Physical AI for Good + Nonprofit partner
NYC Robo Garden
A robot arm that fills seed trays for a community garden in Harlem.
Green Equity: Isayah C, Kimberly M, Reene, Judi D
What our builders made
10 civic AI projects built in one weekend in New York City.
- ~50 builders
- ~50 at Demo Day
- ~15 online
- 10 projects
Featured · Nonprofit partner
A robot arm for a Harlem garden
NYC Robo Garden by Green Equity: Isayah C, Kimberly M, Reene, Judi D
- The problemOur nonprofit partner Uptown & Boogie Healthy Project needed help filling seed trays at the St. Nicholas Miracle Garden.
- The buildGreen Equity programmed a Viam robot arm to plant seeds in a single weekend.
- The resultBuilt Saturday, demoed Sunday, planted Monday in a Harlem garden.
- Built with Viam
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CommonWell
An AI helper that fills in unemployment and Medicaid applications with New Yorkers who just lost a job.
Thuy P, Janne C, George, Jenny L
- Built with Vonage
- Physical AI for Good
- Physical AI for GoodPeople’s Choice
Assistive Eating Arm
A robot arm that listens, scoops food and brings it to someone who needs help eating.
NYU: Kurt Lin, Sunny Li, Safal Ghimire
- Civic AIBest use of Tavily
NYC Map Agent
A talking map of New York that answers out loud in eight languages.
Design Baker: Pujan B
- Built with Tavily
- Civic AITavily 2nd place
NYC Food + Shelter Alerts
Food banks and shelters text nearby people the moment food or beds open up.
alertsnyc: Alexandre L
- Built with Tavily
- Built with Vonage
- Civic AI
AccessRoute NYC
Checks whether your whole subway route is step-free before you leave home.
Lauren: Lauren M
- Civic AI
LookUp NYC
Turns a walk through Manhattan into an audio tour that keeps your eyes up.
Sachi S, Shuyi Y, Bose, Nikisha, Rebecca
- Physical AI for Good
- Built with Viam
- Civic AI
Scratch and Pray
A joke lottery ticket for rent and groceries that shows how absurd it is to leave basic needs to chance.
Leonzo V, Vincent N, Julia V
