Registration is now open for the Robotics Summit & Expo, the world’s leading technical event for commercial robotics developers. The event takes place May 27-28 in Boston at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center. The Robotics Summit & Expo is produced by The Robot Report and parent company WTWH Media.
The Robotics Summit & Expo brings together the brightest minds in commercial robotics development. Our conference programming will provide engineers the information they need to develop and scale the next generation of commercial robots.
Buy your full conference pass before March 2 to save 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]wtwhmedia.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 the Robotics Summit & Expo.
Robotics Summit & Expo conference programming
The Robotics Summit & Expo will have more than 50 sessions in tracks on artificial intelligence, design and development, enabling technologies, healthcare, and logistics. The Engineering Theater on the show floor will also feature presentations by industry experts.
There will be 70-plus speakers confirmed from companies such as Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, ASTM International, AWS, Brain Corp, Fictiv, GM, Harmonic Drive, maxon, PickNik Robotics, QNX, RealSense, Robotics and AI Institute, Robust AI, Tesla, Toyota Research Institute, Universal Robots, and more.
We will announce the full agenda soon. Stay tuned. The event will feature the following keynotes:
What Makes a Robot Worthy?
Speaker: Mikell Taylor, director of robotics strategy, GM
The robotics industry is at an inflection point of opportunity, but continued growth relies on more than just novelty and excitement about advanced technology. Real impact will depend on robots being worthy of trust and adoption into environments with incredibly high bars for safety, uptime, performance, and results. Mikell draws on her experience at startups developing technology for customers big and small, as well as experience in leadership roles at companies like General Motors and Amazon, to urge the industry to focus on areas of robotics that can unlock exponential growth while avoiding stagnation in “pilot purgatory.”
Building Reliable Robots at Scale — Safety, Determinism, and Real-Time Performance
Speakers: QNX and industry-leading robotics manufacturers
In this keynote panel, executives will share how they architect performance across control, perception, and networking, and how certified processes can compress time to market for safety-relevant systems. We’ll cover practical trade-offs when combining ROS 2 with hard real-time workloads. Attendees will leave with concrete patterns for building and validating reliable robotic systems.
The Rise of Large Behavior Models in Robotics
Speaker: Russ Tedrake, senior vice president of large behavior models, Toyota Research Institute
Russ Tedrake will present TRI’s latest advances in large behavior models and their role in scaling robot intelligence. The keynote will explore how these models enable more robust, adaptive, and high-performance robotic systems across complex real-world tasks.
Interview with Noland Arbaugh, world’s first Neuralink user
In this keynote interview, I will sit down with Noland Arbaugh, the world’s first Neuralink user, for a firsthand discussion of brain–computer interface (BCI) technology. The conversation will explore how the system works, the impact it has had on Noland’s daily life, and what this breakthrough signals for the future of BCI-enabled robotics and human–machine interaction.
Interactive expo floor
The expo hall at the Robotics Summit will have more than 250 exhibitors showcasing the latest enabling technologies, products, and services that can help robotics engineers throughout their development journeys.
Tennibot will be returning to allow attendees to play tennis on the showfloor with the help of a robotic trainer. The RBR50 Showcase returns for its third year to highlight winners of the annual RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards.
The Robotics Summit also offers numerous networking opportunities, a career fair, a robotics development challenge, and much more.
Co-located events
The Robotics Summit will be co-located with DeviceTalks Boston, the premier industry event for medical technology professionals, currently in its ninth year. Both events attract engineering and business professionals from a broad range of healthcare and medical technology backgrounds.
Sponsorship opportunities
For information about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, download the prospectus. Questions regarding sponsorship opportunities should be directed to Colleen Sepich at csepich[AT]wtwhmedia.com.
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