Hyderabad Robotics Demo Day: Show Your Project, Win a Paid Internship

If you build robots, drones, or any machine that moves, there's a free event in Hyderabad on Sunday, September 20, 2026, worth knowing about. It runs 10am to 6pm at the scale.jobs office on Narne Estate Road in Kondapur. There is no registration form and no fee — you simply turn up. The organisers call it "Bring What You Built," and the whole point is to show something real rather than talk about it.

What counts as a project? Anything you made yourself: a working gadget, a robot arm, a two-minute video of your build, or a link to your code. Two people at the event will walk away with a paid three-month robotics internship at physicalstate.ai. That's a real job offer, not a certificate. For students and hobbyists, it's a shortcut past the usual résumé pile, where hiring managers rarely see proof that you can actually make something work.

Why this matters beyond one afternoon in Hyderabad: robotics hiring is shifting toward proof of work. Companies increasingly want to see that you can get a machine to function in the real world, not just describe it on a CV. A demo day like this lowers the barrier — you don't need a degree, a polished pitch deck, or an introduction. You need something you built and the nerve to show it to a room of people who care about the same thing.

The catch: only two internship slots exist, and with no sign-up there's no guaranteed space, so arriving early helps. The event is in person, in one Hyderabad neighbourhood, so it's no use if you live elsewhere. And you do need to bring something you actually made — showing up empty-handed won't get you far. Still, for the cost of a free afternoon, the downside is small and the upside could be a paid job.