Everest Robotics Hackathon
🏔️ Everest Robotic Hack
August 29–30, 2026 · San Francisco
In September 2026, a humanoid robot will attempt to summit Mount Everest.
This hackathon is where we build the tech it needs to get there.
Over two days, teams will tackle the real engineering problems of extreme-conditions robotics: onboard inference that runs without a cloud connection, locomotion that holds on ice and mixed terrain, hardware that survives -40°C and 200 km/h winds, communications, and the overall robot intelligence stack.
This is not just a demo weekend. You'll be working with the actual tech used in the real world, with the use case here being the Everest summit.
🏆 The winning team gets flown to the Everest base camp
⚙️ What You're Building For
Onboard autonomy · inference on Jetson Thor, no cloud
Extreme-condition locomotion · footing on ice and mixed terrain
Hardware resilience · at altitude and in the death zone
Satellite communication · telemetry that never drops
👥 Who Should Come
Robotics engineers, ML researchers, embedded systems builders, hardware hackers. Anyone who wants their work to end up on a mountain.
Brought to you by Iterate & Robot Everest