The Robot Contest + Afterparty #SFTechWeek
Hosted by Daidai Labs
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°ᴗ°Silicon Valley's newest robots compete live and YOU pick the winner.
Ten robots from San Francisco's robotics scene take the stage at Frontier Tower. Each gets three minutes to show what it can do: a task, a trick, a dance, a demo that might fail in public.
$3,500 in cash prizes, split between the Jury Prize and the Audience Prize. The audience votes live.
Confirmed jury:
- Bryce Neil (YC W26)
- Dhruv Didi (FT Robotic Floor lead)
- Tony Y. Chan (Stanford Robotics Center's Advisor & Investor)
- Anto Patrex (Co-Founder at CosmicBrain AI)
& more to be announced.
Agenda
5:30 PM — Doors open, snacks and sodas
6:00 PM — Contest starts
7 PM — Dinner + Networking with the teams behind the robots
7:30 PM — 9 PM Dance with the robots 🕺🏻
✨ Free merch
🍹 Free drinks
🍕 Free pizza
🤖 The coolest robots of the Bay Area
🙋🏽♂️ Room full of robot enthusiasts
Free, RSVP required. Capacity is limited.
Organized by Daidai Labs 🕶️
Daidai Labs is a data collection company for physical AI, building an international network of contributors to capture the real-world data robots learn from.
A must-see event of SF Tech Week 2026: a live robot show where ten robotics startups demo their robots on stage at Frontier Tower, San Francisco, on Saturday, October 10.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com
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