What makes this hackathon special is that you get to build using real hardware. Participants will be working with, amongst other things, Franka FR3 robotic arms, robotic arms with vacuum grippers, ElRobot and SO-101 arm kits, a Dobot Magician, a Reachy Mini and a Unitree Go2 robot dog, all controlled by NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano devices. The event is backed by a broad network of partners, with Hugging Face, Machina Summit, Wendy, NormaCore and ElevenLabs as lead partners. From within the ecosystem, organisations including Brainport Development, Eindhoven Engineering, TechMakers and NLrobotics are involved.
For whom
The hackathon is of interest to anyone working in AI and robotics who wants to put their ideas to the test. This includes developers, engineers, researchers and students. You’ll take part as part of a team of three to four people.
Challenges
Over the two days, you can choose from three challenges:
Get a Grip (with Dwengo): design and improve robotic grippers and test them on Franka FR3 robotic arms.
Apple Picking (with imec and Wageningen University & Research): develop a solution for picking apples using robotic arms fitted with vacuum grippers.
Embodied (with Northstar): build the best application of physical AI.
When and where
Date: 3 and 4 December 2026
Venue: imec / Holst Centre, High Tech Campus 31, Eindhoven
More information and registration
The organisers will assess all applications and then let you know whether you can take part. You can find more information about the challenges, the available hardware and all the partners on the event page.