about this event
Welcome to Action Space: Boston's first anti-drone swarm defense hackathon, an intensive, hands-on weekend dedicated to building with Claude, computer and physical hardware. The theme for this hackathon? Counter Anti Drone Swarm Technology! 🚁🛡️
Your team of four people will get lessons on IsaacLab, how to optimize PPO policies and run multi-agent systems on the first day. On the second day each team will have a chance to run multiple drones with their policy. Your mission over the weekend: Have fun. Build something awesome! (Or break it in spectacular fashion) Protect a mock data center?
Participation is limited due to our hardware capacity. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with final approvals released by 10/17. Note: This is an 18+ event. Teams should have at least one person familiar with software, hardware, and/or robotics to help keep things running smoothly. We will try to pair people with NVIDIA GPUs with others that do not. [if a sponsor wants to help us out with compute we'd love that haha]
When: October 24th–25th Where: 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142, Microsoft Admission: Applications required. We'll have >$1,000 in prizes, and all food is included.
Our main goal is not just competition; it's to bring together and grow the local robotics and physical AI community. Find out more about us at Action Space!
when
Action Space Hackathon 2026
Day one: lessons on IsaacLab, optimizing PPO policies and running multi-agent systems.
◍ Microsoft, 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142Action Space Hackathon 2026
Day two: each team gets a chance to run multiple drones with their policy.
◍ Microsoft, 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02142tickets
| tickets | price | Fee | Status | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application (Free) | Free | TBA | Available | Applications required; reviewed on a rolling basis with final approvals released by 10/17. Participation is limited due to hardware capacity. Food is included. |
prizes
| # | PRIZE | price |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Prize pool | >$1,000 |