Humanoid Robots - Lab-to-Market Acceleration

AGENDA
5:00p Welcome reception
5:30p Presentations, see below
6:30p Networking
7:00p End

Bicycle parking is available at the front of the building; motor vehicle parking is available at 3165 Porter Drive (a 200-yard drive from the venue but actually just 100 ft walk as the parking lots are connected in the back)

ABSTRACT
Humanoid robots are moving from research labs into real-world applications—but what could they mean for industries, businesses, and everyday life? From manufacturing and logistics to healthcare, retail, hospitality, and the home, intelligent robots have the potential to reshape how we work and live. The automotive sector is likely to be one of the earliest large-scale adopters, but the opportunities extend far beyond cars. Turning cutting-edge robotics into successful products and companies will require close collaboration between academia, startups, established industry, and investors.

For this meetup, we'll feature expert talks and live demonstrations from startups developing humanoid and other advanced robots. Together, we'll explore the technology, its commercial potential, and where the biggest opportunities lie for engineers, entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone interested in the future of intelligent machines.

Join Dhruv Diddi, founder of Solo Tech, as he discusses building the critical infrastructure that allows developers to seamlessly train, test, and deploy advanced AI models directly onto edge devices and physical hardware. Then, step into the future of autonomous entertainment with

Bhavyansh Mishra is co-founder of Curious Machines — previously at Tesla Optimus, with a PhD in Intelligent Systems and Robotics from IHMC/UWF (perceptive bipedal locomotion; Best Oral Paper, Humanoids 2022; ICRA 2024)
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XzPu6zQAAAAJ&hl=en