NVIDIA at Automate 2026
June 22–25 | Chicago, Illinois
Physical AI is advancing industrial automation by bringing together robots, vision AI, digital twins, and edge AI systems that can perceive, reason, simulate, and act in real-world environments. Join NVIDIA and our partners at Automate 2026 to see how NVIDIA AI platforms are helping manufacturing and logistics teams improve safety, throughput, and flexibility with simulation, synthetic data generation, humanoid robots, and AI-powered factory operations.
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The Next Frontier of Physical AI: Humanoid Robots at Scale
Tuesday, June 23 at 12:45 p.m. CDT, Center Stage, Hall 25
Zhaopeng Chen, Founder and CEO, Agile Robots
Pras Velagapudi, CTO, Agility
David Reger, Founder and CEO, NEURA Robotics
Deepak Pathak, Co-Founder and CEO, Skild AI
Amit Goel, VP Omniverse and Simulation Technology, NVIDIA
Monday, June 22 at 11:15 a.m. CDT
Building Safer Physical AI: Certification, Robotics, and Agentic Control
Learn how outside-in safety boosts throughput, reduces false stops, and enables closer human-robot collaboration. We’ll explore use cases such as autonomous forklift trailer loading and autonomous mobile robot (AMR) zoning with NVIDIA Metropolis VSS and Cosmos™ Reason.
Monday, June 22 at 12:15 p.m. CDT
The Next Era of Industrial Automation: AI, Robotics, and Flexible Manufacturing
The next era of industrial automation will be shaped by AI-driven systems that are more flexible, scalable, and resilient. In this panel, senior leaders will share their perspectives on how robotics and AI are transforming manufacturing, enabling companies to move beyond fixed automation toward more adaptive production systems.
Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30 p.m. CDT
The Interconnected Factory: How NVIDIA’s Partner Ecosystem Is Solving Manufacturing’s Hardest Vision AI Challenges
Manufacturers are demanding more than isolated AI pilots. They need connected systems that solve real challenges across the entire factory. In this session, we’ll show how a rapidly expanding ecosystem of vision, industrial automation, and software partners is using the NVIDIA stack of AI models—including NVIDIA Metropolis, Cosmos, and Omniverse™—combined with GPU-accelerated infrastructure and tools, to deliver faster ROI, higher accuracy, and self-improving factory systems.
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Wed, June 24
Monday, June 22 | 9 a.m. CDT, Grand Ballroom S100
Annemarie Breu, Senior Director – Automation Software Deployment & Incubation, Siemens Digital Industries
Chris Stevens, President, US Automation, Siemens Digital Industries
Monday, June 22 | 10:30 a.m. CDT, Automate Innovation Stage - Booth 19046
Martin Husek, Lead Applied AI Engineer, Ansys, part of Synopsys
Monday, June 22 | 11:45 a.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Patrick Gao, VP of AGIBOT Europe and North America, AGIBOT
Tuesday, June 23 | 11 a.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Yuzhe Qin, CTO / Co-founder, Dexmate
Tuesday, June 23 | 11 a.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Amod Damle, Head of Product, FORT Robotics
Poonam Chitale, Senior Manager, Ecosystem Development, Physical AI, NVIDIA
Wednesday, June 24 | 9 a.m. CDT, Grand Ballroom S100
Evan Beard, Co-founder and CEO, Standard Bots
Wednesday, June 24 | 11 a.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Edith Llontop, Technical Marketing Engineer, NVIDIA
Wednesday, June 24 | 12:30 p.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Phil Zheng, COO, Richtech Robotics
Wednesday, June 24 | 12:45 p.m. CDT, Automate Show Theater - Booth 2884
Scott Armul, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Vertiv
John Bubnikovich, President, US, ABB Robotics
Ujjwal Kumar, President, DI Automation Americas, Siemens Industry, Inc.
Stefan Nusser, Chief Product Officer, Intrinsic
Moderator: Ani Kelkar, Partner and Global Leader, Robotics & Automation, McKinsey & Company
Wednesday, June 24 | 2:15 p.m. CDT, Automate Humanoid Pavilion Stage - Booth 1595
Akshay Chalana, CEO, Saphira AI
Christopher McQuin, Co-Founder and VP Hardware, Noble Machines
Michele Silva, Engineering Manager, Reynolds & Moore
Moderator: Julia Astrid Riemenschneider, Business Development, Synapticon GmbH
Monday, June 22 at 3–5 p.m. CDT
The Automate Startup Challenge
This challenge showcases early-stage robotics and automation companies as they pitch their solutions to a panel of industry experts. Finalists will compete for a cash prize and the prestigious title of Startup Challenge winner. Sponsored by NVIDIA and Microsoft.
On-Site Events
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The Automate Startup Challenge
Jun 22 · 3–5 p.m.
See early-stage robotics and automation companies pitch their solutions to a panel of industry experts sponsored by NVIDIA and Microsoft.
NVIDIA Stack-a-thon
Jun 22-24 · 2:15-5:00 p.m.
Join us on the exhibitor showfloor to watch companies get live, hands-on tech stack support by NVIDIA solution architects.
Humanoid Robot Pavilion
Jun 22-25 · 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
An exclusive evening for AI entrepreneurs and startup founders. Pitch, connect, and celebrate the next wave of AI-powered companies.
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