An education model with pillars on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is increasingly necessary to prepare our students for future jobs. A didactic tool that can engage students in STEM is robotics. A study area of robotics, mobile robotics is a rich tool that generates enthusiasm in students and involves diverse disciplines. There are commercial robotic platforms focused on education; however, these platforms are often expensive and may be challenging to acquire in the Brazilian public education system. Sponsored by a research foundation, we present in this paper an experience in which we design our mobile robots. This project involves ten technical secondary school students focused on developing two mobile robots: a differential drive and an omnidirectional one. They had been inserted in a maker-approach environment with the support of computational tools to design the robots. The entire team was divided into pairs to work on different parts of the robots, such as chassis design, power supply, motor drive, data acquisition, and simulation and coding. With this project, the students developed STEM skills and gave robotic platforms to the academic community that will be part of future projects. The initiative of the sponsor foundation is essential to put the Brazilian education system in the right way and prepare our students to enhance skills needed by future professionaff