A guide to everything happening at RoboBusiness 2026

RoboBusiness 2026 kicks off tomorrow at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Over the next two days, the show will bring together over 1,600 attendees for discussions on cutting-edge research, industry trends, and innovative applications in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and more.

This year, we’ll be marking 20 years of RoboBusiness . We’ll be celebrating the community that made this milestone possible and looking ahead to the next 20 years of collaboration and growth.

The event will include more than 40 sessions across five tracks: AI, Business & Development, Field Robotics, Humanoids, and Enabling Technologies. The Engineering Theater on the show floor will also feature presentations by industry experts.

Speakers at the conference will include experts from Robust AI, Agility Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Teradyne Robotics, Locus Robotics, Tesla, Boston Dynamics, ABB Robotics, MassRobotics, and more.

To help you keep track of everything going on, we’ve compiled a summary of all of the activities at the RoboBusiness. Registration is still open.

Prepare for a packed Day 1

RoboBusiness will start at 9:15 a.m. PT with the opening keynote “The Next 20 Years of Robotics.” Rodney Brooks, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Robust AI; Jonathan Hurst, the co-founder and chief robot officer of Agility Robotics; and Ken Goldberg, the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley, will discuss what comes next in robotics. The keynote will end with a special RoboBusiness announcement.

After the keynote ends at 10:00 a.m., the exhibit hall will open, and will stay open until 6:30 p.m. There, attendees can find interesting robotics demos, the Engineering Theater, and the Startup Alley. Sessions in the Engineering Theater will start at 11:00 a.m. The Expo Cafe can also be found in the back of the exhibit hall for food and drink during the show.

Breakout sessions will start at 10:30 a.m. in Rooms 209/210, 207, 206, 203, and 204.

At 12:15 p.m., Bhavana Chandrashekhar, the senior manager of applied science at Amazon Robotics, and Joyce Sidopoulos, the co-founder and chief of operations at MassRobotics, will start the Women in Robotics Luncheon. This ticketed event will include a fireside chat. It presents an opportunity for women in the industry to form connections, deepen relationships, and champion increased female representation in robotics leadership.

The day will end with another keynote talk, “Beyond the Demo: AI in Production Robotics” at 4:30 p.m. in the theater. This session will feature insights from Chandrashekhar; James Davidson, the chief AI officer at Teradyne Robotics; Ali Raja, the vice president of data centers at ABB Robotics; Ram Devarajulu, vice president of deep tech innovations at Cambridge Consultants; and Jon Battles, the vice president of technology strategy at Cobot.

After the keynote, Day 1 will finish with a networking reception presented by Harmonic Drive in Hall A/B. The reception will include drinks, light appetizers, and time to connect with other RoboBusiness attendees and speakers.

RoboBusiness 2026 Day 2 includes more interesting talks

Day 2 will start at 9:30 a.m. with the “State of Humanoids” panel. This RoboBusiness 2026 panel will feature insights from Pras Velagapudi, the CTO of Agility Robotics; Parker Conroy, the head of product management at Apptronik; Michael Patrick Perry, the head of commercial strategy at Persona AI; and Aadeel Akhtar, the founder and CEO of PSYONIC.

The discussion will explore the capabilities humanoids are delivering today, the technical and operational challenges that remain, and the lessons emerging from early industrial implementations.

The exhibit hall will open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 3:00 p.m. Breakout sessions will start at 10:45 a.m. in Rooms 209/210, 207, 206, 203, and 204.

RoboBusiness 2026 will close with a final keynote at 3:00 p.m. Morgan Pope, the director of companionship at Familiar Machines & Magic, will lead a session on how the startup is creating robotic characters.

Register now and help us celebrate 20 years of RoboBusiness!

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