X Square Robot Physical AI Hackathon
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About this hackathon
A three-day, in-person Physical AI hackathon in San Francisco hosted with embodied-AI company X Square Robot (Nov 13–15). Each team gets a dedicated robot kit on site (8 kits), plus compute credits, to build and deploy models on real robots; the X Square Robot team supports anyone using WALL-OSS, its open-source robotics foundation model. Open to developers, researchers, students and hobbyists, solo or in teams of up to 3. Applications are reviewed and close Nov 10. Cash prizes of $5,000 / $3,000 / $1,000, plus a $200 stipend for every qualified participant.
- Status
- Deadline
- 2026-11-10
- Starts
- 2026-11-13
- Who
- Open to all (Developers, researchers, students and hobbyists welcome; applications are reviewed and spots are limited; solo or teams of up to 3; fully in person)
- Level
- Advanced
- Prize
- $9k · Cash prizes: 1st $5,000, 2nd $3,000, 3rd $1,000; a $200 stipend for every qualified participant ($600 for a team of 3); an official backpack and T-shirt for all attendees
- Size
- —
- Format
- In person · San Francisco · International
- Location
- San Francisco
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Original listing (Chinese)
The full original listing below is in Chinese, as published in the Hack123 newsletter.
一句话简介：具身智能公司 X Square Robot（自变量机器人）在旧金山办的三天线下真机黑客松，现场给每队一套机器人，把模型部署到真机器人上跑起来。
看点：现场 8 套机器人套件、数据采集系统和算力额度，只需带电脑；官方团队现场支持基于开源机器人基础模型 WALL-OSS 开发；开发者、研究者、学生、爱好者都能报名，单人或最多 3 人；报名需审核
奖金：第一名 5,000 美元、第二名 3,000 美元、第三名 1,000 美元现金；每位合格参赛者另有 200 美元补贴；全员背包和 T 恤
截止日期：11月10日申请截止（旧金山）
活动日期：11月13日 10:00 开幕—11月15日颁奖（旧金山，具体地址审核通过后可见）。官方 X 帖写的是「硅谷 11月17—19日、奖金 1 万美元以上」，与活动页不一致，以 Luma 活动页为准
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