Physical AI Summit
Physical AI Summit
Physical AI Summit
Minds in Motion · October 30, 2026 at MIT
Minds in Motion Oct 30 @ MIT
Minds in Motion
Momentum is mass times velocity, and physical AI is compounding both.
On October 30, 2026, Imagination in Action, MIT CSAIL, MIT LIDS, MassRobotics, and TEDxMIT, with The Engine and the MA AI Coalition, convene the people building Physical AI at MIT, where much of it was invented.
An official event of Tough Tech Week, hosted by John Werner, Daniela Rus, Sertac Karaman, Tye Brady, and Joyce Sidopoulos and Tom Ryden of MassRobotics. The tentative schedule is now live.
Minds in Motion
Momentum is mass times velocity, and physical AI is compounding both.
On October 30, 2026, Imagination in Action, MIT CSAIL, MIT LIDS, MassRobotics, and TEDxMIT, with The Engine and the MA AI Coalition, convene the people building Physical AI at MIT, where much of it was invented.
An official event of Tough Tech Week, hosted by John Werner, Daniela Rus, Sertac Karaman, Tye Brady, and Joyce Sidopoulos and Tom Ryden of MassRobotics. The tentative schedule is now live.
Minds in Motion
Momentum is mass times velocity, and physical AI is compounding both.
The central forum where vision becomes transformation, and the trajectory of the Intelligent Age is set.
[Three Pillars of the Summit]
[Three Pillars of the Summit]
World Models · Robot Foundation Models · Simulation & Sim-to-Real · Hardware
How intelligence is built for the physical world: world models, robot foundation models, and simulation compounding capability with every training run.
Warehouses · Roads · Hospitals · Factories · Orbit
How intelligence is fielded: systems moving from pilot to fleet across logistics, mobility, medicine, manufacturing, and space.
Fleets · Feedback · Real-World Data · The Flywheel
Every machine in the world generates the data that trains the next model, and every model unlocks the next deployment. That loop is the exponent.
World Models · Robot Foundation Models · Simulation & Sim-to-Real · Hardware
How intelligence is built for the physical world: world models, robot foundation models, and simulation compounding capability with every training run.
Warehouses · Roads · Hospitals · Factories · Orbit
How intelligence is fielded: systems moving from pilot to fleet across logistics, mobility, medicine, manufacturing, and space.
Fleets · Feedback · Real-World Data · The Flywheel
Every machine in the world generates the data that trains the next model, and every model unlocks the next deployment. That loop is the exponent.
World Models · Robot Foundation Models · Simulation & Sim-to-Real · Hardware
How intelligence is built for the physical world: world models, robot foundation models, and simulation compounding capability with every training run.
Fleets · Feedback · Real-World Data · The Flywheel
Every machine in the world generates the data that trains the next model, and every model unlocks the next deployment. That loop is the exponent.
Warehouses · Roads · Hospitals · Factories · Orbit
How intelligence is fielded: systems moving from pilot to fleet across logistics, mobility, medicine, manufacturing, and space.
Get Involved
Nominate a speaker, including yourself, apply for the startup showcase or a demo, or RSVP to join us. Beyond the stages, the day runs hands-on robotics sessions, speaker portraits, and robot costumes.
Get Involved
Nominate a speaker, including yourself, apply for the startup showcase or a demo, or RSVP to join us. Beyond the stages, the day runs hands-on robotics sessions, speaker portraits, and robot costumes.
[More Than Talks]
ROS 2 · Vision-Language-Action · 10 Stations · Intermediate
Three sessions through the day. Teams of two or three build and deploy an end-to-end VLA pipeline, using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robot arm.
ROS 2 · Vision-Language-Action · 10 Stations · Intermediate
Three sessions through the day. Teams of two or three build and deploy an end-to-end VLA pipeline, using ROS 2 and multimodal models to control a robot arm.
Startup Showcase · Live Demos
Running a startup, or have a robot, system, or product to show? Apply for the startup showcase or a demo slot.
Startup Showcase · Live Demos
Running a startup, or have a robot, system, or product to show? Apply for the startup showcase or a demo slot.
By Kathryn Taylor · Through the Day
Kathryn Taylor takes speaker portraits throughout the day. See her work from the Silicon Valley AI Summit.
By Kathryn Taylor · Through the Day
Kathryn Taylor takes speaker portraits throughout the day. See her work from the Silicon Valley AI Summit.
The Speakers
As intelligence moves into the physical world, we look forward to welcoming the researchers, founders, and builders behind that momentum to MIT, to explore what happens when machines that learn start to move.
Speaking? Open your speaker card on the speakers page and screenshot it to share.
The Speakers
As intelligence moves into the physical world, we look forward to welcoming the researchers, founders, and builders behind that momentum to MIT, to explore what happens when machines that learn start to move.
The Speakers
As intelligence moves into the physical world, we look forward to welcoming the researchers, founders, and builders behind that momentum to MIT, to explore what happens when machines that learn start to move.
Speaking? Open your speaker card on the speakers page and screenshot it to share.
[Featured Speakers]
The Venue
The summit takes the top two floors of the MIT Samberg Conference Center. The 7th floor carries the main stage in the salons, with wraparound terraces for outdoor demos and views across the Charles. The 6th floor holds the training, breakouts, demos, and dining.
The room has history: this is the stage where IIA hosted Sam Altman, and home to the Women in Robotics Gala.
The Venue
The summit takes the top two floors of the MIT Samberg Conference Center. The 7th floor carries the main stage in the salons, with wraparound terraces for outdoor demos and views across the Charles. The 6th floor holds the training, breakouts, demos, and dining.
The room has history: this is the stage where IIA hosted Sam Altman, and home to the Women in Robotics Gala.
The Venue
The central forum where vision becomes transformation, and the trajectory of the Intelligent Age is set.
