A guide to Day 1 of the 2026 Robotics Summit & Expo

That panel will feature insights from Aaron Parness, the director of applied science at Amazon Robotics; Anders Beck, vice president of AI robotics products at Universal Robots; Hamid Montazeri, the senior vice president of software and AI at Locus Robotics; and John Wall, the president of QNX.

The second panel, “The State of Humanoids,” will start at 10:00 a.m. It will include Al Makke, the head of humanoid robotics in North America for Schaeffler; Mike Nielsen, the chief marketing officer at RealSense; Aaron Prather, the director of robotics and automation systems programs at ASTM International; Alberto Rodriguez, the director of robot behavior for Atlas at Boston Dynamics; and Pras Velagapudi, the chief technology officer at Agility. Home

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Technologies

• Batteries / Power Supplies
• Cameras / Imaging / Vision
• Controllers
• End Effectors
• Microprocessors / SoCs
• Motion Control
• Sensors
• Soft Robotics
• Software / Simulation

Development

• Artificial Intelligence
• Human Robot Interaction / Haptics
• Mobility / Navigation
• Research

Robots

• AGVs
• AMRs
• Consumer
• Collaborative Robots
• Drones
• Humanoids
• Industrial
• Self-Driving Vehicles
• Unmanned Maritime Systems

Business

• Financial

• Investments
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Earnings

• Markets

• Agriculture
• Healthcare
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Security

• RBR50

• RBR50 Winners 2025
• RBR50 Winners 2024
• RBR50 Winners 2023 Why Autonomy Fails Between Model and Metal:Brian Geisel, the chief innovation officer of Geisel Software, and the founder and CEO of Symage, will kick off this talk at 1:15 p.m.

Advanced Functional Safety for Humanoids:Florian Weisshardt, the head of Synapticon Intelligence, will discuss this topic at 2:00 p.m.

Building Powerful and Efficient Robot Motors through Smart Multi-Phase Technology:Hengchun Mao, the founder and CEO of Quantentech, will start at 2:45 p.m.

AI-Based 3D CAD for Simulation-Ready Asset Generation:Suntae Kim, the co-founder and chief technology officer of NdotLight, will be onstage at 3:30 p.m.