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AdaptNav tackles the $27B warehouse automation challenge: creating autonomous robots that safely navigate dynamic environments without constant human supervision. The Problem: Current warehouse robots are either too rigid (predetermined paths) or black-box (unexplainable AI), making them unsuitable for real-world deployment where safety is critical. They fail in chaotic warehouses with moving workers, forklifts, and changing obstacles. Our Solution: AdaptNav introduces the world's first hybrid AI navigation system, combining classical pathfinding reliability with reinforcement learning adaptability: • Global Brain: A* algorithm handles optimal warehouse route planning • Local Intelligence: PPO reinforcement learning manages real-time dynamic obstacle avoidance • Safety Guardian: Multi-layered safety system with hard constraints overriding AI when necessary Key Innovation: Unlike existing solutions, AdaptNav provides explainable AI - operators see exactly why robots make each decision. This transparency plus safety-first design enables production deployment where human lives and equipment are at stake. Proven Results: 80%+ success rate in complex scenarios, <100ms obstacle response time, zero collisions in 1000+ test episodes, 10Hz real-time performance on standard hardware. Technical Excellence: Built on ROS 2, with comprehensive property-based testing, dual-simulation support (Isaac Sim/MuJoCo), cross-platform compatibility, and a modular architecture for easy customization. Impact: AdaptNav bridges research and production with a complete system ready for immediate deployment. Professional implementation with comprehensive documentation represents the future where AI meets reliability and autonomous navigation finally works in the real world.

📅 May 11–19, 2026 • May 11 – 19: Online Build Phase. • May 18 (Hybrid Build Day – Online & Onsite) • May 19 (Demos & Awards – Online & Onsite) 🌍 Hybrid event. Join online from anywhere or build onsite at the venue. 🏆 Winners will be announced live on stage at the AI & Big Data Expo North America on May 19 📍 On-site Venue (May 18–19): San Jose McEnery Convention Center, CA, USA 🤝 Join solo or with a team. 🎟 FREE AI & Big Data Expo North America ticket included for participants that are able to join the on-site phase. 🏆Compete for a $10,000 prize pool 🧑‍💻 Apply now to design, prototype, and showcase enterprise-ready innovation.

Grab your ideas, spin up compute, and start building what’s next! Start with $100 in AMD Developer Cloud credits and begin building right away. Get access to hands-on tutorials, workshops, and curated learning resources to help you build faster and go further. To unlock credits and join the hackathon, sign up for the AMD AI Developer Program. 🤝 Go solo or team up — ship something real. 💰 $21,500+ total prize pool & 1 × AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700 GPU up for grabs. 📍 On-site Venue (May 9-10): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📍On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Developers, builders, and innovators - bring your boldest ideas and let’s turn them into real AI systems on AMD.

⏱️ Design, build, and deploy trustless AI trading agents. 📅 March 30 – April 12, 2026 🌐 Build AI trading agents that execute strategies using ERC-8004 or Kraken CLI. 🤝 Build solo or in teams to create autonomous trading, risk, yield, or protection agents. 💰 $55,000 prize pool, allocated and shared via Surge and Kraken. Your team should have registered project at early.surge.xyz in order to be eligible for the prize. Get access in your team profile or our discord 🔑 Access to early.surge.xyz If prompted for login credentials, use: • Username: admin • Password: JBRv2xWG7AzwVrLz88