Can you teach a robot to play chess in 2 days? Let’s find out #robothackathon

Generating teleop data for bartending robot #robothackathon

Your typical tech MVP demo…let’s get these guys funded VCs #robothackathon

On Saturday morning I met some cracked student engineers on the sidewalk and offered them a place to crash in NYC. 24 hrs later, we won the biggest robot arm hackathon ever. Meet Raju: an autonomous chess-playing robot (ELO >2500) inspired by GM Gukesh Dommaraju, who earned his

WE WON THE GRAND PRIZE AT THE BIGGEST ROBOTICS HACKATHON IN NYCCCCCC!!!! YAAAAAY :)) We built a 2500 ELO chess robot that trash talks while it destroys you 😭😭 Soham Bafana carra.eth Marco Schonert Alex Boniske

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Last month, we hosted a robotics hackathon in NYC Using 3D printed arms that cost less than $100, people made laundry folders, chess hustlers, guitar players, etc. All with the idea that to create a fully autonomous utopia, you have to do something silly with robots first 👇