, safety and communication — not on seniority or payment.
ON Robotics does not guarantee university admission, employment or visa outcomes. Invitations depend on the student's assessed work and on the student's ability to arrange travel.
School & Partner Programs
Bring Physical AI to your students.
We work with schools, academies and education partners to run the ON Robotics curriculum for their students — live online teaching, supervised remote sessions on real robots in our Mountain View lab, and portfolios students can explain.
- Cohorts for your students, scheduled around your timetable
- Remote robot lab sessions and simulation-to-hardware training
- Teacher onboarding and progress reporting
The lab
319 N Bernardo Ave, Mountain View, CA
Illustrative — not a recording of the ON Robotics lab.