Physical AI Hackathon in SF Nov 7–8 features Dream-1 world action model and robot arms
Scobleizer · x · 2026-11-04
MakerMods, Dream Labs and LiveKit are hosting a Physical AI hackathon on November 7–8 at Founders Inc. in San Francisco, targeting 200 builders.
- Hardware & models: Bimanual 6-axis robot arms on-site, plus Dream Labs' new world action model Dream-1, claimed to perform tasks zero-shot across robots, tasks and environments
- Stack: LiveKit provides an ultra-low-latency real-time layer connecting robots to human operators and cloud models, with voice agent support; participants get streaming and voice credits
- Prizes: $2,000 + Metal Arm for 1st, $1,000 + Maker Arm for 2nd, $500 + Reachy Mini for 3rd
- Tracks: Includes a new 'Hill climb' format where all teams collaborate to improve model accuracy
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