Registration is now open for RoboBusiness 2026, the leading event for commercial robotics developers. This year, we’ll be celebrating 20 years of RoboBusiness and looking back at how it has helped the robotics industry advance over the past two decades.
RoboBusiness will be at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Oct. 20 and 21, 2026. The event is produced by The Robot Report and parent company Arrowfly.
Attendees at the show will gain the latest insights from experts in robotics and AI on cutting-edge research, industry trends, and innovative applications in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and more.
Buy your full conference pass before Aug. 31 to save $200 on your registration and gain full access to all keynotes, technical sessions, networking receptions and special events. Discounts are also available for academia, associations, and corporate groups. Please email events[at]arrowfly.com for more details about our discount programs.
MassRobotics, the world’s largest independent robotics hub dedicated to accelerating robotics innovation, commercialization and adoption, is the strategic partner of RoboBusiness.
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RoboBusiness features five different conference tracks covering physical AI, enabling technologies, humanoids, field robotics, and business and deployment. The Engineering Theater on the show floor will also feature presentations by industry experts.
Speakers from many of today’s cutting-edge robotics organizations will present. These include confirmed presenters from AGIBOT, Autonomous Solutions Inc. (ASI), Burro, Chef Robotics, Cobot, PSYONIC, Teradyne Robotics, and more.
The full agenda is coming soon, and in the meantime, here are noteworthy featured speakers:
- Rodney Brooks is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Robust AI. He has worked in AI and robotics for more than 50 years. He had a full-stack academic career at Stanford and MIT, eventually becoming the founding director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL). Robust AI is now deploying human-centered intelligent powered carts to fulfillment centers and factories.
- Ken Goldberg is the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley and director of the AUTOLab and CITRIS “People and Robots” initiative. He is also chair of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with secondary appointments in EECS, Art Practice, the School of Information, and UCSF Radiation Oncology.
- Jonathan Hurst is the chief robot officer and co-founder of Agility, as well as a professor and co-founder of the Oregon State University Robotics Institute. His research aims to enable robots to physically interact with the world and people, focusing on compliance, dexterity, and mobility found in animals.
- Bhavna Chandrashekhar is the senior manager of applied science at Amazon Robotics. She manages a team of applied scientists, engineers, and managers building autonomous manipulation robots for Amazon warehouses. Her mission is to build AI powered robots that augment the workforce performing physically demanding tasks autonomously.
- Morgan Pope is creative director at Familiar Machines & Magic, which is developing a companion robot for daily interaction. He specializes in creating engaging robots. While obtaining his Ph.D. in the Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Laboratory at Stanford, Pope built small robots that jumped, flew, perched, and climbed in various combinations. At Disney Research, he worked on novel mobility challenges in creating dimensional entertainment.
- Dermott O’Driscoll is vice president of go to market and customer solutions for the Physical AI (PAI) business unit at at Arm. He has IT, EDA, CPU, and SoC design experience at Arm and has been with the company for more than 20 years in various engineering and management roles. O’Driscoll received his bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering and masters in microelectronics from Edinburgh University.
See robots and startups on the show floor
The expo hall at RoboBusiness 2026 will showcase more than 100 exhibitors with the latest enabling technologies, products, and services to help robotics engineers throughout their development journeys.
The show floor will also feature the RoboBusiness Startup Alley, which will highlight innovative startups a variety of industries. Applications to join the Startup Alley are still open. Select startups in the Alley will also be invited to take place in the Startup Showcase.
Sponsorship opportunities are still open
For information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, download the prospectus. Questions regarding sponsorship opportunities should be directed to Colleen Sepich at csepich[AT]arrowfly.com.
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