Physical AI x Manufacturing Hackathon

​Not a World Model. Not yet.

Together with {Tech: Europe} and redalpine we’re hosting:

Physical AI Hackathon
📅 February 28th - March 1st
📍 Zurich

The best builders. Real factory hardware. Live data. 24 hours to ship something that matters.

Massimo Banzi (Arduino co-founder) will be the event’s judge.

3 challenges. 1 arena:
• Robots, conveyors & labelling machines, on-site
• Real manufacturing datasets, bearing degradation, CNC faults, sensor data
• IBM Docling, Arke MCP, Forgis Skill Engine & APIs

🏆 Best end-to-end project takes the grand prize:

💰CHF 5k by redalpine
💻 $50k in cloud credits by Google DeepMind

Plus special prizes for each challenge winner:

✈️ Round-trip ticket to San Francisco (by Arke)
🧠 Internship opportunity at Forgis
🎁 A secret prize from IBM Docling

Find the application form in the comments. Limited spots available. Apply solo or as a team (max 3 people). And bring your robot 🤖

Physical AI is transforming manufacturing, let’s make it 10x better. 🚀

Max 50 people.