Join the Vertex Swarm Challenge 2026
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Registration for The Vertex Swarm Challenge 2026 is officially LIVE!
We are challenging C, Rust, and ROS 2 developers to build the missing TCP/IP for robot swarms. No central orchestrators. No vendor lock‑in.
The Dare
- Get 2 robots talking in 5 mins.
- Get 10 coordinating in a weekend.
This is a rigorous systems challenge, not a vaporware demo.
Prizes
- 🏆 $25,000 in prizes & startup accelerator grants
- 🦀 Early access to the Vertex 2.0 stack
The future of autonomy is peer‑to‑peer.
Build it here:
https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/global-vertex-swarm-challenge/