»Schedule // Workshop
October 8, 2025, Paris and online
10:00–16:00
Location: TBA

Sponsored by

Helsing
Rust in Action - Applications of Computer Vision and Control

About

It’s one thing doing things in theory - it’s a totally different ballgame to do them in action. In this workshop, you’ll be combining computer vision, control theory, and a healthy dosage of Rust, to play a Helsing-edition of Simon-says, using real cameras and vehicles!

Every 30 seconds, the server will issue a new command - who can get their vehicle into the targeted quadrant the fastest?

A computer with an eye coming out of it
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Format

  1. 1. Meet your crew

    We’ll divide participants into teams of 3-4 people.

  2. 2. Grab your wheels

    Each team will receive their own vehicle and details on how to connect to it.

  3. 3. Kickstart your code

    We’ll be providing a simple Rust SDK to help people ramp up faster.

  4. 4. Start your engines

    Over the course of 3-4 hours, you’ll be figuring out how to control your vehicle, visualise it through the camera systems, and finally - start racing for the target!

Mentor

Jolyon Shah

Jolyon is Helsing’s resident “builder”. Whether that’s for suitcase-sized hackathons, aerodynamic simulation systems, or designing and constructing prototypes for drone nose modules, Jolyon is the person people go to first.

Previously spending most of his time building databases in Java, Jolyon’s first encounter with Rust was when he joined Helsing. Since then, it has become his daily driver - using it to build simulators for systems-of-systems, flight mechanics, web-services, and silly hackathon projects.

If you want to know more about what Jolyon does outside of Helsing, ask him about trapeze, baking, or Spirit Island.

Jolyon Shah
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