Monthly Robotics Meetup
Monthly Robotics Meetup @ Frontier Tower
Co-hosted with Tesla | Featuring Intel’s Open Edge Platform | VIP Perks: Unlimited Wine + Cybertruck Test Drives
Join the Bay Area’s builders, researchers, and founders for the Monthly Robotics Meetup at Frontier Tower, co-hosted with Tesla.
This is the high-signal evening for anyone working on or curious about robotics, autonomous systems, edge AI, perception, manipulation, ROS/ROS2, mechatronics, or hardware startups.
Expect hands-on demos, real engineering insight, and connections that move your projects forward.
⚡ What to Expect
🔥 Lightning Talks
Fast, useful, and vendor-neutral — short technical blasts from people actually shipping robots. Topics include architecture, safety, testing, scaling fleets, and production ops.
🤖 Featured Demo — Intel Open Edge Platform
“Accelerating Edge Robotics: AI Workloads and OS Image Composer on Intel’s Open Edge Platform (OEP)”
Speaker: Alpesh Rodage, Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Architect at Intel
Alpesh brings 20+ years of experience in software and distributed systems, guiding teams through cloud-native transformations and AI workload optimization. Expect a deep dive into Intel’s Open Edge Platform and how it’s powering the next generation of robotic autonomy.
🧠 Community Show-and-Tell
Bring your robot, dev kit, or tool for a 5-minute micro demo.
Plug in, show off, get feedback, and meet people who can accelerate your work.
🍷 Networking That Matters
No fluff, no endless pitch decks — just real engineers, founders, and operators swapping ideas (and hardware schematics) over unlimited wine.
🎟 VIP Access ($40)
Want more? VIP ticket holders receive:
🚀 Unlimited premium wine bar access
🚗 Priority Cybertruck test drives (onsite Tesla showcase)
🎖️ Early check-in + front-row seating for lightning talks
Limited VIP passes — these always sell out.
👥 Who Should Come
Robotics, ML, firmware, and controls engineers
Hardware founders, product leaders, and DevOps for robots
Researchers and students in perception, planning, or HRI
Investors and operators in frontier robotics and industrial AI
🗓 Tentative Agenda
6:00–6:30 PM Check-in, snacks, networking
6:30–7:15 PM Lightning Talks (3–4 x 10 min + Q&A)
7:15–7:45 PM Intel Featured Demo
7:45–8:30 PM Community Show-and-Tell + Networking + Wine Bar
Have a demo to share?
Add a note in your RSVP with a one-liner and your setup needs (table, power, safety considerations).
📍 Location
Frontier Tower – Frontier Makerspace Production — spaceship (floor 2)
995 Market St, San Francisco
Direct BART/MUNI access • Elevator available • Limited street parking
🧭 About Frontier Tower
We’re transforming a 16-floor tower in downtown San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village — a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts.
Our community spans AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, human flourishing, and music, all under one roof.
Be part of the first self-governed tech village in SF:
➡️ Apply for Citizenship
🧠 Code of Conduct
We’re a collaborative, welcoming community. Be kind, respect people and equipment, and keep demos safe. Harassment or unsafe behavior isn’t tolerated.
This event is hosted at the Frontier Tower:
We are transforming a 16-floor tower in San Francisco into a self-governed vertical village—a hub for frontier technologies and creative arts. Tier-one labs presenting AI, Ethereum, biotech, neuroscience, longevity, robotics, human flourishing, and arts & music. These floors will house innovators and creators pushing the boundaries of human potential in a post-AI-singularity world.
Apply here for founding citizenship: https://frontiertower.io/apply
Why should I become a citizen?
Be part of creating the first self-governed vertical village
Connect with the most creative people in the city
Get access to all floors, free event space & movement floor
Website: https://frontiertower.io/
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