Benelux Robotics Hackathon
The reindustrialization of the Benelux starts here.
Join northstar × imec for the Benelux Robotics Hackathon. Two days and three challenges bringing AI into the physical world. Work in teams of 3–4 people.
📅 3–4 December 2026
📍 imec / Holst Centre, High Tech Campus 31, Eindhoven
Registration is an application. Participation is subject to approval.
The challenges
🤌 Get a Grip, with Dwengo: Design and improve robotic grippers, then test them on Franka FR3 robot arms.
🍎 Apple Picking, with imec and WUR: Develop an apple-picking solution using robot arms equipped with vacuum grippers.
🤖 Embodied, with northstar: Best physical AI application.
Build with real hardware, including Franka FR3 robot arms, vacuum-gripper arms, ElRobot arm sets, SO-101 arm sets, Dobot Magician, Reachy Mini, a Unitree Go2 robot dog, NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nanos.
Partners and people involved
Major Partners
Hugging Face · Machina Summit · Wendy · NormaCore · ElevenLabs
Challenge Partners
Ecosystem Partners
Brainport Development · Eindhoven Engineering · TechMakers · NLrobotics · RoboHub Belgium (under creation)
More partners coming soon. If you would like to support the initiative, email us at filip@ns2agi.com.
Prizes
Machina Summit tickets for each member of a winning team.
Five Arduino Uno boards.
More prizes to be announced soon.