QUEST 02 · AI ROBOTICS & SMART DEVICES
Build Your Real-Life Sidekick
Every hero needs a sidekick. Build one that senses, decides and acts.
Pick one small, real hassle in everyday life, like forgetting things, sorting rubbish or watering plants. Build a sidekick that uses AI to sense what's happening, decide, then act to help. Any build counts, from phones and desktop robots to cardboard and simulations, judged the same. No kit to buy.
BOSS CHECKThe loop works (sense → decide → act), and you can say why AI beats a simple rule, like a timer that always does the same thing.
What fits this quest
Anything that senses, uses AI to decide, then acts to help with one everyday hassle, in any form, from a simulation to an old phone.
Try another quest if…
- Mostly talks with people in words? AI Agents
- The point is a story or an artwork? AI Art
- Built for a group, with proof it helped them? Either quest fits: pick the Boss Check you'd rather show. AI for Good
ANY FORM
Any form counts.
No robot? No problem. A simulation, a desktop robot, an old phone, cardboard or a kit: all count, judged the same.
Simulation
Small desktop robot
Old Android phone
On-screen robot- Laptop as the robot
Cardboard build
micro:bit gadget
Robot car
Robot arm
Wearable
Smart home gadget
Sensor box
No drones
Battery or USB only
Nothing that heats or cuts
YOUR DIVISION
Pick your world
Your division goes by your birth year (the age you turn in 2026).
Explorer World
Primary · Ages 7–12
Say it with AI. You, your family and the people and things close to you.
See the Primary page ▶
Challenger World
Secondary · Ages 13–17
Fix it with AI. A group you're part of, like your class or club, or something other people can use or join.
See the Secondary page ▶
Builder World
University · Ages 18–24
Create value with AI. Real people beyond your own circle, with a need you can measure.
See the University page ▶
Robotics: no robot? No problem.
Any build counts. Here are three easy ways in, all judged the same, against the same checklist.
Screen
A Scratch character or a simulated robot that reacts to your own sound, hand sign or drawing.
Cardboard
A cardboard body with a laptop, tablet or phone camera as its eyes.
Kit
A micro:bit, a robot car, a small desktop robot, an old Android phone or any kit you already have.
Judges score the loop, your tests and your decisions, not the hardware. Free, no-account tools can earn full marks. Anything on battery or USB counts, but no drones and no mains power.
Ready to pick?
Change track once, until Sat 2 Jan 2027. Code, device cost and paid tools earn no marks.