Stepper motor control
How motors step, reverse and hold position — the same idea behind CNC machines
Plotter Lab — build a robot that draws
Advanced Arduino holiday camp in Richmond for ages 8–17. Two sets: Morning (8–11) and Evening (11–17). Five days to assemble, code and calibrate a real drawing machine — then take it home.
500+ students
building & coding
Early Bird Discount · 11% off
£280
£315
500+ students
building & coding
Limited August places · take-home plotter
Limited August places · take-home plotter
From screen design to ink on paper
Teens build a compact Arduino drawing machine — Nano, steppers, pen-lift — then code the motion. Not a toy kit: a working plotter they take home.
- Assemble real hardware
- Code motion in Arduino C
- Plot designs from Inkscape
Real engineering skills — not busywork
Arduino C in practice
Write and tweak code that drives X, Y and the pen through real motor boards
Coordinates that move
Turn X/Y numbers into lines and shapes the plotter can actually draw
Calibrate for accuracy
Match commanded distance to real paper movement — steps per millimetre, done right
G-code-style commands
Send moves like G0, G1, G2, G3 and pen-up / pen-down — industry-flavoured control
Design → finished plot
Inkscape vectors in, plotter commands out, a finished drawing they can show at home
Real Projects, real skills
Smart Robots
Sensors & Feedback
3D Modeling
AI & Machine Learning
Coding Mastery
Java/ C & adrduino
Innovation
Challenges
Team builds
August camp in Richmond
- Dates Mon–Fri · 3–7 August 2026
- Groups Morning set — ages 8–11 Evening set — ages 11–17
- Venue Richmond & Hillcroft Adult Community College
Parkshot, Richmond TW9 2RE
Parking nearby at Old Deer Park (Extension)
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3–7 August · Richmond
Get details for Plotter Lab
Tell us your child’s age — we’ll place them in the Morning (8–11) or Evening (11–17) set and reply with availability and next steps.
Early Bird · 11% off
£280
£315
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