On Day 2, you can visit the exhibit hall between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Robotics Summit & Expo officially wraps up at 3:30 p.m. with a closing keynote titled “Rewiring What’s Possible: A New Era of Human Potential.” During this inspiring session, Noland Arbaugh will share his personal experience as the first person to use a Neuralink brain-computer interface and explain how this technology has transformed his independence, creativity, and ability to connect with the world.
Once the exhibit hall closes, the MassRobotics Career Fair kicks off at 3:30 p.m. and runs through 5:30 p.m.
Morning Breakout Sessions to Attend on Day 2
The breakout sessions begin at 11:30 a.m. Here’s what’s on the agenda:
- Designing Production-Ready Force & Torque Sensors for Next-Gen Robots: Ryan Young, HBK’s global head of engineering OEM sensors, leads this session in Room 252 B.
- Lessons from Taking Robots Out of the Lab and Into the Field: Ariana Eisenstein, founder and CTO of Pickle Robot, opens this discussion at 11:30 a.m. in Room 254 A.
- Productizing AI in Robotic Systems: Join this 11:30 a.m. panel in Room 252 A featuring Diego Brihueva, Globant’s SVP of technology; Anders Beck, Universal Robots’ VP of AI robotics products; Dave Coleman, founder and CPO of PickNik Robotics; and Andy Lonsberry, CEO of Path Robotics.
- Where AI Delivers in Material Handling: Chris Morgan, Bastian Solutions’ senior director of R&D, presents at 11:30 a.m. in Room 251.
- Attention Please: A New Front End for Robot Conversation: Enzo Ruedas, machine learning engineer at NXP Semiconductors, speaks at 11:30 a.m. in Room 256.
- The Sub-Millisecond Scalpel: Bridging the Latency Gap in Telesurgery: Darren Porras, market development manager at Healthcare Real-Time Innovations, presents at 11:30 a.m. in Room 254 B.
Afternoon Sessions Continue the Conversation
At Boston’s Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center, the afternoon lineup includes:
- ROS in the Loop: Integrating Open-Source Robotics with Industrial Validation Tools: Jacob Perrin, engineering manager at dSPACE, kicks off at 1:45 p.m. in Room 252 B.
- Which comes first: the Data or the Robot?: Roch Nakajima, CMO of Noitom Robotics, leads this session at 1:45 p.m. in Room 256.
- Integrating AMRs with Supporting Software Systems for Efficient Packing in Warehouses: Greg Meyne, enVista’s VP of automation, robotics, and consulting, discusses how to seamlessly integrate autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) into warehouse operations at 1:45 p.m. in Room 251.
- Tesla’s Roadmap for Scaling AMRs in Legacy U.S. Factories: Joshua Joseph, AMR deployment engineer at Tesla, shares insights at 1:45 p.m. in Room 254 A.
- Rebuilding the Robotics Developer Experience: Andrew Stout, roboticist and ML engineer at the Robotics & AI Institute, leads this session at 1:45 p.m. in Room 252 A.
- MassRobotics Healthcare Startup Showcase: At 1:45 p.m. in Room 254 B, hear pitches from MassRobotics’ fifth annual Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst program.
- Humanoids That Scale: A Systems and Semiconductor Perspective: Giovanni Campanella, Texas Instruments’ general manager of industrial automation and robotics, presents at 2:30 p.m. in Room 252 B.
- Accelerating Industrial Robotics Applications with AI: YJ Lim, principal technical product lead at MathWorks, speaks at 2:30 p.m. in Room 252 A.
- How Physical AI Is Driving Profitable, Scalable Sustainability in Warehouses: Sarah Wynn, senior editor of Packaging OEM, sits down for a conversation with Omar Asali, CEO and chairman of Ranpak, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 251.
The Expo Hall at the 2025 Robotics Summit & Expo.
Explore the Engineering Theater Sessions
On the Robotics Summit & Expo floor, catch five special sessions in the Engineering Theater on Day 2:
- The Italian Way to Advanced Manufacturing: Starting at 10:15 a.m., this panel features Gabriella Mason (North American marketing manager at COMAU), Daniel Chiaravalli (North American marketing director at ALBA Robot), Greg Lynn (co-founder and CEO of Piaggio Fast Forward), and Bart Pascoli (USMCA project coordinator for Machines Italia, the Italian Trade Agency).
- Building a Cloud-Connected Physical AI Loop with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and AWS: VividCloud’s Jacob Pollard (senior software engineer), Drew Milleccia (principal software engineer and cloud solution architect), and Jim Kennedy (VP of engineering) lead this panel starting at 11:00 a.m.
- The Secrets About AI Robotics Platforms: From Prototype to Mass Production: Eric Elmlas, co-founder of Kickmaster, presents this session at 2:30 p.m. in Room 254 A.
- The Trust Gap: Why Human-Robot Collaboration is the Unsolved Problem in Warehouse Automation: This 12:30 p.m. discussion features Stephanie DeMarco Bartlett, principal human factors engineer at Goddard Product Development, and Eric Ragan, director of robotic systems and automation at Goddard.
- MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge Finals: At 1:15 p.m., Russell Nickerson, MassRobotics’ partner engagement liaison, announces the winners of the third MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge.
