Jensen Huang resigns as NVIDIA CEO, Agile Robots raises $500 million at an $8.5 billion valuation, GXO signs for up to 1,000 Apptronik Apollo humanoids, and Gemini Robotics 2.5 hits 96% at Mercedes-Benz.
AIS 2027, the 4th International Conference on AI Sensors and Transducers by MDPI, runs Jul 29–Aug 3, 2027 in Kunming, China. Venue and fees TBA.
China blocks SoftBank's purchase of ABB Robotics' China business, Agility Robotics lists on Nasdaq as AGLT, Shield AI agrees a $5.3 billion deal for Echodyne, and Zipline raises $1.5 billion.
A logistics giant, a LiDAR maker and Ohio's smart-mobility office argued that the next decade of transport depends as much on data, energy and public trust as on the vehicles themselves.
SYNCERE raised $11M in pre-seed funding led by a16z Speedrun to accelerate LUME deliveries, scale manufacturing and expand its physical AI capabilities.
At EVIS America, UToledo's Robotics Club showed NASA Lunabotics plans, combat robots and a Siemens PLC Rubik's Cube solver during a Nov. 3 campus tour.
A3 announces ISO 21423:2026, a new international standard that lets mobile robots from different vendors share data and work together in one facility.
China published its first 6 humanoid robot standards (GB/T 48317), with 49 more in the pipeline. What’s coming and why it matters globally. There is also one alternative description.
FAIR plus 2027 runs Apr 21–23 at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center: robotics supply-chain fair by SRA and Messe Stuttgart, 600+ exhibitors.
A Section 232 proclamation puts robotics imports into US trade talks, Agility Robotics sets a $465 million raise and a Nasdaq debut, Unitree files its first post-IPO quarter, and Waymo partners with Toyota.
EVIS America debuts in Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 3-5, linking EVs, fuels, AI and autonomy. Speakers include RoboSense, Nissan, Uber AI and Lincoln Electric.
North American firms ordered 10,989 robots worth $723.5M in Q3 2026, up 24.8% in units, led by semiconductors, auto components and life sciences, per A3.
Robbyant’s first Embodied AI Challenge, built on LingBot-VLA 2.0, closes qualifiers with 1,800+ teams from 13 countries ahead of a Shanghai real-robot final.
Viam SVP Shannon Bradshaw on BoxBot at IROS 2026, where VLA policies belong, what sim-to-real misses, and free Viam Education robotics courses.
NVIDIA opens Isaac Lab 3.0 at GTC Berlin, Tesla starts Optimus production in California, Unitree unveils its H2-X guardian humanoid, and the FCC weighs Intel's foreign-robot waiver.
Intrinsic CTO Brian Gerkey talks about open-sourcing Intrinsic Core, automation for high-mix machine shops, and where AI can help robots reach production.
NeurIPS 2026, the 40th ML conference, runs Dec 6–12 at ICC Sydney with satellites in Atlanta and Paris Dec 9–13: robot learning workshops, speakers, passes.
Peking University's IROS 2026 paper fuses vision-language models, 3D Gaussian Splatting and physics-aware scoring for task-aware dual-arm grasping.
SoftBank weighs an $18 billion bid for Allied Universal to deploy security robots, Omron buys OnLogic for about $675 million, Stryker invests $400 million in CMR Surgical, and NEURA Robotics releases Neuron AI.
RobotToday's 2027 robotics events preview: CES, NVIDIA GTC, Hannover Messe, Automate, ICRA, automatica, WRC, IROS and iREX, with dates and cities.
JHTV's Myra Norton on how Johns Hopkins picks inventions to back, what still separates labs from industry, and why investors are eyeing Baltimore.
IEEE World Haptics Conference 2027 in Boston, Jul 13–16, 2027: dates, deadlines, organizers, program format and what robotics teams should know.
IEEE RoboSoft 2027, the 10th soft robotics conference, runs Apr 5–9, 2027 at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. Plenaries and deadlines.
automatica 2027 runs Jun 22–25 at Messe München alongside LASER World of PHOTONICS. The 2025 show drew 49,300 visitors, 800 exhibitors and 1,120 robots.
IEEE RO-MAN 2027 at the University of Waterloo, Aug 23–27, 2027: theme, deadlines, sponsors, hybrid format and what HRI teams should know.
