Agenda
Full session details for Actuate 26.
August 18
8:00am
Doors open
9:00am
Opening remarks
Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove
The Future of Robotics
9:30am
Keynote
Nathan Michael CTO, Shield AI
Building Physical AI for Real-World Missions
10:00am
Presentation
Co-Founder & CTO, Sunday
Lessons from building Memo
10:20am
Presentation
Co-Founder and VP of Engineering, Burro
From Vineyards to Rail Yards: A Million Hours of Outdoor Autonomy
10:40am
20-Minute Break
11:00am
Presentation
Co-Founder, Dyna Robotics
Topic coming soon...
11:20am
Presentation
Foundry Robotics
A Hybrid Architecture for Flexible Assembly: Generalist Policies and Scan-and-Plan, Together
11:40am
Panel Discussion
Human Data vs UMI vs Teleop
12:30pm
Lunch & Exploration
2:00pm
Conversation
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Aurora
Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove
Fireside Chat with Chris Urmson
2:40pm
Presentation
Co-Founder & CEO, Multiply Labs
Building The Robotic Stack for Fully Autonomous Biomanufacturing
3:00pm
Presentation
VP of Software, Saronic
Topic coming soon...
3:20pm
20-Minute Break
3:40pm
Presentation
VP of Robotics, Google DeepMind
From Language to Motion: How Gemini Powers the Next Generation of Helpful Robots
4:00pm
Presentation
Co-Founder & CEO, Orangewood Labs
Manufacturing Robots for America
4:20pm
Keynote
Co-Founder & CTO, Zipline
Breaking Robots Is Half the Job: How Zipline Tests Its Autonomous Fleet
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Networking
Hosted Bar & Entertainment
Full Hosted Bar by Foundry Robotics & Robot Fight Night by UFB
August 19
8:00am
Doors open
9:00am
Opening remarks
Software Engineer, Foxglove
ML Tech Lead, Foxglove
The Future Infrastructure Layer for Robotics
9:30am
Keynote
Co-Founder, Physical Intelligence
Topic coming soon...
10:00am
Presentation
VP of Software, Autonomy, and Foundation Models AI, Cobot
Physical AI in Production: What It Takes to Deploy Robots That Work Alongside People
10:20am
Presentation
Co-Founder & CTO, Bedrock Robotics
Pixels to Payloads: Structuring Unstructured Sites for Autonomous Construction
10:40am
20-Minute Break
11:00am
Presentation
Co-Founder, Genesis AI
Next Generation Simulation In Scalable Robotics
11:20am
Presentation
Founder & CEO, Andromeda
Topic coming soon...
11:40am
Panel Discussion
AI Innovation Lead, Agility Robotics
Co-Founder & CTO, Walden Robotics
Staff Software Engineer, Shield AI
Research Lead, NVIDIA
Head of AI, Bonsai Robotics
VLA vs WAM: Do Robots Need to Predict the World, or Just the Next Action?
12:30pm
Lunch & Exploration
2:00pm
Conversation
Co-Founder & CEO, Wayve
Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove
Fireside Chat with Alex Kendall
2:40pm
Presentation
Co-Founder, Eka Robotics
Force Intelligence: A Path to General Dexterity
3:00pm
Presentation
VP of Autonomous Systems, Dexory
From Sensor to Cloud: A Unified Recording and Upload Strategy Across Navigation and Perception
3:20pm
20-Minute Break
3:40pm
Presentation
Co-Founder & CEO, Generalist
Topic coming soon...
4:00pm
Presentation
VP of Engineering, 1X Technologies
Open Developer Ecosystems for Robotics
4:20pm
Keynote
VP of AI Research, University of Toronto
Topic coming soon...
4:50pm
Closing remarks
Co-Founder & CEO, Foxglove
