Robotics Summit & Expo 2026
Robotics Summit brings together 6,000+ developers who are building robots for aerospace and defense, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing and other markets.
Attendees will gain insights into the latest enabling technologies, engineering best practices, and emerging trends in the heart of robotics innovation – Boston.
Featured speakers include Noland Arbaugh (World’s First Neuralink User), Anders Beck (VP, AI Robotics Products, Universal Robots), John Black (CTO, Brain Corp), Dave Coleman (Founder & CPO, PickNik Robotics), Ariana Eisenstein (Founder & CTO, Pickle Robot), Brian Gerkey (Board Chair, Open Robotics & CTO, Intrinsic), Joshua Joseph (AMR Deployment Engineer, Tesla), Anthony Jules (Co-Founder and CEO, Robust AI), Gavin Kenneally (Co-Founder and CEO, Ghost Robotics), Axel Krieger (Chief Robotics Officer & Co-founder, Semaphor Surgical), Andy Lonsberry (CEO, Path Robotics), Chris Matthieu (VP, Developer Ecosystem, RealSense), Hamid Montazeri (SVP, Software & AI, Locus Robotics), Chris Morgan (Senior Director of R&D, Bastian Solutions), Teddy Ort (SVP of Robotics Software & AI, Symbotic), Aaron Parness (Director of Applied Science, Amazon Robotics), Aaron Prather (Director, Robotics & Autonomous Systems Programs, ASTM International), Alberto Rodriguez (Director of Robot Behavior, Atlas, Boston Dynamics), Joyce Sidopoulos (Co-Founder and Chief of Operations, MassRobotics), Andrew Stout (Roboticist and ML Engineer, The AI Institute), Mikell Taylor (Director, Robotics Strategy, General Motors), Rohit John Varghese (Director of Systems Engineering and Product, Contoro Robotics), Pras Velagapudi (CTO, Agility Robotics), John Wall (President, QNX), Conor Walsh (Paul A. Maeder Professor, Harvard SEAS), Jan Zizka (Co-Founder and CEO, Brightpick), Bhavana Chandrashekhar (Senior Manager of Applied Science, Amazon Robotics), Al Makke (Head of Humanoid Robotics for North America, Schaeffler), Greg Lynn (Co-Founder & CEO, Piaggio Fast Forward).
Keynotes feature leaders from QNX, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, General Motors, Universal Robots, and Locus Robotics.
Robot demos include Agility Robotics’ Digit Humanoid, Boston Dynamics’ Spot Quadruped, Brightpick’s Autopicker, Disney’s BDX Droid, and more.
Co-located with DeviceTalks Boston.
RBR50 Gala celebrates innovation with dinner, drinks, and networking, featuring an exclusive conversation with Amazon Robotics about its Vulcan system – 2026 RBR50 Robot of the Year.
