From the Classroom
to the Startup World
How students in Kavala, Greece built a warehouse robot — and then turned it into a real business with Kid Startupper.
Three schools. One bold mission.
Three public primary schools in Kavala — 7th, 4th, and 2nd Primary School — joined forces on an extraordinary project. Their mission: to design, build, and test a robot inspired by the ones used in Amazon warehouses. A robot that could recognise, lift, and deliver packages with precision.
And they did it.
Meet R2 — built by 6th graders
In the 6th grade classroom of the 7th Primary School, students came together with their Informatics teacher and imagined a smart robot they named R2. They took on real professional roles:
- Engineers who built the body of the robot
- Designers who mapped the warehouse layout
- Programmers who planned every step R2 needed to follow
- Testers who checked every function and improved what didn’t work
R2 was equipped with Arduino, ultrasonic sensors and a small lifting arm. It could scan for a package, move to it, lift it and deliver it to a specific zone — without crashing into anything.
The code — 4th Primary School
At the 4th Primary School, another team acted as real software developers. They wrote the full code for R2, using AI tools to craft instructions that would make R2 move intelligently, grab and release packages, and avoid obstacles. They tested, fixed bugs, and prepared the robot’s brain for action.
Final testing — 2nd Primary School. Result: 90%+
- Would it detect the package? — Yes
- Would it avoid a wall? — Yes
- Would it lift and deliver? — Yes
With a success rate of over 90% in every real-world test, R2 was alive. It worked.
Then came the question that changed everything.
The students — still riding the excitement of seeing their robot come to life — asked their teacher a bold question:
“Can we turn this into a real product?”
Their teacher smiled. He had just the answer: KidStartupper.
In a quiet classroom corner turned creative lab, the students logged onto KidStartupper.com. They were no longer just building robots. They were entering the world of young entrepreneurship.
- Named their startup: MiniMover Robotics
- Designed a logo — two robotic arms forming the letter “M”
- Wrote their slogan: “Think It. Build It. Move It.”
- Designed eco-friendly packaging from recycled cardboard
- Calculated their pricing and profit margin
- Recorded a pitch video standing in front of their working robot
First sale. First smile.
After launching their online store, their very first sale was 5 kits ordered by a STEM academy from Thessaloniki for a summer camp. More orders followed. A robotics YouTuber featured their story. The team used part of their earnings to buy better tools — and voted to donate a portion to buy microcontrollers for schools in remote areas of Greece.
And the story doesn’t end here.
The MiniMover team is now preparing a new version of their robot — smaller, smarter, and Bluetooth-connected. They’ve started mentoring younger students through KidStartupper’s Peer-Led Learning Challenge. What started as a class project is now a growing youth-led company.
Because of KidStartupper.
3 schools collaborated
7th, 4th and 2nd Primary School of Kavala
1 robot built from scratch
Arduino, sensors, lifting arm, full code
1 real startup launched
MiniMover Robotics — paying customers
90%+ success rate
In every real-world robot test
First sale to Thessaloniki
5 kits for a STEM summer camp
Profits donated
Microcontrollers for remote schools
“This story began with a robot. But it became a story of vision, teamwork, and courage.”
What the students actually learned — beyond the robot
- Leadership — assigning roles, solving problems and managing time as a team
- Tech & entrepreneurship together — from writing code to handling customer support
- Financial thinking — pricing, margins, what to reinvest and what to donate
- Real confidence — pitching to adults, replying to real orders, making decisions under pressure
- A sense of ownership — they saw themselves as creators of their own future
A message to school principals and teachers:
If students in three public primary schools in Kavala can design, build, test and sell a robotic product — your students can too. What they needed was a structured programme that connects what they build in the classroom to the real world.
That is what Kid Startupper does. And the first 30 days are completely free.
Your school could be the next chapter.
The first 30 days are completely free. No contract, no minimum student count, no pressure. At the end of the pilot, you decide.
