Welcome to the Jacksonville Innovation Center
Current Workshops Open For Registration
Combat Robotics Workshop
Discover the world of combat robotics! Join us for a 5-week journey where students bring engineering and creativity to life! Students will keep their 1lb plastic ant robot that they build in the workshop.
Combat Robotics Workshop 2
Ready to go beyond the kit? This 6-week combat robotics workshop challenges students to think like real engineers. Instead of starting over, students refine and upgrade their existing robot, learning how to plan improvements, manage a parts budget, and stay within a 1-lb weight limit. Through guided redesign and testing, students discover how thoughtful decisions—not just more parts—lead to better performance.
Build It! STEM Workshop
Join us for an exciting 8-week hands-on adventure where homeschoolers dive into the world of engineering, design, and problem-solving through LEGO® challenges! Students will explore real STEM concepts like structures, bridges, motion, gears, simple machines, and energy – all while learning to think like engineers. This is more than a LEGO class. It’s a confidence-building experience where kids discover they are capable of solving real problems.
AI & Intelligent Systems Lab
This 8-week hands-on lab explores AI & Intelligent systems and how they actually work. Students will learn how machines recognize patterns, make predictions, and interact with the world through data and sensors – while building real robotics applications and exploring the ethical responsibility that comes with powerful technology. This is more than a tech class. It’s a forward thinking experience that helps students understand the systems shaping their generation – and prepares them to build wisely within them.
Intro to Digital Skills Workshop
Students will learn how to design, organize, and present their ideas like real engineers and entrepreneurs. They will build practical skills using CANVA, Google Suite, and Presentation Slides – tools they can use immediately in robotics, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Students won’t just learn software – they’ll learn how to think, structure ideas, support decisions with data, and communicate clearly.
Beginner Maker Lab: Tools
Over 6-weeks, this hands-on workshop, will teach students how to use real tools with skill, precision, and confidence. Students will step into the workshop and begin building foundational mechanical skills that prepare them for robotics, engineering, and real-world problem solving. Students won’t just use tools – they’ll learn how to think before building, measure before drilling, and assemble with purpose and accuracy.
LEGO® Robotics Junior Workshop
In this hands-on workshop, students will explore LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime robotics while completing exciting space-themed missions inspired by real-world exploration challenges. Over 16 weeks, they’ll learn robot building, block-based coding, and mission strategy while working in small teams to solve problems, test ideas, and think like engineers.