Calendar of robotics trade shows, humanoid summits and competitions where you can see robots live, meet manufacturers and find distributors.
15 Oct – 16 Oct
Conference
San Francisco, USA
A two-day conference on humanoid robots with talks from builders and investors. Useful for makers and buyers tracking who is shipping humanoids.
20 Oct – 21 Oct
Summit
San Francisco, USA
A summit on physical AI and long-horizon robot tasks, organized around training data and models. Relevant for teams building or buying AI-driven robots.
20 Oct – 21 Oct
Trade show
Santa Clara, USA
A commercial robotics conference and expo for people who build and deploy service and industrial robots. Good for meeting vendors and integrators in one place.
21 Oct – 23 Oct
Trade show
Las Vegas, USA
North America's large metal forming and fabrication show, with a strong welding and cobot floor. Buyers come to compare robotic welding and handling cells.
26 Oct
Summit
Hangzhou, China
A one-day conference tied to Unitree's partner ecosystem. Relevant for resellers and developers working with Unitree robots.
3 Nov – 5 Nov
Conference
Detroit, USA
A conference on robot safety standards and risk assessment. Useful for buyers and integrators who need compliant deployments.
4 Nov – 7 Nov
Trade show
Goyang, South Korea
Korea's main robot trade show at KINTEX, covering industrial, service and education robots. A place to meet Korean makers and distributors.
5 Nov – 6 Nov
Summit
Munich, Germany
A European humanoid robotics summit in Munich. Relevant for European buyers, integrators and component suppliers.
9 Nov – 12 Nov
Conference
Austin, USA
The Conference on Robot Learning, where new robot learning and foundation model research appears first. Makers go to track what will reach products.
1 Dec – 2 Dec
Summit
San Mateo, USA
A two-day humanoids summit with builders, suppliers and investors. A good snapshot of the humanoid supply chain and pricing trends.
6 Dec – 9 Dec
Conference
Santa Clara, USA
The main academic conference on humanoid robots. Makers go for research on balance, manipulation and control that shapes next-generation products.
8 Dec – 10 Dec
Competition
San Juan, Puerto Rico
The international final of a school robotics competition. Relevant for education robot makers and school buyers.
6 Jan – 9 Jan
Trade show
Las Vegas, USA
The largest consumer technology show, with a growing robotics floor covering home, cleaning and humanoid robots. Many consumer robot launches happen here.
20 Jan – 21 Jan
Conference
Munich, Germany
A forum on humanoid robot technology and commercial use in Europe. Fits European buyers and component makers.
2 Mar – 4 Mar
Conference
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Europe's main annual robotics gathering for industry, research and policy. Useful for EU funding and partner contacts.
8 Mar – 10 Mar
Trade show
Shanghai, China
The Shanghai edition of the automatica robotics and automation show. A route to Chinese industrial robot and automation suppliers.
15 Mar – 18 Mar
Conference
San Jose, USA
NVIDIA's developer conference, where its robotics platforms and humanoid partners are shown each year. Makers go for the compute and simulation roadmap.
16 Mar – 18 Mar
Trade show
Stuttgart, Germany
A large intralogistics trade fair with many warehouse robots and AMRs. Buyers compare transport and picking systems.
5 Apr – 8 Apr
Trade show
Hannover, Germany
The world's leading industrial trade fair, with automation, robotics and industrial AI. Buyers meet industrial robot makers and integrators.
13 Apr – 14 Apr
Summit
Munich, Germany
The second EMEA summit on humanoid robots, held in Munich. Links European and Chinese humanoid makers with buyers.
19 Apr – 21 Apr
Trade show
Chicago, USA
North America's major material handling and supply chain show at McCormick Place. Warehouse robot and AMR buyers compare vendors here.
10 May – 13 May
Trade show
Las Vegas, USA
North America's largest robotics and automation show, run by A3. Industrial and collaborative robot buyers meet most major vendors.
24 May – 28 May
Conference
Seoul, South Korea
The largest academic robotics conference, held at COEX in Seoul. Makers follow new research and recruit talent.
2 Jun – 3 Jun
Trade show
Boston, USA
A Boston event for robotics developers, with talks and an expo of components and platforms. Useful for sourcing parts and meeting engineers.
22 Jun – 25 Jun
Trade show
Munich, Germany
The leading European trade fair for robotics and automation, held together with Laser World of Photonics. Industrial robot buyers compare European and Asian vendors.
6 Jul – 11 Jul
Conference
Athens, Greece
A selective academic robotics conference on algorithms and systems. Makers follow the research behind future manipulation and navigation.
18 Aug – 22 Aug
Trade show
Beijing, China
China's largest robot expo, with hundreds of exhibitors from humanoids to service robots. The best single place to see Chinese robot makers.
3 Sept – 7 Sept
Trade show
Berlin, Germany
A consumer electronics show where robot vacuums, lawn robots and home robots are launched in Europe. Good for home robot buyers and retailers.
26 Sept – 1 Oct
Conference
Florence, Italy
The IEEE/RSJ conference on intelligent robots and systems, with a large exhibition. Makers follow research and meet suppliers.
12 Oct – 14 Oct
Conference
Krakow, Poland
The annual developer conference for ROS, the common robot software stack. Relevant for teams choosing robots that run on ROS.
1 Dec – 4 Dec
Trade show
Tokyo, Japan
Japan's International Robot Exhibition, held every two years at Tokyo Big Sight. The place to see Japanese industrial and service robot makers.
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