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Robotic Hacking Community at DEF CON 34

The August 6-9, 2026 Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 programme at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Its official pages describe an AI-Connected physical badge, on-site registration and pickup, an experimental firmware-reversing CTF, and a controlled API simulation; its post-event official badge documentation and MIT firmware repository now supply an inspectable STM32U073 hardware and software record without proving individual pickup or final allocation.

Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada · United States · 2026

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge

A post-event official RHC firmware release documents the AI-Connected DEF CON 34 badge as an STM32U073 device with a 1.54-inch 200×200 e-paper display, two WS2812 eyes, arm LED, buzzer, vibration motor, NEC infrared, CH340 USB serial, four buttons, on-badge CTF challenges, and AI Interactive Mode. The MIT-licensed source and binary were published August 18-20 after the scheduled August 6-9 Las Vegas programme. This establishes a released badge platform, not a recipient count, individual pickup, or a complete production ledger.

Lifecycle

Add-ons & Upgrades

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge official released firmware documentation

badge challenge

On-badge CTF challenges

The released documentation identifies a Konami-code challenge, a snake-style game, registration QR behavior, and serial-only challenges. The event CTF's final operation and individual results remain unrecovered.

Compatibility: Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge official released firmware documentation

badge operating mode

AI Interactive mode

Official firmware documentation says AI Interactive Mode accepts line-based JSON commands over the CH340 USB serial link. The related public control repository adds MCP, Claude-skill, web, and HTTP host tooling.

Compatibility: Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge

Operational history

Issues & Camp Impact

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge note

hardware production and power documentation gap · official documentation and MIT repository · firmware and interface documentation released; production record incomplete

The release identifies the MCU and several interfaces, but does not publish a schematic, BOM, Gerbers, PCB dimensions, battery or power chain, charging behavior, manufacturing run, final physical variants, electrical test results, safety documentation, or certification record.

Published firmware detail is not represented as a complete open-hardware, production, or safety dossier.

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge note

missing rights-cleared image · local project policy · needs licensed original replacement

No RHC DEF CON 34 badge image is published because the official RHC pages and public repositories do not pair a specific badge image with source URL, reusable license or explicit permission basis, attribution, and processing notes.

The United States record remains source-backed and image-free rather than copying event media, repository previews, social-media photos, screenshots, placeholders, or generated approximations.

Robotic Hacking Community DEF CON 34 AI-Connected Badge note

recipient allocation and fulfillment boundary · primary official sources · post-event source release; recipient outcome unrecovered

RHC scheduled on-site physical-badge pickup for DEF CON 34 and later published firmware, but reviewed sources do not establish recipient eligibility, a distribution count, unit serial allocation, individual pickup, final firmware parity for every issued badge, or CTF participation/results.

The dossier records a released badge platform without converting event and source-release evidence into a completed attendee-delivery ledger.

Resources

RHC DEF CON 34 CTF official CTF page · Official experimental CTF rules/context page covering venue sign-up, physical-badge pickup, firmware-reversing work, and the controlled API-only digital-twin simulation; it says details may change. RHC Badge official documentation official badge documentation · Official post-event RHC documentation for firmware v2.0.0, STM32U073CBT6 hardware, e-paper/LED/IR/UART interfaces, build and SWD flashing, CTF behavior, and AI Interactive Mode. It does not establish production or allocation. Robotic Hacking Community official event and badge page · Official RHC page for its August 6-9, 2026 DEF CON 34 Las Vegas Convention Center presence, AI-Connected RHC badge, physical-badge CTF participation, high-level hardware surface, and now-released firmware. rhc-badge-firmware repository public MIT firmware repository · Public MIT-licensed firmware, prebuilt binary, source layout, CTF writeup, and Arduino/STM32duino build and flashing guidance. Repository commits dated August 18-20, 2026 establish a post-event public release, not firmware parity for every distributed badge. rhc-badge-ai-control repository public host-control repository · Public `robotichackingcommunity` repository for supplementary host-side AI control tooling: UART framing, local web/HTTP control, Python MCP server, and Claude skill. It is distinct from the released attendee-firmware archive.

Sources

GitHub / robotichackingcommunity: rhc-badge-ai-control Retrieved 2026-09-05 · Public repository source for supplementary host-side AI Interactive, MCP, Claude-skill, UART, web/HTTP control, and B3/B4 mode instructions. It is separate from the released `rhc-badge-firmware` archive. GitHub / robotichackingcommunity: rhc-badge-firmware Retrieved 2026-09-05 · Public MIT-licensed firmware repository for the unified RHC DEF CON badge. Its August 18-20, 2026 commit history and public source tree establish a post-event release with a binary, build guidance, CTF writeup, and hardware/firmware detail; it does not prove distribution or unit parity. Robotic Hacking Community: RHC Badge Retrieved 2026-09-05 · Primary official post-event documentation for firmware v2.0.0, MIT licensing, STM32U073CBT6, e-paper, LEDs, infrared, UART, controls, CTF behavior, source/build/flashing guidance, and the link to the firmware repository. Robotic Hacking Community: RHC CTF Retrieved 2026-09-05 · Primary official source marking the experience experimental and subject to change, describing on-site team registration and physical-badge pickup, firmware-reversing activity, and controlled API-only digital-twin access. Robotic Hacking Community: Robotic Hacking Community Retrieved 2026-09-05 · Primary official source for the August 6-9, 2026 DEF CON 34 presence, AI-Connected badge, physical-badge CTF requirement, and its current statement that firmware is released. It does not establish recipient allocation or individual handoff.