Packages, Title funds and grants
True Robotics prices every K-8 Classroom Package one school at a time, because the number follows your student and teacher counts. Robots are priced per unit, from $200 for a Treads Robot. Most schools pay with Title I, II or IV funds, or a grant we help them win.
One quote covers everything a school needs for its first year. We price each one on how many students you want to reach and how many teachers need licensing.
A classroom set of the robots, the curriculum materials, the Learning Portal and the full one-on-one training package. See what a Classroom Package includes
Only a device for coding, such as a Chromebook or an iPad. True Robotics supplies everything else:
From year two your school already has the equipment and your teachers have already been trained. The only thing left to plan for is the licensing renewal, which depends on how many teachers are licensed.
Every robot and every piece of equipment stays with the school and is reusable. Students take the Pilot and Axle kits apart at the end of a unit, so the next class starts with the same kit.
Two routes cover most schools: Title funds and grants.
We can split up the package to make it apply to each of those pools.
Grants are the other common route. Our Director of Education finds the ones open to your school, then works with you on the application and the budget table.
Piloting one grade band and expanding from there is how most schools begin.
Which band to start with depends on your school and on your funding. If a grant can be found for the middle school program, that is a strong place to begin.
Those middle schoolers will love it. They'll be like the best salespeople in your school because all the elementary kids will be looking at them and wanting to play too.
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| Robot | Program | Grades | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Paving the Way with TreadsCoding with math and ELA built in, SEL in every lesson | Grades K-3 | $200per robot |
 | Taking Off with PilotBuild the kit, then program sensors, races and science | Grades 3-5 | $399per robot |
 | Introduction to Robotics with AxleEngineering design, sensors, game controllers, physics and math | Grades 6-8 | $650per robot |
FlexForge add-on kits for the Pilot and Axle programs are priced per kit: $149 for FlexForge Basic and $349 for FlexForge Enhanced.
The two most common funding routes are Title funds and grants. We work very often with Title I, Title II and Title IV, and if a school has money left over in any of those pools, we can split up the package so each part draws on a different pool. Grant funding is another very common route, and one we know well. Our Director of Education researches grants that are open and available to your school. Once we settle on one that fits, she works with you to fill out the application and put together the budget table, so the submission is strong and has the best chance of winning.
We can price a set of robots for every class, and there are also creative ways to share one set. Stagger the units, the best way: sixth grade runs its robotics unit in the fall and takes the robots apart, seventh grade runs it in the winter and eighth grade in the spring, with the same materials passed from classroom to classroom. Or let one grade build: once the robots are built, every grade can use them, because students are just uploading programs. Grades 3 to 5 can follow the same pattern with Pilot. Treads is shared freely, kindergarten in the morning and first grade in the afternoon. Only the build itself needs fixed groups.
Yes, for an additional cost. The one-on-one sessions included in a Classroom Package are held virtually, and schools can elect to add in-person training. We always recommend adding in-person sessions for a full-school implementation with several teachers involved; that is when in person can really benefit a rollout.
We start by learning about your school: what you run today for STEM and robotics, and your long-term goals. After the call, we send everything you need to take to your board or leadership team, along with grant options we have researched for you. Then we set a follow-up, typically in about two weeks, to talk through funding and the next step. Request a quote to start the conversation.
Tell us your grade levels and your goals. We build a quote, find the grants open to your school and send what you need for your board.
