Top pick for physical AI, robotics and hardware builders
· 5–8:30 PM
Humanmade Hardware Accelerator Demo Day
Free Register directly
Physical AI, robotics and hardware events in SF for November 2026
Picks for November 2026
· 5–8:30 PM
Robot Learning #02
World Models & Dexterous Manipulation
Talk Free Request to join
· 6–9 PM
Even Day SF: Build for the Glasses of the Future with Even Realities
Mission Bay
Talk Free Request to join
· 5–9 PM
On-Device AI Hackathon: Cleared for Takeoff
Liquid AI · SoMa
Hackathon Free Request to join
· 7–9 PM
Engineering Telekinesis: Restoring Movement with Brain-Computer Interfaces
Big Brain Lectures - Bay Area · Madrone Art Bar
Talk $27 Register directly
· 6:30–8 PM
Music Hardware Is a Fashion Accessory: A Design Workshop
Workshop $10 Register directly
· 6:30 PM
139th SF Hardware Meetup
@ Vizcom
China Basin
Free Register directly
· 8 AM
MakerMods Physical AI Hackathon
Founders, Inc. | San Francisco Lab
Hackathon Free Request to join
· 5:30 PM
Bay Area Frontier Research Club #31
Intelligence Meets Matter: Imitation, Curiosity & Touch (dinner + paper discussion @ Mission Robotics)
Mission District
Free Request to join
· 6:30 PM
Build with Flux: Design Electronics and Enclosures with AI
Rincon Hill
Free Register directly
Other events for physical AI, robotics and hardware builders
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- 6 PM Patch Bay — Translating Living Systems into Robotics and Music [Workshop] Gray Area / Grand Theater
- 6:30 PM Aina: The Next Interaction SoMa Free
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- 1 PM Growth Warrior Capital 2026 Annual General Meeting SoMa Free
- 5:30 PM V2H Demo & Happy Hour Temescal Brewing, Oakland Free
- 7:30 PM Women in Robotics Dinner Marina District Free
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- 9 AM Robotics Hack Sunnyside Free
- 6 PM Dimensional Office Warming Dogpatch Free
- 6 PM Physical AI: Building a More Resilient World by OpalAI Union Street Free
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- 12 PM Grok Bot Build Day SF: Real-World Agents Free
- 2 PM Robotics & World Models Reading Club 37: SF 11/7. San Francisco
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- 6:30 PM Your Move: What Ukrainian Drone Operators Taught NATO SoMa Free
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- 2 PM Fireside with Michelle Zatlyn of Cloudflare Founders, Inc. Campus Free
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- 5 PM Mosaic Intelligence Labs SF Destealth Event [Invite-Only] Dogpatch Free
- 5 PM Silicon Valley AI Discovery Tour San Francisco
- 6 PM SV Tsinghua Alumni AI VIP Dinner San Francisco
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- 9 AM Drones for Good · UXDuck Hackathon Hogpatch Free
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- 12 PM Cybersentics Book Club: West Coast Sound Synthesis Gray Area / Grand Theater
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- 5:30 PM Physical AI Industry Night: San Francisco SoMa Free
- 7 PM Robotics Researcher Night Mission District Free
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- 4:30 PM Fireside Chat with Abhinav Gupta, Skild.ai South Beach Free
- 6 PM SF Photonics: Computing at the Future of Light! AngelList
- 6 PM Hardware Pitch Night Bernal Heights Free
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- 9 AM FUSE San Francisco The Foundry SF
- 2 PM The Future | Next Forum SVB Experience Center Free
- 6 PM AI Infra for Physical AI: Mind Robotics x Anyscale Anyscale Free
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- 9:30 AM Physical AI Hack Dogpatch Free
Questions
Are robotics and hardware events in SF free?
As of Oct 31, 36 of 46 (78%) robotics and hardware events in San Francisco in November 2026 are free.
Do you need approval to attend robotics and hardware events in SF?
33 of 46 events require approval (72%).
What time do robotics and hardware events in SF start?
29 of 46 (63%) start at 5 PM or later.
Which robotics and hardware events in SF don't require approval?
These three events don't need host approval: