Edge AI Frontier Hackathon
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°ᴗ°Edge AI Frontier Hackathon
November 15-16, 2025 | 48 Hours
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Hackathon Application Link [Nov 11th Midnight Deadline]:
https://forms.gle/t736G4wG8vwotxxy6
*The app is 10 questions and should take <10 mins.
*You can apply as an individual or as a team (cap at 4). Team formation will occur at the event. :)
Selected Applicants will be notified on a rolling basis. Due to limited GPUs and robots, the event is capped.
Team Prizes:
🤖 1st Place: Nvidia Jetson Orin NX 16GB Dev Kit & Dinner with Judges (awarded to every team member)
🤖 2nd Place: $150 Amazon gift card
(awarded to every team member)
🤖 3rd Place: Mystery prize
(awarded to every team member)
🤖 All accepted hackathon participants will receive a "Elite Robot Hacker" swag shirt
Judges & Mentors:
🦾Professor Achuta Kadambi | UCLA EECS
🦾Major Gaspar Perez | US Marine Corps Systems Command
🦾Zane Mountcastle | CEO @ Picogrid
🦾Olaf Hichwa | CTO @ Neros, competitive drone racer
🦾Chester Zelaya | CEO @ DroneForge
🦾Jason H. Lu | CEO @ Flyby Robotics
🦾Gursmiran Bains | Head of Eng @ Flyby Robotics, ex-JPL
🦾Micky Abir | Software Engineer @ Flyby Robotics, ex-Nvidia
🦾Lyon Wong & Christina Tan | Managing Partner V0 VC
About:
The edge is the new frontier. Recent advances in GPU computing have made it possible to build complex AI/ML applications directly on edge of robots and forward-deployed machines. Instead of depending on distant servers and the unreliability of radio/network connections, robots can now think for themselves.
In this 48-hour hackathon, the challenge is to build applications that can run entirely on an Nvidia Orin NX Jetson GPU. You'll have the opportunity to interface with industry leaders, discover insights about real-world problems, work in teams to craft a solution, and build that solution with cutting-edge Nvidia GPUs, thermal/high-resolution sensors, and state-of-the-art drones.
Schedule:
Saturday, November 15
9:00 AM - Check-in Starts
10:00 AM - Opening
10:30 AM - Team Formation and Ideation
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Building Starts
6:00 PM - Dinner
All night - Build
Sunday, November 16
8:30 AM - Breakfast
12:30 PM - Lunch
4:00 PM - Project Demos [Open to Public]
5:00 PM - Winner Announcements [Open to Public]
5:30 PM - Networking Social [Open to Public]
What's Provided:
-150 TOPS 256 SSD Nvidia Orin NX 16 GB Jetson Dev Kit for every team
-Raspberry Pi Camera 3
-Flyby Robotics F-11 Drones with Nvidia Orin NX
-Sony LR1 high resolution camera with drone gimbal
-FLIR Boson 640 military-grade thermal camera
-Silvus 5200 MANET mesh radios
-Meals and refreshments are provided
-Mentorship
Hackathon Application Link [Nov 11th Midnight Deadline]:
https://forms.gle/t736G4wG8vwotxxy6
*The app is 10 questions and should take <10 mins.
*You can apply as an individual. Team formation will occur at the event. :)
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