Phase 0$0
Simulation
Kinematics, planning and control in a physics simulator.
No hardware. Free simulators.
Simulation only
Learning + job-market data for Physical AI
From graphs and CPU registers to robot arms and drone swarms.
Sim2Real Lab shows how the computer science you already know maps to real robotics problems, and which robotics skills public job ads ask for. Phase 0 is simulation only and costs $0. Add hardware one phase at a time, only if you want to.
Made for
- Students
- Software engineers
- Career switchers
What exists today
- Today
- This page.
- In build
- The job radar and the first lesson module, Graphs to robotics, with Python that runs in your browser.
- Planned
- Hardware lab tracks and a paid Pro plan.
Four pillars
One place to learn the ideas, practise them and read the job market.
- In build
3-tier curriculum
Each concept at three depths: intuition, algorithms and code, then math and research. The first module takes graph algorithms you know and applies them to robot motion and multi-robot tasks.
- Tier 1: intuition
- Tier 2: algorithms and code
- Tier 3: math and research
- Planned
Simulation-first lab track
Every lab starts in a simulator, so you need no hardware to learn. Versions for real kits follow for people who own one.
- Simulator first
- Real-kit version second
- Free simulators, publicly sold kits
- In build
Job market radar
Counts which robotics skills appear in public job ads and links to each original ad. It shows market data. It does not promise any result.
- Skill counts from public ads
- Link to every original ad
- Sources and dates shown
- Planned
Interview practice
Practice tasks written by our team and mapped to the skills the radar counts, with a starter repository for each task.
- Tasks written by us
- Mapped to radar skills
- Starter repository per task
Phase timeline
Four phases. Buy hardware only when simulation says you are ready.
Phase 0 is free and needs no hardware. Later phases are optional. Budgets are rough hardware estimates for that phase.
- Phase 1≈ $320
Desktop robot arm
Teleoperate, record demonstrations, train a policy and run it on the arm.
SO-ARM101 leader + follower pair (one working arm, teleoperation): about $310 as a DIY bundle (motors, printed parts, one camera), plus a second camera (about $12).
Simulation-first - Phase 2≈ $660
Edge AI + mobile base
Run small models on the robot and meet a latency budget with ROS 2 and real-time C++.
Jetson Orin Nano Super developer kit (about $399) and a LeKiwi mobile base (about $179), plus cameras and a microSD card, reusing the Phase 1 arm.
Simulation-first - Phase 3≈ $3,100
Small indoor drone swarm
Formation and coverage tasks indoors, with safety limits on every flight.
Four Crazyflie 2.1 Brushless drones with Lighthouse positioning, an AI-deck and LED decks. About three drones without the AI-deck fit in $2,500. The AI-deck was out of stock when we checked.
Simulation-first
Estimates in US dollars from public list prices checked on 2026-10-24, before VAT, shipping and customs (in Poland add 23% VAT). Prices change. We are not affiliated with any hardware maker and do not sell hardware.
Plans
Free to learn. Pro later, for depth.
Planned. Today only this page exists. Nothing is for sale and there are no prices yet.
- Planned
Free
Planned to stay free and open to everyone, with no account needed.
- First lesson module, with Python in your browser
- Public job radar with links to original ads
- Simulation labs that need no hardware
- Planned
Pro
For people who want to go deeper. Not available yet.
- Deeper modules at all three tiers
- Lab tracks for real kits in Phases 1–3
- More job-market detail and practice tasks