The Physical AI Sprint Hackathon
Get warmed up for Actuate the best way possible—by building!
Join Nebius, NVIDIA, Antioch, and Toloka for a day of workshops, rapid experimentation, and building at the intersection of AI and the physical world.
We’ll begin with technical workshops designed to help you get familiar with the tools, infrastructure, and challenge space. Then, you’ll form a team—or work independently—and spend the rest of the day building a working prototype.
What to expect
Robotics workshops
A focused physical AI challenge
Access to tools, infrastructure, and technical support
Project demos and judging
Prizes for the strongest submissions
Schedule (*subject to change)
8:00am: Doors open and check-in, grab breakfast
9:00am: Welcome and challenge briefing
9:15am: Technical workshops by Hosts
10:30: Hacking begins
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Hacking continues
3:30pm: Submission deadline
4:30pm Demos and judging (top 6 live demos)
5:30pm: Winner announcement
6pm-9pm: happy hour (more details to come!)
The challenge
The Perception-Reasoning-Action Loop
Modern AI excels at generating text and pixels, but Physical AI requires closing the loop between the digital mind and the physical embodiment. Participants will build solutions that seamlessly integrate three core pillars:
Perception (Sense): Ingesting and interpreting multi-modal sensor data such as RGB-D video, LiDAR, IMU readings, tactile feedback, or spatial audio to build a real-time, dynamic understanding of the physical surroundings.
Reasoning (Think): Leveraging advanced foundation models, spatial computing, and decision-making frameworks to analyze constraints, anticipate outcomes, plan multi-step tasks, and adapt to unexpected real-world changes.
Action (Act): Translating high-level cognitive plans into precise physical outputs, including robotic manipulation, autonomous navigation, drone flight dynamics, or interactive IoT actuator responses.
Prizes
Prizes will include compute credits and other resources from our event partners!
The full prize package will be announced soon!
What to bring
Bring your laptop, charger, and anything else you rely on for a full day of building. We’ll share any required setup instructions and recommended tools with registered participants before the event.
Who should attend
This event is designed for:
Robotics engineers
Machine learning engineers
Computer vision engineers
Research engineers and applied scientists
Data and infrastructure engineers working with robotics or physical AI
Technical founders and builders exploring embodied intelligence
You don’t need to arrive with a team. We’ll help participants connect and form teams before and at the event.
Hosted by
Nebius · NVIDIA · Antioch · Toloka
Important notes
Space is limited, and all attendees must apply and be approved to attend.
This is a hands-on technical event. Participants should be comfortable writing code and building independently or as part of a small team.
Please register individually, even if you plan to attend with a team.