Explain a design choice.
Start with drawings, photos and measurements. Compare alternatives against the same constraints. Ask students to explain what they chose, what they ruled out and which assumptions still need checking.
FOR EDUCATORS, COACHES & MENTORS
An engineering workflow for robotics classes and student teams.
Give students a design to question, a plan to build and a result to explain. We’re exploring how Fyrwake could bring the reasoning, instructions and tests into a shared classroom project.
Built for one builder today. We’re gathering interest in shared projects for classes and teams; there is no committed release date. Educators and adult mentors can register interest.
THE REASONING MATTERS
A working robot.
A team that knows why.
Robotics brings mechanical design, wiring and software together. A student can finish a task without understanding what changed—or why it worked. An education version could help students explain both.
Connect the plan to the build.
Turn a reviewed design into a shopping list, printable templates, detailed build steps and specific tests. Use the reasoning behind each output to help students explain the work.
Learn from the result.
Compare a measurement with the team’s prediction. Keep failed checks and revisions alongside the result, so students can show how evidence changed their thinking.
AN ILLUSTRATIVE CLASSROOM WORKFLOW
Why won’t
the lift move?
A robot’s lift stalls under load. Instead of immediately buying a stronger actuator, a team can investigate the geometry, load and power together. This is an example of a possible classroom experience, not an available multi-user feature.
ESTABLISH THE EVIDENCE
Separate measurements from guesses.
Gather the sketch, component specifications and observed behavior. Identify what the team has actually measured and what remains an assumption.
COMPARE THE OPTIONS
Make the tradeoff visible.
Explore changes to the mechanism, mounting position or component choice. Compare fit, cost and expected behavior, then have students justify their recommendation.
REVIEW BEFORE BUILDING
Turn the choice into a plan.
Keep the selected design, parts and checks together. The educator or mentor remains responsible for reviewing physical work and supervising safe testing.
CHECK AND REFLECT
Show what changed.
Record the result and compare it with the prediction. Preserve the explanation for the next lesson, competition season or group of students.
FROM ONE SESSION TO THE NEXT
Keep the knowledge
with the team.
The goal is a project record that helps new members understand a machine without reconstructing months of decisions from scattered files and messages.
Robotics classes
Connect a lesson in forces, circuits or measurement to an actual design decision. Use the project to prompt explanations, predictions and reflection.
Student robotics teams
Keep the reasoning behind a mechanism, wiring change or test available when roles rotate and experienced members graduate.
University projects
Keep the design choices, build instructions and experiment results together for capstone projects and research prototypes.
EXPLORING FYRWAKE FOR EDUCATION
Questions from educators.
Can our class use Fyrwake now?
Fyrwake is in development. The interest list is for educators and adult mentors who want to discuss a future pilot. There is no self-service classroom deployment or guaranteed access date yet.
Does Fyrwake replace CAD or the teacher?
No. The goal is to connect project information, reasoning and test evidence around the tools and teaching you already use. AI suggestions can be wrong. Students should explain their choices, and educators must review consequential work.
Can students sign up or upload school records?
This page invites educators and adult mentors to register interest. Please do not include student names, school records or other student personal information. Student access, data handling and school approval requirements must be addressed before a school pilot.
Will there be education pricing?
Education pricing has not been announced. Tell us about your class or team when you register interest so we can understand the scope of a useful pilot.
Tell us what your team is building.
Educators and adult mentors: join the early-access list and mention your robotics class, student team or university project. Share the engineering challenge, without student personal information.
Join the educator interest list