No hardware. No setup. No experience needed. Just 20-30 minutes a day for 21 days.
Stay consistent, complete it free. Miss a day? Simple accountability fee applies.
That spark when someone mentions robots. Self-driving cars. Drones navigating on their own. Mars rovers making decisions millions of miles from Earth.
You want that. You want to understand how it works. You want to build it yourself.
But then the voice starts: "That's too complex. That's for people with PhDs. That's not for me."
That belief is the only thing stopping you.
Robotics isn't impossible. It's not reserved for geniuses. It's absolutely within your reach. You just need someone to show you it's possible — and give you a clear path to prove it to yourself.
Small daily steps. Big transformation.
Watch it navigate, avoid obstacles, and make decisions. In simulation. Right in your browser. No hardware, no complex setup, no excuses.
No jargon. No assumptions. Every concept explained in plain language. By the end, you'll know exactly how autonomous systems think and move.
21 days is enough to know. You'll either catch the bug and want more, or you'll realize it's not for you. Either way, you'll know with certainty.
20-30 minutes. That's it. Research shows daily practice beats weekend marathons. Small bites, big results.
At the end, you'll have a working project. You built it. You understand it. That's proof — to yourself and anyone else — that you belong here.
I've spent 15+ years building robots at Carnegie Mellon. I know where beginners get stuck because I was one. I designed this challenge to eliminate those barriers.
Designed for maximum accessibility and accountability
Every morning, you get a lesson. Read it. Try it in the simulator. 20-30 minutes. Done. No logging into platforms. No hunting for materials. It just arrives.
I built this simulator from scratch specifically for this challenge. Runs in your browser. No downloads. No dependencies. No "works on my machine" problems. Just open and build.
The most popular language in robotics. If you can write basic Python (or any programming language), you're ready. If you can't, you'll learn enough along the way.
Questions? Post them in the Slack community. Get answers from me and fellow learners. You're not alone in this.
At the end, we run a competition. Best performing car wins 15 days free access to the High-Tech Career Mastermind (normally $220/week).
I want to make this accessible to everyone. So the challenge is free — as long as you stay consistent.
All you have to do is read your daily lesson and respond to the daily check-in email. That's it. Show up, engage for 20-30 minutes, you're done. Do that for 21 days straight, and you complete the challenge without paying a cent.
Technical material is hard. Your brain will resist. You'll want to put it off "just this once."
To fight that temptation, there's a simple accountability fee if you miss a day:
I'm setting the bar intentionally low. You don't have to master the material. You don't have to build a perfect car. You just have to show up and read the lesson every day.
The accountability fee isn't a punishment — it's a commitment device. It keeps you honest when motivation fades.
Think about it: for the price of staying consistent, you get:
All for free. If you just show up.
Every concept broken down. No jargon. No assumptions.
Sensors, perception, and making sense of messy real-world data
State machines and autonomous decision-making logic
Control systems, feedback loops, and smooth motion
Collision detection, path planning, and reactive navigation
Testing, troubleshooting, and iterative improvement
The big picture of autonomous systems and how the pieces fit together
Each lesson is designed to feel easy on its own. But when you put them all together over 21 days, you get the "aha" moment — suddenly it all clicks and you understand how autonomous systems actually work.
You will be surprised at what you learn. In 21 days, you'll go from wondering if robotics is possible for you to having built a working autonomous system.
You will be proud of what you accomplished. This isn't watching videos. This is building something real. You'll finish this challenge with proof that you can do hard things.
You will know if robotics is for you. 21 days is enough time to know. Either you'll catch the bug and want to dive deeper, or you'll realize it's not your thing. Both outcomes are valuable.
Join the 21-Day Self-Driving Car Challenge. Show up daily, complete it free. Miss a day, pay the accountability fee. Either way, you'll learn what you came to learn.
Challenge starts January 2, 2026