The one-of-a-kind 2016 Bot Party Hackathon will mix a weekend of theatre arts and technology to produce open-source projects featured in recurring incarnations of the improvisational Bot Party live stage show. Bot Party Hackathon to be held over 48 hours: Friday September 2 6PM to Sunday September 4 6PM at The Off Center in Austin, TX. This event is in partnership with Fusebox Festival and IEEE.

Though Hackathon attendees will be encouraged to bring any of their own projects and ideas for collaborative, anything-goes creation, we will be focused on three specific areas of development:

Blue Zone: Applied Robotics Software (Java, JavaScript, Ruby, C++, Python... !!)

Red Zone: Electronics and Hardware (arduino and raspberry pi, junk, components and soldering irons)

Yellow Zone: Live Gaming Station and Twitch feed (Ps4, Gamecube)

and Bonus Zone: pizza, beer, tacos, bbq, GLORY\

Special guests

Hey hey! We’re pleased to announce these special guest participants, all world-renowned researchers in autonomous robots that interact with humans!

Schedule

Friday, September 2
6pm Registration
7pm Orientation and Project breakdowns
7:30pm Breakouts with experts
8:30pm Pitches and grouping
9pm Ribbon Cutting Robot & start
11pm Twitch tournament
Optional: stay overnight. If you plan to stay overnight, please let the organizers know where you’ll be working. We do not provide toiletries, linens, sleeping bags, etc.

Saturday, September 3
9am Registration
9:30am Team meetups/Orientation
10am Robot yoga
11am Twitch Tournament
2pm Robot demos
6pm Project checkin and demonstration
Optional: stay overnight. If you plan to stay overnight, please let the organizers know where you’ll be working. We do not provide toiletries, linens, sleeping bags, etc.

Sunday, September 4
9am Registration
9:30am Team meetups/Orientation
10am Robot Church
3pm load-out begins
4pm Assembly and presentation
5pm Twitch feed of games
6pm Closing ceremony and awards