Parts do not arrive
Every component is imported. A replacement servo can take three to eight weeks to reach Oman.
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For schools · Grades 3–8
A complete robotics course for Grades 3–8 that runs in your computer lab. Nothing to import, store, or replace.
The problem
Every component is imported. A replacement servo can take three to eight weeks to reach Oman.
Jumper wires and clips disappear each session. By term two a group cannot complete the build.
Six labelled boxes need a locked cupboard and a teacher counting contents every week.
Most teachers asked to run robotics are not electronics people. When something breaks, the lesson stops.
The answer
Remove the hardware. Keep the robotics.
Students program a real robot in a simulated world. They write the same logic, hit the same problems, and debug the same failures — on a screen instead of a cardboard chassis.
A simulated servo never burns out, and never needs a customs form.
One term
A single period a week, building from first moves to a live tournament.
| Sessions | Theme | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | First moves | Drive, turn, and repeat with loops |
| 4–6 | Sensing | Read distance and light, then react to it |
| 7–8 | Navigation | Escape a maze, sort by colour |
| 9–10 | Control | Line following and a working robot arm |
| 11 | Own build | Design a level, solve someone else's |
| 12 | Tournament | Live final, parents watching |
The teacher
Hand the folder to a teacher who has never written a line of code. If they cannot run session one, the materials are not finished.
Every student, every session
With shared physical kits, six kits serve thirty students and most of the class watches. In simulation every student has their own robot, runs their own code, and fails on their own terms.
The cost
per student, per term
per student, per session
for a class of thirty, per term
The same figure in term two, term five, and year three.
No hardware. No shipping. No customs. No replacement parts. No storage.
Compared
The imported figure is modelled on a UAE-reseller sourcing route and is pending a real supplier quote.
| Botopsy Lab | Imported kits | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per student, term 1 | 2.500 OMR | 8.984 OMR |
| Time to first lesson | Two weeks | Six weeks |
| Replacement part wait | None needed | Two to eight weeks |
| Storage required | None | A locked cupboard |
| Robots per student | One each | One per five |
| Cost in year three | Unchanged | Rising |
The finish
A tournament, a certificate, a link home for parents, and a term report. Schools continue programmes that parents notice.
Next step
The next step is thirty minutes.
A lab test on your machines, a short demo, and a start date. That is the whole decision.
Licence: 2.500 OMR per student per term. Imported-kit comparison modelled at 8.984 OMR, pending quote.