/ About this event
Jury Speakers from Physical Intelligence, Skild AI, Lux Capital, Hugging Face, Agility Robotics, and Apptronik— TBA.
Research paper submissions: [link TBA]
Overview An evening for researchers spotlighting the most significant recent breakthroughs in physical AI and robotics — pairing established names presenting their latest work with a platform for the field's next generation of researchers to present theirs.
From foundation models that generalize across robot bodies to real-world data pipelines that make deployment possible — the bottleneck in robotics has shifted from hardware to intelligence and data infrastructure. This event brings the conversation to the people actually pushing the field forward.
Format
Segment 1 — Research Spotlight: 3–4 speakers, up to 30 minutes each including Q&A. Authors of widely-cited research and leading technical figures in the field present recent work or a notable breakthrough — spanning robot foundation models, sim-to-real transfer, teleoperation data, and real-world deployment.
Segment 2 — Student Paper Track: 3 top papers, 5 minutes each + Q&A, followed by awards. Papers are sourced in advance via open call to top universities (Master's and PhD students); the strongest submissions are selected to present on stage.
Produced by Sobremesa.
This event is a part of #SFTechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
