2026 Call for Speakers!

Robotics Summit brings together 6,000+ developers who are building robots for aerospace and defense, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing and other markets. Attendees will gain insights into the latest enabling technologies, engineering best practices, and emerging trends in the heart of robotics innovation – Boston.

2025 Keynote Speakers

Aadeel Akhtar

CEO & Founder | PSYONIC

James Kuffner

CTO | Symbotic

Aaron Parness

Director of Applied Science in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | Amazon Robotics

Daniela Rus

Director | MIT CSAIL

Aaron Saunders

CTO | Boston Dynamics

2025 Speakers

Sivasanthosh Adaikkalam

Founder & CEO | Subtlebotic

Tom Amlicke

Technical Director, Robotics | MedAcuity

Jennifer Apicella

Executive Director | Pittsburgh Robotics Network

Adam Bahret

Reliability Engineer and Founder | Apex Ridge Reliability Consulting

Benji Barash

Co-Founder & CEO | Roboto AI

Kyle Betts

Senior Technical Product Manager | Amazon Robotics

Rajat Bhageria

Founder & CEO | Chef Robotics

Geoffrey Biggs

CTO | Open Source Robotics Foundation

Christopher Biow

CEO | RT8 (U.S. Representatives for Sixdof Space)

Guillaume Binet

Founder | Copper Robotics

Dr. Saumik Biswas

CEO, President, and Founder | Tenomix

Robert Brooks

Founder & CEO | ForceN

Grace Brown

Co-founder & CEO | Andromeda Robotics

Mai Bui

CEO & Co-Founder | Quarter20

Xavier Chi

Co-Founder | mbodi AI

Dave Coleman

Founder and Chief Product Officer | PickNik Robotics

Steve Crowe

Executive Editor – Robotics | WTWH Media

Eugene Demaitre

Editorial Director – Robotics | WTWH Media

Sonali Deshpande

Staff Robotics Software Engineer | Relay Robotics

Ruslana Dovzhyk

Founder & CEO | TechNovator

Tom Dutremble

CEO | Acorn Product Development

Lindsey Elliott

CEO and Founder | Nexterity

Nikolai Ensslen

CEO | Synapticon

Steve Fischer

Vice President of Engineering | Cart.com

Alessandro Forino

Head of Robotic Drive Systems | maxon

Jordan Frank

Co-Founder & Executive Vice President | Zion Solutions Group

Stephen Funk

Electromagnetics Design Engineer Expert | Kollmorgen

Barry Greene

Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer | Vicarious Surgical

SK Gupta

Co-Founder, Chief Scientist | GrayMatter Robotics

Kali Hamilton

Field Robotics Engineer | Scythe Robotics

Jan Hennecke

Low-Cost Automation Product Manager | igus

Cormac Hondros-McCarthy

Founder and CEO | LiftLabs

Larry Jasinski

Chief Executive Officer | Lifeward

Samantha Johnson

Founder and CEO | Tatum Robotics

Sunil Kedia

Global Application Engineering Manager | Portescap

Heba Khamis

Co-Founder | Contactile

Ayman Labib

CEO & Co-Founder | SIMPL Automation

Ted Larson

CEO | OLogic

Jim Leonard

VP of Sales | Harmonic Drive

Bingda (Bing) Li

CEO | Mito Robotics

Klajd Lika

CEO & Founder | Bota Systems

Jane Lo

Co-CEO | p!ng

Karthee Madasamy

Founder and Managing Partner | MFV Partners

Laura Major

Interim CEO and Chief Technology Officer | Motional

Al Makke

Director of Engineering | Schaeffler

Aleksandr Malashchenko

CEO and Founder | ReviMo

Chris Matthieu

Chief Developer Evangelist | Intel RealSense

Kevin McCabe

Application Engineering Manager | IDS Imaging

Marita McGinn

Director, Accelerator Programs | MassRobotics

Amos Miller

Founder & CEO | Glidance

Juan Necochea

Director of Strategic Partnerships | MassRobotics

Russell Nickerson

Partner Engagement Liaison | MassRobotics

Mike Oitzman

Editor – Robotics | WTWH Media

Andrea Okerholm Huttlin

Senior Staff Software Engineer | Collaborative Robotics

Marcin Panek

Robotics Software Lead | Bosch

Kait Peterson

VP of Product Marketing | Locus Robotics

Garrett Place

Business Development Manager | Robotic Perception technologies at ifm USA

Darren Porras

Market Development Manager, Healthcare | RTI

Aaron Prather

