Google Robotics & AI Summit
- Date
- 2025-11-19
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Host
- Personal
About this event
Robotics is moving fast, and the most interesting work is happening where AI meets real-world autonomy. The Google Robotics & AI Summit brings that intersection into focus for a day of in-person conversations in New York, bringing together people who are building, researching, and applying intelligent robotic systems. If you care about how advances in AI are changing what robots can perceive, decide, and do, this is the room to be in. Expect a practical, high-signal environment centered on current ideas, emerging capabilities, and the people pushing the field forward. About the Event The Google Robotics & AI Summit is an in-person gathering for the robotics, AI, and autonomy community. It is designed to create a focused space for technical discussion, industry perspective, and cross-disciplinary exchange around the systems that connect machine intelligence to physical action. This is not a generic AI event. The emphasis here is on robotics: how models, perception systems, planning, control, and autonomy come together in environments where software has to work in the real world. That makes the summit especially relevant for people thinking beyond theory and into deployment, reliability, and performance. Because the event is happening in person in New York, USA, attendees can expect the kind of interaction that is hard to reproduce online: direct questions, side conversations, and context-rich discussions with others working on similar problems from different angles. The format is best understood as a summit for people who want substance. Whether your lens is research, engineering, product, or strategy, the event is built around the shared challenge of making intelligent robotic systems more capable and more useful. What to Expect You should expect a program shaped around the core themes named in the event itself: robotics, AI, and autonomy. That likely means discussions that connect foundational advances in machine intelligence with the practical demands of embodied systems. Across the day, attendees can expect content and conversations such as: Robotics-focused AI discussions that explore how modern AI techniques apply to perception, reasoning, motion, and task execution Autonomy-centered sessions on how systems operate with greater independence in dynamic, real-world settings Community-driven exchange with practitioners, researchers, and operators who bring different definitions of success and different constraints In-person networking that allows for deeper follow-up than a typical virtual event or broad industry conference A summit like this usually creates value not only through formal sessions, but through the transitions between them. The most useful moments often happen when someone connects a research concept to an operational challenge, or when an engineering problem turns into a conversation about architecture, tooling, or deployment strategy. You can also expect a mix of big-picture and hands-on thinking. Some conversations will likely focus on where the field is going next; others will focus on what it takes to make systems robust, scalable, safe, and effective today. Why Attend If you work in robotics or adjacent AI domains, the main reason to attend is simple: this summit concentrates relevant people and relevant questions in one place. Instead of filtering through broad AI discussion, you will be in a setting where embodied intelligence and autonomous systems are the central topic. That makes the event valuable whether you are trying to stay current, pressure-test your assumptions, or better understand how others are approaching similar technical and organizational challenges. It is a chance to sharpen your view of the field through direct exposure to how peers are thinking about the same problems. Attendees may come away with: A clearer sense of how AI is being translated into robotic capability Better language for discussing autonomy across technical and non-technical teams New perspectives on system design, deployment realities, and performance tradeoffs Stronger connections with people in the robotics and AI community Practical context that helps separate hype from meaningful progress There is also real value in being around others who understand the complexity of this work. Robotics rarely advances through one discipline alone, and summits like this are useful precisely because they create overlap between research, engineering, product thinking, and real-world application. Practical Details The event takes place in person in New York, USA on Wednesday, November 19 at 8:30 AM EST. If you are planning to attend, expect an early start and a day built for live participation rather than passive viewing. Because this is an in-person summit, it is worth planning for the full experience: arriving on time, staying available for conversations between sessions, and leaving room in your schedule for follow-up discussions. The side conversations are often just as valuable as the formal programming. A few useful points to keep in mind: Location type: in-person event in New York Start time: Wednesday, November 19 at 8:30 AM EST Primary themes: robotics, AI, autonomy, and community Best approach: come ready to listen closely, ask specific questions, and meet people working across the stack If your work sits anywhere near intelligent machines operating in the physical world, this summit offers a concentrated way to get smarter, make stronger connections, and engage directly with a community shaping what comes next.
Who should attend
This is for people who want serious, relevant conversations about robotics, AI, and autonomy, especially if your work depends on turning intelligent systems into real-world performance. - You should come if you are a **robotics engineer or developer** working on perception, planning, control, manipulation, mobility, or system integration and want exposure to current thinking across the field. - You will get a lot from this if you are an **AI or machine learning practitioner** interested in embodied intelligence and how models behave when they have to drive actions in physical environments. - This is a strong fit if you are a **researcher or student** in robotics, autonomy, or applied AI who wants to connect academic ideas with industry priorities and deployment realities. - You should attend if you are a **product, technical, or innovation leader** evaluating where robotics and autonomous systems are heading and what those shifts mean for strategy, capability, and timing. - You will feel at home if you are part of the broader **robotics and autonomy community** and want to meet others who care about practical progress, not just abstract AI discussion. - It is also relevant if you work adjacent to the field and need a clearer understanding of how **AI and robotics intersect** in actual systems, teams, and applications.