participant hq · sep 25-27 · 2550 wyandotte st, suite 3, mountain view ca
all event comms happen on discord: discord.gg/SQSbfU52sP
questions before the event: lane@labs.actor
| when | what | notes |
|---|---|---|
| friday sep 25 | ||
| 5:00 pm | doors open | check-in, find your team |
| 6:00 pm | kickoff + dinner | holyland catering - halal + vegan covered |
| 7:00 pm | hacking begins | hardware assignments finalized |
| late | late night snacks | snack spread all night |
| saturday sep 26 | ||
| 8:00 am | breakfast | bagels / fruit / coffee |
| 12:00 pm | lunch - grill | halal patties + marinated thighs, veggie burgers + paneer tikka |
| 2:00 pm | sponsor panels | gram · spring silicon · shotwell · eniac |
| 6:00 pm | dinner | everest cuisine - halal + veg + vegan |
| late | late night pizza | |
| sunday sep 27 | ||
| 8:00 am | breakfast | donut basket |
| 9:00 am | submissions close | hard deadline |
| 12:00 pm | lunch | taco truck - live service |
| afternoon | demos + judging | winners announced after |
sleeping: bring a tent. showers: no. coffee: always.
every submission must include a hardware hack and a model behind it. demos are live, on the real machine.
| category | weight | what we're looking for |
|---|---|---|
| autonomy | 30 | the model (pi 0.7 or other policy) is genuinely driving the behavior - not a scripted routine |
| hardware hack | 25 | you built, modified, printed, or wired something physical that didn't exist friday |
| reliability | 20 | the demo works when it counts. a modest thing that works beats a grand thing that doesn't |
| ambition | 15 | difficulty of the task attempted relative to the embodiment |
| style | 10 | did the room gasp |
judged sunday afternoon. named prizes selected by tier-1 sponsor judges.
assigned by the embodiment you picked when applying (limited platforms get a voting system on-site):
on the floor for everyone:
shared tools (soldering, hot glue, spot welder, psus, power banks) are first-come bookable: hardware queue ->
api + setup docs for each embodiment: coming in the next couple of days.