Director of Robotics and Autonomous Systems | ASTM International

David Preiss

CEO | Variable Machines

Matthew Rosen

Founder and CEO | Haystack Ag

Karl Sanchack

COO | Carnegie Foundry

Jordan Schaeffer

Application Engineer | Novanta

Rolf Schmideder

Head of Business Development | FAULHABER Drive Systems

Jim Shaw

Founder and President | Zion Solutions Group

Joyce Sidopoulos

Co-Founder and Chief of Operations | MassRobotics

Stéphane Sireau

Vice President, High-Tech Industry | Dassault Systèmes

William Sitch

Chief Business Officer | Main Street Autonomy

Jonathan Stidd

CMO | DealMaker

Collin Taylor

Co-Founder and CEO | Revolute Robotics

Yaro Tenzer

CEO & Co-Founder | RightHand Robotics

Ling Ting Ming

CEO | OTSAW

Sreedhar Tumma

Global Senior Product Marketing Manager | QNX

Craig Van den Avont

President | GAM Enterprises, Inc.

Pras Velagapudi

Chief Technology Officer | Agility Robotics

Peter Verrillo

Co-Founder and CEO | Redefine Surgery

Milton Walker

Director of Business Development at NexCOBOT US

Brianna Wessling

Associate Editor – Robotics | WTWH Media

Rob Whitten

Co-CEO | p!ng

Tony Yang

North American Director | Unitree Robotics

Jan Zizka

CEO & Co-founder | Brightpick

Who Attends

Above are just a few of the companies that attended Robotics Summit & Expo 2025.

Connect with world-class roboticists from 50+ countries

Exhibit Now

Robotics Summit drives face-to-face engagement with robotics industry leaders and innovators seeking the latest products, services, and insights on solving their robotics engineering needs.

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Robot Demos

Robotics Summit features some of the world’s most innovative robots, including Agility Robotics’ Digit Humanoid, Boston Dynamics’ Spot Quadruped, Brightpick’s Autopicker, Disney’s BDX Droid, and more.

Attendees in 2025 had the chance to see new innovative robots in action, offering a glimpse into the future of robotics across industries.

Shape the Future of Robotics

We’re looking for speakers to share their expertise on key topics such as motion control, sensing, AI, humanoids, simulation, coding & programming, engineering best practices, and enabling technologies for commercial robot development.

Robotics Summit News

Global Innovation

The RBR50 Awards have celebrated robotics innovation for more than 13 years.

At the Robotics Summit, attendees can peruse the RBR50 Pavilion on the expo floor to experience demos of these innovative robots.

Also at the Robotics Summit is the the RBR50 Gala. here we honor the winners of the RBR50, including the Robot of the Year, Startup of the Year, Application of the Year, and Robots for Good winners.

Solve Robotics Development Challenges

As industries face demands for increased efficiency, productivity and safety, the need for robots has never been greater. Robotics Summit provides an ideal opportunity for companies to showcase their enabling technologies and services to help attendees solve their robotics development challenges.

Robotics Summit 2026 sponsorship packages provide a variety of opportunities for any budget to achieve your branding, networking, and/or thought leadership goals.

What attendees say about Robotics Summit & Expo

"We had an excellent experience at the Robotics Summit ... Walking the exhibit floor, we found two potential vendors to provide some components we’ve been trying to find for the upcoming Digit production run."

Jonathan Hurst

"Keynote speakers were on point. Ability to network at the expo was awesome."

"An informative and worthwhile event; glad I attended. It was a tangible representation of how vibrant the robotics community is in the Greater Boston area!"

"An excellent event with regard to the quality of the discussions, the opportunity for networking, access to speakers, and exhibitors on the show floor. I will likely be back."