Culminates at the Nebius Physical AI Summit · Nov 2026

The real state of physical AI –
measured, not claimed.

One competition. Submit once, ranked in simulation, then settled on real robots on stage in November. Evaluation run independently by Positronic Robotics.

Enter the competition See the leaderboard Company & researcher tracks · qualifier opens 1 Aug
Qualifier
1 Aug – 11 Oct 2026
Open simulation phase. Public leaderboard across two independent simulators; iterate through the qualifier.
Model freeze
11 Oct 2026
Submitted models locked one month before the real-robot final.
Real-robot final
November 2026
Top teams run on real Franka + Robotiq hardware. Revealed on stage at the Nebius Physical AI Summit.
Leaderboard

One board. Two states.

The same teams, ranked in simulation, then re-scored on real robots in November. Toggle the phase to see the arc.

Track

Evaluation run independently by Positronic Robotics – the team behind phail.ai · methodology paper Simulation qualifier runs on Nebius