OCT20–21
North America · Oct 20–21, 2026
Long Horizon Physical AI Summit 2026
Encord's flagship two-day Physical AI summit — Day 1 robotics and embodied AI, Day 2 autonomy (AV, drones, defense); 1,000+ senior leaders.
Robotics Events
The conferences, summits, and expos shaping humanoids, embodied AI, and the robot economy — across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
October 2026
OCT20–21
North America · Oct 20–21, 2026
RoboBusiness 2026
The leading commercial robotics trade show — developers, integrators, and investors focused on real-world deployment.
OCT22
North America · Oct 22, 2026
RobOpsCon 2026
Third annual conference on scaling robot operations — heterogeneous fleet orchestration and data pipelines for physical AI.
OCT30
North America · Oct 30, 2026
Minds in Motion @ MIT
One-day physical AI event convened by Imagination in Action, MassRobotics, MIT CSAIL, and TEDxMIT — keynotes plus a live demo floor.
November 2026
NOV3–5
North America · Nov 3–5, 2026
A3 International Robot Safety Conference
A3's industrial robot safety conference — standards (ISO 10218, RIA 15.06), risk assessment, and safe deployment.
NOV4–7
Asia-Pacific · Nov 4–7, 2026
RobotWorld 2026
Korea's largest robotics expo — industrial and service robots, AI, components, automation, plus competitions.
NOV5–6
Europe · Nov 5–6, 2026
Humanoid Europe 2026
Europe–China humanoid robot and Physical AI summit — deployment, mass production, safety, and EU–China cooperation.
December 2026
DEC1–2
North America · Dec 1–2, 2026
Humanoids Summit
Anchor edition of the world's largest humanoid robotics event series — mass production, commercialization, and capital allocation.
DEC3
North America · Dec 3, 2026
F50 Physical AI Summit 2026
Investor and builder Physical AI summit — demos, startup showcase, and the supply chain of autonomy.
DEC6–9
North America · Dec 6–9, 2026
IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2026
IEEE-RAS flagship humanoid robotics research conference — locomotion, manipulation, whole-body control, human-robot interaction.
April 2027
APR5–8
Europe · Apr 5–8, 2027
Hannover Messe 2027
The world's largest industrial technology trade fair — robotics and automation halls at its core.
APR13–14
Europe · Apr 13–14, 2027
2nd EMEA Humanoid Robot Summit 2027
Humanoid robotics summit on core tech, manufacturing ecosystems, ethics, safety, and real-world applications.
May 2027
MAY10–13
North America · May 10–13, 2027
Automate 2027
North America's largest industrial automation and robotics expo — robots, vision, motion control, AI, 800+ exhibitors.
MAY24–28
Asia-Pacific · May 24–28, 2027
ICRA 2027
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation — the flagship IEEE-RAS research conference.
June 2027
JUN22–25
Europe · Jun 22–25, 2027
automatica 2027
The world's leading exhibition for smart automation and robotics — industrial and service robots, cobots, vision systems.
September 2027
SEP26–1
Europe · Sep 26 – Oct 1, 2027
IROS 2027
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems — the premier intelligent robotics research conference.
October 2027
OCT12–14
Europe · Oct 12–14, 2027
ROSCon Global 2027
Open Robotics' annual ROS developer conference — technical talks, workshops, and community.
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