PhysicalAI Workshop 2026

May 2, 2026
Amy Gutmann Hall, University of Pennsylvania

Workshop Resources

Below you’ll find links to documentation, code repositories, and other resources to help you prepare for the workshop and the Mini Pupper Competition.

Mini Pupper

• • Mini Pupper 2 Product Page
• • Mini Pupper ROS Repository
• • Mini Pupper Documentation

ROS2

• • ROS2 Humble Documentation
• • ROS2 Tutorials
• • ROS2 GitHub Organization

Inverse Kinematics & Robotics

• • Inverse Kinematics (Wikipedia)
• • Robotics Academy – Peter Corke

IEEE Student Competition

• • IEEE Homepage
• • IEEE R1/R2 Student Conference – Competition details coming soon

Pre-Workshop Setup Guide

To get the most out of the hands-on sessions, we recommend having the following set up on your laptop before arriving:

• • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (native or in a VM)
• • ROS2 Humble Hawksbill (installation guide)
• • Python 3.10+
• • Git

Detailed setup instructions will be emailed to registered participants two weeks before the workshop.