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Coding camp vs Cobot Foundations

For ages 11 to 18 (grades 6 to 12).

Typical coding camps run as multi-day or monthly blocks and keep the work on a laptop. Cobot Foundations is time on a real 6-axis industrial cobot cell: teach pendant, shop judgment, and a portfolio of program files, a demo video, and a certificate of completion. Those skills connect to robotics, manufacturing, and related automation work, including the clean rooms of new US chip and GPU plants. Drag the photo to compare a computer classroom with a collaborative robot cell.

Based on published 2026 prices for multi-day or monthly teen coding programs; individual programs vary.

Students working at desktop computers in a classroom. Two people in safety glasses beside a collaborative robot arm, one holding a handheld control.

Laptop

Cell

Drag or use arrow keys. Left is a computer classroom. Right is a collaborative robot cell.

Source code on a screen.

Coding camp

Rates vary

Multi-day or monthly

  • Laptop / screen-first coding
  • Shared instructor attention
  • Projects stay on the computer
  • Little or no industrial hardware
HEXKIT ACADEMY cobot on the demo table, full arm in frame.

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Waitlist

Ages 11 to 18 (grades 6 to 12). See Courses.

  • 6-axis industrial cobot on the floor
  • Teach pendant time for every student
  • Program files and a demo video to take home
  • Cobot Foundations certificate of completion

The Cobot Foundations certificate documents completed coursework. It is not an accredited credential and it is not college credit.

We confirm every date 5 days before it starts. If a date doesn't fill, you choose: move to the next weekend, house credit for any upcoming course, or a full refund.

College students ages 18 to 22 can join the waitlist for a weekend workshop.

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Joining the waitlist does not charge you. We will email you when dates and details are confirmed.