A collaborative Robotics & AI hackathon with Robotics Nation brought together more than 45 participants for a full weekend of building, testing ideas, and working in teams. Awesome vibes and lots of cool prototypes.
Several Alif Ensemble DevKits joined the hardware library, opening up new possibilities for low-power AI/ML and embedded system experiments.
The first weekly build session kicked off with 20+ participants. Relaxed and creative atmosphere, with people tinkering, chatting, and starting small spontaneous projects together.
A booth at TUAS introduced the organization and its activities to a wider crowd. Many students stopped by to explore the hardware, learn about upcoming build sessions, and share their own ideas.
We organized our co-working space at Startup Sauna and invited people to join. A great chance to work together, share ideas, and build momentum for upcoming projects.
Doublepoint developer kits were added to the hardware collection, giving everyone a chance to try out wrist-based gesture and hand-tracking tech. Great for anyone curious about new interaction ideas.
The battery for our robot finally arrived! Now everyone can experiment hands-on with 'Lindy' and start testing new prototypes and interactions.
Held a meeting with Alif Semiconductor. They agreed to support us by providing development boards for our community projects.
Purchased and configured a powerful custom-built computer, named *Shelby*, to support our compute-intensive research and prototyping tasks.
Acquired the Nexys A7 FPGA Trainer Board and established a collaboration with Doublepoint. They kindly agreed to provide us with two developer kits.
Hosted our very first community meetup, bringing together over 70 participants. Great energy, ideas, and momentum for what’s ahead.
Thinkin’ Rocks has been officially registered as an organization. A huge step forward in building a strong foundation for our community.
Presented Thinkin’ Rocks for the first time at Explore Aaltoes. Shared our vision with 150+ people and received enthusiastic feedback.
Acquired our very first shared computer, a Lenovo Legion T5, marking the beginning of our hardware collection.
Established a collaboration with Varjo. They generously provided us with three Varjo XR-3 headsets for immersive development and R&D.
Placed our first major hardware acquisitions: Tenstorrent Blackhole, FPGA boards, Jetson Nano, and Oak-D Pro camera. The lab is starting to take shape!