Zurich isn’t present on the global tech-scene often. Incredible builders go under the radar. That’s changing! Our Robotic Hack with @mimicrobotics , @loki_robotics, and @OpenAI was packed with robots, talent, energy, SF-vibes, and insane projects. But there was a tough competition for the most impressive demo in ~48h. The builders brought many robots. The startups had even more. We had robot arms everywhere, mobile robots, robot dogs, hands, … A humanoid said hi. To judge the best robotic builders in Zurich we couldn’t just take chance. So, we got the leading professors to take a look what was cooked up over the weekend: Marc Polleyfeys (@mapo1), Prof. Marco Hutter, and Prof. Robert Katzschmann (@katzschmann)! Still, there needs to be a winner… Although LLMs are everywhere, it’s not always the best solution. BRCKD.ai (Barnabas Gavin, Yasunori Toshimitsu, Chenyu Yang, Alexander Alderman Webb, Zeno Hamers) built an impressive system that combined generative models with solvers etc. RoboTicTacToe (Daniel Gisler, Kyo Mangold, Arturo Roberti, Boshi An, Jiwon You) was the runner-up. Their narrated game demo was super fun to watch. And their trained policy was impressive. But never forget about the people who made all this happen! Huge thanks to -Mimic: @elvisnavah, Matteo (and so many more in the background!!) Loki: @arbwes, @mikshere OpenAI: @giffmana @arnie_hacker and @PascalBtd @generalcatalyst (@FritziReuter) @PrimeIntellect This was the best hackathon Zurich has seen yet. The best people. Incredible talent density and projects. (And you don’t want to miss the next one! 👀)