IEEE ROBIO 2026 runs Dec 16–20 in Tengchong, Yunnan, China. Theme: Biomimetic Robots Empowered by AI. Dates, venue, fees, speakers and deadlines.
ACIRS 2027, the 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Robotic Systems, runs July 23–25, 2027 in Hong Kong. Full papers are due March 10, 2027.
Global Industrie 2027 runs Mar 15–18 at Eurexpo Lyon: 15 industry zones and a robotics zone with Boston Dynamics, FANUC, Stäubli and Dobot.
IEEE/ASME AIM 2027, the Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics conference, runs Jun 29–Jul 2, 2027 in Calgary, Canada. Paper deadline Jan 26, 2027.
HRI 2027, the 22nd ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction conference, runs Mar 8–12, 2027 in Santa Clara, CA. Dates, deadlines, Industry Day and partner info.
RoboBoston's free 9th annual Robot Block Party, postponed from Sept 2026, runs May 1, 2027 at SoWa Power Station, Boston. Parade, demos, 50+ exhibitors.
European Robotics Forum 2027 runs March 2–4 at ICC Birmingham, UK. Dates, venue, fees, deadlines and workshop topics from euRobotics, MTC and UoB.
A3's Humanoid Robot Forum returns at Automate 2027, Las Vegas Convention Center, May 11–12, 2027: humanoid deployment panels, pavilion and pricing.
RoboDEX 2027 runs Feb 17–19 at Tokyo Big Sight within RX Japan's Factory Innovation Week, adding humanoid and Physical AI zones. Free trade entry.
Physical AI Expo Global 2027 runs Feb 3–4 at Olympia London within TechEx Global, with a free Physical AI day and speakers from NVIDIA, Airbus and Rockwell.
Humanoids Summit Silicon Valley 2026 runs Dec 1–2 at the San Mateo County Event Center: humanoid robots, physical AI, live demos and investors.
Physical AI Expo North America 2027 runs Jun 16–17 at San Jose McEnery Convention Center within TechEx North America, with a free Physical AI track.
ARM Institute CSO Suzy Teele on a decade of U.S. robotics: why few small manufacturers use robots, how physical AI helps, and the honest-broker model.
RoboBoat 2027, RoboNation's 20th annual autonomous boat contest for student teams, runs Feb 18–23, 2027 at Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, Florida.
The Society of Robotic Surgery's 2027 annual meeting runs June 23–27 at La Nuvola in Rome. Registration opens Nov 15, 2026. Key facts and 2026 recap.
Big Data & AI World Asia returns to Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on Oct 13–14, 2027 as part of Tech Week Singapore, which drew 38,000 attendees in 2026.
Schneider Electric agrees to buy PTC for $22.6 billion, Boston Dynamics names Rohit Prasad CEO, Waymo closes a $5 billion debt financing, Panasonic enters humanoid robots, and the UK backs eight robotics adoption hubs.
CASIA Ph.D. candidate Peiyan Li co-authored two IROS 2026 papers on VLA models for long robot tasks. We also cover his BridgeVLA and SpatialVAM work.
Ten papers made the IROS 2026 Best Paper and Best Student Paper shortlist, four from South Korea. What each one does and what it means for industry.
From humanoid tennis to bin picking and farm robots: the 22 finalists for IROS 2026's eight category awards, and what each one means for industry.
RobotToday analyzed all 1,933 IROS 2026 papers: acceptance fell to 36.5%, the U.S. overtook China, and VLA titles jumped from 4 to 65.
MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2027 Aberdeen runs June 21-24 at P&J Live, covering AUV, ROV, marine autonomy and underwater communications research and technology.
FABTECH 2027, Sep 13–16 at McCormick Place, Chicago: metal fabrication, welding and automation expo with robotic welding cells, AI pavilion.
ISMR 2027 runs April 27-29, 2027 at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, with a Spring School on April 26. Dates, deadlines and program focus.
AGRITECHNICA 2027 runs Nov 14-20 in Hanover. DLG's ag-machinery fair drew ~477,000 visitors in 2025; robotics, autonomy and AI are central themes.
RSF defines a common language for robot service capability, lifecycle operations, certification pathways, and service-provider networks.
