The founder of QOL, Abdrakhmanov Daulet, immersed himself in the world of robotics back in his school years and has been doing this as his profession for 11 years, of which he has been honing his teaching skills for 9 years. "After students master sports Lego robotics, they are forced to make a big leap to Arduino: understand complex circuits and write code in C++. It takes too much time, and ready-made quality kits are expensive," Daulet admits.

Deciding to break down these barriers, in January 2025 he launched the QOL project, a complete STEAM kit for a robotic arm that is assembled without soldering or connecting hundreds of wires, and is programmed in both Scratch and C++. The plug-and-play assembly takes a few minutes, and two show-and-repeat calibration modes allow students to immediately see the result of their work.

QOL combines the openness of the Arduino ecosystem (any sensor or 3D-printed part can be connected in seconds), ready-made teaching materials in three languages (Kazakh, Russian and English). The set costs twice as much as its counterparts, and thanks to a subscription to the online platform, students receive step-by-step interactive courses with theory and practice.

Already at the MVP stage, a three-person team enlisted the support of ten pilot schools and agreed with Gylym Ordasy to organize a joint FabLab and a local production line. Moreover, QOL raised the first $10,000 pre-seed to scale production and launch the e-learning platform.

"I want robotics to be accessible to everyone," says Daulet. In the near future, we plan to certify teachers through the Teacher e-Academy, launch a cloud simulator, and expand into the Central Asian markets with an eye on MENA. By 2027, the team expects to reach a million dollars in revenue, release 10,000 kits, and implement full-fledged AI vision in QOL to perform complex tasks.

With the support of the Alatau Hub and the keen interest of the educational community, QOL is not just creating a new product, it is laying the foundation for the formation of a future generation of engineers and researchers for whom robotics is becoming not a puzzle, but a fascinating and accessible path to knowledge.