01 · Assemble
Build it on the bench
Base, lift, arms, sensors, wiring. Put the robot together and power it on.
Embodied AI Hackathon 2027 · The pre-party
Before the hackathon, we build the robot.
Early next year we run an Embodied AI hackathon. Until then, a small crew assembles OpenAMRobot 2.0 in our Berlin robotics lab and teaches it its first moves. First drive. First reach. First grasp.
We are looking for the people who want to be in the room when that happens.
2 sessions a weekHands-on build sessions in the lab
Starting nowFirst sessions this month, until the hackathon
Late Jan / early FebHackathon in Berlin, online track planned
Everything readyHardware, tools and open-source software
The robot
A dual-arm mobile manipulator. Open source. Yours to bring to life.
OpenAMRobot 2.0 is a mobile base with a lift and two robotic arms, running ROS 2 and an Embodied AI layer on NVIDIA Jetson. The parts are here. The software is public. The plan is on the roadmap.
What it does not have yet: a crew that puts it all together and makes it move on the floor.
What we will do together
From a box of parts to a first grasp.
02 · Bring up
Test the software on hardware
Run our ROS 2 stack on the robot, find what breaks and fix it.
03 · Move
MoveIt for the arms
Motion planning and control for two arms on a moving, lifting base.
04 · Learn
AI pipelines and training
Teleoperation, demonstration capture, training and evaluating policies with LeRobot, ACT and SmolVLA.
05 · Transfer
Sim to real
Take what works in simulation and make it work in the physical world.
06 · Integrate
First steps, end to end
First drive, first reach, first grasp, first task. Then we hand the robot to the hackathon.
Where it is going
In simulation it already works. Your job: make it real.
Drive the aisle, pick from a shelf, place into a tote, dock. Today these are simulation renders. In January they should be videos from the lab.
How it works
Small crew. Big robot. Two sessions a week.
- We meet twice a week in our robotics lab in Berlin, starting now and running until the hackathon.
- Hardware, tools and software are ready. You bring your skills and your curiosity.
- Remote help is welcome for simulation, AI pipelines and code review. Hardware results happen in the lab.
- The crew shapes the hackathon challenges and gets the robot first.
Who we are looking for
Builders, not spectators.
Hardware, electronics and mechatronics engineers who love to assemble, wire and debug. ROS 2 engineers. Embedded developers. Machine learning and robot learning folks. Ambitious students who have already built something with their own hands.
Motivated, curious and able to show up twice a week.
The deal
This is a voluntary crew, not a paid job.
What you get: your hands on an open-source dual-arm mobile manipulator, public GitHub contributions with your name on them, a front-row seat at the hackathon and a team that ships.
Embodied AI Hackathon 2027 · The pre-party
Before the hackathon, we build the robot.
Early next year we run an Embodied AI hackathon. Until then, a small crew assembles OpenAMRobot 2.0 in our Berlin robotics lab and teaches it its first moves. First drive. First reach. First grasp.
We are looking for the people who want to be in the room when that happens.
2 sessions a weekHands-on build sessions in the lab
Starting nowFirst sessions this month, until the hackathon
Late Jan / early FebHackathon in Berlin, online track planned
Everything readyHardware, tools and open-source software
The robot
A dual-arm mobile manipulator. Open source. Yours to bring to life.
OpenAMRobot 2.0 is a mobile base with a lift and two robotic arms, running ROS 2 and an Embodied AI layer on NVIDIA Jetson. The parts are here. The software is public. The plan is on the roadmap.
What it does not have yet: a crew that puts it all together and makes it move on the floor.
What we will do together
From a box of parts to a first grasp.
01 · Assemble
Build it on the bench
Base, lift, arms, sensors, wiring. Put the robot together and power it on.
02 · Bring up
Test the software on hardware
Run our ROS 2 stack on the robot, find what breaks and fix it.
03 · Move
MoveIt for the arms
Motion planning and control for two arms on a moving, lifting base.
04 · Learn
AI pipelines and training
Teleoperation, demonstration capture, training and evaluating policies with LeRobot, ACT and SmolVLA.
05 · Transfer
Sim to real
Take what works in simulation and make it work in the physical world.
06 · Integrate
First steps, end to end
First drive, first reach, first grasp, first task. Then we hand the robot to the hackathon.
Where it is going
In simulation it already works. Your job: make it real.
Drive the aisle, pick from a shelf, place into a tote, dock. Today these are simulation renders. In January they should be videos from the lab.
How it works
Small crew. Big robot. Two sessions a week.
- We meet twice a week in our robotics lab in Berlin, starting now and running until the hackathon.
- Hardware, tools and software are ready. You bring your skills and your curiosity.
- Remote help is welcome for simulation, AI pipelines and code review. Hardware results happen in the lab.
- The crew shapes the hackathon challenges and gets the robot first.
Who we are looking for
Builders, not spectators.
Hardware, electronics and mechatronics engineers who love to assemble, wire and debug. ROS 2 engineers. Embedded developers. Machine learning and robot learning folks. Ambitious students who have already built something with their own hands.
Motivated, curious and able to show up twice a week.
The deal
This is a voluntary crew, not a paid job.
What you get: your hands on an open-source dual-arm mobile manipulator, public GitHub contributions with your name on them, a front-row seat at the hackathon and a team that ships.
APPLY
Join the hackathon crew
Send your profile or portfolio (a CV works too) and tell us why you want in. We read every answer, so make it count.