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Physical AI Hackathon

Name: Physical AI Hackathon
Start: 2026-09-26T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-26T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Stuttgart-Möhringen

Software hackathons are too mainstream. Spend a day with real robots. We bring Reachy Minis from Hugging Face and robotic arms. You bring a software background and curiosity.

When

Saturday, 26 September 2026

10:00–17:00

Where

Stuttgart-Möhringen

Stuttgart, Germany

Teams

4–5 people per team

Physical AI Hackathon in Stuttgart with a Reachy Mini robot

Schedule

Arrival and kickoff10:00

Intro presentation10:30

Team formation and hardware distribution11:00

Start hacking11:30

Team formation hard lock12:00

Lunch13:00

Pitches start16:00

Exit and conclusion17:00

Hardware kits

Six tracks from the organizer table. Reachy Mini is a desk robot: head, camera, mics, speaker, plus a display. SO-101 and MK3 are arms that pick and place. Owner-led cells only appear in your ranking if you bring that robot. Download and setup links sit on each card.

Kit 1

Community Reachy Concierge

Event / office navigation agent

1 community Reachy + display + sensor kit

4 people · Open team

What you can build

Greet a guest, ask where they are going, and speak the route
Show a simple map of the venue on the display
Do a spoken check-in at the desk and turn toward the person

Guides

Kit 2

Community Reachy Ambient Agent

Consent-based desk, room, or queue companion

1 community Reachy + display

4 people · Open team

What you can build

See a desk is occupied on camera, then ask before you speak
Hold a room's status on the display until someone consents to share it
Watch a queue on camera and offer a next-up prompt only if they say yes

Guides

Kit 3

Vision QA Station

Inspect, explain, and route simple products

1 community Reachy + display + 3D-print props

4 people · Open team

What you can build

Look at a 3D-printed part with the camera and say what is missing
Show pass or fail on the display with a short reason
Ask a human to place the piece in the pass or fail bin after you explain

Guides

Kit 4

Community SO-101 Sorting Cell

Confirm-before-action sorting robot

1 community SO-101 + sensor kit + printed bins

5 people · Controlled community hardware

What you can build

Pick an object, name it, and wait for a yes before you place it
Stop the arm if the sensor reading looks unsafe
Preview the target bin on a laptop before the gripper moves

Guides

LeRobot SO-101 guide

Kit 5

Private Robot Cell

Human-approved physical workcell

Owner chooses private SO-101 or MK3; private Reachy may act as interface

4 people · Owner-led

What you can build

Run a short pick-and-place loop that pauses for a human OK
Use a private Reachy Mini as the talking face of the cell
Log each arm move so you can replay it in the pitch

Guides

Kit 6

Stack-chan Tangible Agent

Tiny transparent AI agent / physical interface

Stack-chan + electronic kit; LEGO optional

4 people · Owner-led

What you can build

Have Stack-chan say what it will do before it turns its head
Map a LEGO button (if you brought bricks) to an action the crowd can see
Build one tight sense-decide-act loop you can demo live

Guides

Hardware guides

Download the desktop apps and read the setup docs before Saturday. The same links are in the confirmation email and on each kit card.

Reachy Mini

Desk robot for kits 1–3, and the talking face of a private cell. Head, camera, mics, speaker; no wheels or gripper.

Guides

Robotic arm SO-101

Community sorting cell, and a private SO-101 in a private cell.

Guides

LeRobot SO-101 guide

Robotic arm MK3

Private MK3 arm in an owner-led cell. Public docs below are for the Waveshare RoArm-M3, the closest named MK3 kit.

Guides

Stack-chan

Owner-led tiny agent kit.

Guides

Confirm your spot

This event uses a frozen guest list. Type your name, we email a confirmation link with hardware guides, then you finish registration and form a team. Live pitches at 16:00.