Events & Conferences
ROBOTICS CONFERENCES // TRADE SHOWS // ACADEMIC SYMPOSIA — 2026 CALENDAR
TOTAL EVENTS
8
LIVE NOW
1
UPCOMING
6
COMPLETED
1
HAPPENING NOW
NVIDIA GTC 2026AI CONFERENCELIVE
Mar 16–19, 2026San Jose, CA
GR00T N1 launch, Isaac platform updates, physical AI partnerships
NvidiaFigure AIAgility RoboticsApptronik
UPCOMING
Automate 2026TRADE SHOWT-56d
May 12–15, 2026Detroit, MI
Largest robotics trade show in North America
Agility RoboticsApptronikBoston Dynamics
IEEE ICRA 2026ACADEMICT-63d
May 19–23, 2026Atlanta, GA
Top robotics academic conference — VLA, locomotion, manipulation papers
RSS 2026ACADEMICT-118d
Jul 13–17, 2026Los Angeles, CA
Robotics: Science and Systems — cutting-edge humanoid research
IEEE IROS 2026ACADEMICT-215d
Oct 18–22, 2026Seoul, South Korea
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
CoRL 2026ACADEMICT-237d
Nov 9–12, 2026Princeton, NJ
Conference on Robot Learning — foundation models, VLA, sim-to-real
IEEE Humanoids 2026ACADEMICT-258d
Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2026Munich, Germany
The premier conference dedicated to humanoid robotics
COMPLETED
CES 2026TRADE SHOWCOMPLETED
Jan 6–9, 2026Las Vegas, NV
Major humanoid robot demos from Unitree, UBTECH, Kepler
UnitreeUBTECHKeplerMentee Robotics