Robot Hackathon: Fine Motor Skills

Build physical AI applications with real robot arms @ Viam!About the Event We're excited to host a two-day, hands-on hackathon for curious, ambitious builders who want to go deep on physical AI. You'll get a real robot arm and support from Viam experts throughout. No prior robotics experience is required, just an interest in physical AI and some software experience. Space is limited! Apply through this page. Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis.What You'll Build Working in a team of 2-3, you'll build an end-to-end robotics application using Viam and a real robot arm.Each team will have access to: We’ll provide blocks, cups, pens, paper, and other objects for your robot to interact with, or bring something you’d like to experiment with. Please bring your own laptop. Challenges Accepted participants will have two challenge tracks, which you'll select at kickoff: Benchmark track: pick one of five tasks and get scored on it. Open track: bring your own idea and get judged on ambition and execution rather than a benchmark score. Prizes Winning teams take home robot arms: Please bring your own laptop. We recommend taking our free online course Viam 101 (est time: 45-90mins) ahead of time. Even if you only go through the first lessons, it will help you get the hang of things quickly. Schedule Friday, September 18 9:00 AM: Check-in and breakfast 9:30 AM: Kickoff: Welcome & crash course on building with Viam 10:30 AM: Teams and hardware 11:00 AM: Hacking begins 1:00 PM: Lunch 6:00 PM: Dinner 9:00 PM: Hard close: Robots power down, doors close (no overnight hacking) Saturday, September 19 9:00 AM: Doors open, breakfast 9:30 AM: Hacking resumes 12:30 PM: Lunch 3:30 PM: Demos and drinks 5:00 PM: Awards 6:00 PM: Event concludes What Skills You Need No robotics experience required, but you should be comfortable with: Before the Event We recommend taking our free online course Viam 101 (est time: 45-90mins) ahead of time. Even the first few lessons will help you get the hang of things quickly. How to Join Space is limited! Apply through this page. Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis. We’ll select a curated group of ambitious software developers and send official confirmations to accepted participants. Presented By Viam — The robotics software platform we’ll use to configure, control, and deploy models to your robot. Viam makes it easy to get a robot up and running quickly.