Who are we
Built by engineers. Driven by curiosity.
Aspire Robotics is an Australian robotics company on a mission to make robotics accessible to every classroom, every educator and every maker.
Our story
It started with a robot club.
From a high school robot combat club in regional Victoria to an engineering team building robots for classrooms — here's how we got here.
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2019
A robot combat club in Wangaratta
While still in high school, Lachlan Carboon ran an after-school robot combat club in the regional town of Wangaratta. Lots of students signed up and loved building robots — but the robots were too complicated, confusing and difficult to build. It left Lachlan wishing there was an affordable, easy-to-use system for making small competitive robots.
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2022
Winning the Warman competition
At university, Lachlan teamed up with George Polyzos, and together they won the international Warman Design and Build Competition.
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2023
Meeting Nathan and building micromice
Lachlan and George met Nathan Belvedere, and the three built small micromouse robots that could solve mazes on their own.
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2023
Building solar-powered cars
Next, the team took on solar-powered cars — bigger, faster machines that run on energy from the sun.
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2024
Starting the Deakin Rover Team
Then we started the Deakin Rover Team, designing and building larger, more complex robots together.
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2025
Aspire Robotics is founded
We brought all that experience together into Aspire Robotics, starting with a small, easy-to-use electronics board for combat robots — the kind of system Lachlan wished his club had.
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Today
Teaching the next generation
Our passion is showing young students what robotics can do. Today we design educational products like Spark Bot and Aspire Code, and custom systems like the Horizon Seeker Rover.
Tomorrow
Real robotics in every classroom
Our vision is a future where every student in Australia can build, code and test a real robot — no matter their school, their postcode or their budget. We'll keep growing our range of classroom-ready kits, expanding Aspire Code, and partnering with schools and tech schools to engineer the robots that inspire the next generation of engineers.
The team
Meet the engineers
A team of engineers covering mechatronics, electronics, mechanical and software engineering — everything it takes to design and build real robots.
Lachlan Carboon
“Bringing the Aspire Robotics vision to life.”
Nathan Belvedere
“I design the electronics and PCBs for our systems.”
George Polyzos
“I design our large robotic systems.”
Misbah Ali Mir
“I design the software that runs all of our systems.”
What we do
Education, products and engineering
Four ways we help students, educators and makers get hands-on with real robotics.
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Robotics education
Hands-on platforms, kits and resources that help schools and STEM programs teach coding, electronics and engineering.
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Robotics products
Combat robot kits, the Spark Bot DIY kit, and the motors, controllers, batteries and parts to build and upgrade them.
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Engineering and innovation
Specialist robotics systems designed with partners — like the Horizon Seeker Rover, built for outdoor team missions.
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Aspire Code
Our drag-and-drop programming website, so students can code Spark Bot and see their programs run on a real robot.
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What drives us
Our values
Educate through excitement
Robots that drive, flip, grab and race turn lessons into something students can't wait to get back to.
Real robots, real engineering
Students work with the same kinds of motors, sensors and electronics that engineers use.
Robotics for everyone
We make robotics accessible to every classroom, every educator and every maker with an idea.
Built to last and repair
Our kits come with guides and CAD files, and our systems are designed to be serviced and improved, not thrown away.