Brighton College Robotic Lab

Setting the standard

for robotics

Brighton College's international development team commissioned Kampus to develop a concept for the college's robotics labs worldwide. The project began with extended conversations with Brighton's academic team about the pedagogy at the centre of robotics: how learners develop and share ideas, iterate, collaborate and learn from one another. We organised the lab around the full cycle of product development. Learners move from component-based electronics and algorithm development, through 3D printing, manufacture and assembly, to testing, refining and presenting their design thinking. The sequence ends in an arena where learners test and show what they and their machines can do.

For educators, the layout makes each stage of the process visible. Staff can support groups working at different points, bring the class together to share progress and set challenges that end in a live test. The lab also reflects how contemporary industry develops products, so learners gain experience that is relevant now and can evolve as the technology does. The project shows our view of innovation in school design. It comes from bringing space, pedagogy, technology and industry practice together around how learners and educators actually work, with technology used where it helps the learning.