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Hosted at Niantic Spatial, Embarcadero
Live demos across the robotics stack, perception, mapping, simulation, policies, hardware, from builders whose systems actually run. Then everyone who demoed sits down for a panel on what still breaks: failure modes, the gap between simulation and reality, and the datasets nobody has.
Hosted at Mission Robotics, Mission
A monthly working night at Mission Robotics for solo robotics builders who trained policies at home and need actual labmates. Two hours of focused bench time, debugging help from people who've hit your exact problems, and a space designed for hardware work.
Weekly deep work session where builders show up with a project and leave with more momentum. Quiet focused time, occasional breakthroughs, and a share-back circle where people ask for what they need.
A five-month working seminar on the hardest problem in robotics: getting policies trained in simulation to actually work on real hardware. Core participants commit to all sessions starting September, while monthly guests join researchers tackling perception, manipulation, locomotion, and world models over dinner and off-the-record discussion.