RoboBusiness 2026 early-bird discount ends August 31: what you need to know
Save $200 on a full conference pass to the 20th annual RoboBusiness show in Santa Clara this October, but the deadline is one week away.
Key points
- Early-bird pricing for RoboBusiness 2026 saves attendees $200 on full conference passes and $40 on expo-only passes, with the discount ending August 31, 2026.
- The show runs October 20 and 21, 2026, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.
- RoboBusiness 2026 marks the event's 20th anniversary, produced by The Robot Report and parent company Arrowfly.
- More than 100 exhibitors will appear on the expo floor, alongside four keynote sessions featuring speakers from Amazon, Agility Robotics, and UC Berkeley.
- MassRobotics, described as the world's largest independent robotics hub, is the strategic partner for this year's event.
If you work in robotics or are thinking about breaking into the field, one deadline matters this week: August 31, 2026. That is when early-bird pricing disappears for RoboBusiness 2026, the annual conference that brings together commercial robotics developers, engineers, and investors.
A full conference pass currently costs $200 less than the standard rate. An expo-only pass, which gets you onto the show floor without the conference sessions, is $40 cheaper right now. After August 31, both prices go up.
What does a ticket actually get you?
A full pass covers everything: keynote sessions, breakout tracks, post-show access to speaker slides, all networking breaks, the Engineering Theater on the show floor, and entry to the expo hall itself.
The expo hall will feature more than 100 exhibitors showing hardware and software for robotics developers. A dedicated Startup Alley will spotlight newer companies across manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and logistics.
Five conference tracks run across the two days, covering physical AI (robots that interact with the real world), enabling technologies, humanoid robots, field robotics, and business deployment.
Who is speaking?
Four keynote sessions are scheduled across the two days.
| Session | Speakers | When |
|---|---|---|
| The Next 20 Years of Robotics | Rodney Brooks (Robust AI), Jonathan Hurst (Agility), Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley) | Day 1 open |
| Beyond the Demo: AI in Production Robotics | Bhavana Chandrashekhar (Amazon), James Davidson (Teradyne), Michael Vogelson (Cobot) | Day 1 close |
| State of Humanoids | Pras Velagapudi (Agility), Parker Conroy (Apptronik), Michael Patrick Perry (Persona AI), Aadeel Akhtar (PSYONIC) | Day 2 open |
| Creating Robotic Characters | Morgan Pope (Familiar Machines & Magic) | Day 2 close |
The humanoid robots panel is worth flagging for anyone following where AI and physical machines are heading together. Humanoid robots, machines built to move and work in human-shaped spaces, are moving from labs into real warehouse and factory settings, and the speakers come from companies actively deploying them.
The closing session is a bit different: Morgan Pope, formerly of Disney Imagineering, will talk about building robotic characters for mass-market products, not just theme parks.
Should you go?
If you are an engineer, product manager, or business owner who touches robotics or industrial AI, this is a genuine working conference, not a trade show dressed up as one. The speaker list includes people running real deployments, not just researchers.
As with any paid event, remember that the speakers you see announced are the ones confirmed now. Lineups shift. And a conference is only worth the cost if you have a clear reason to be there, a customer problem to solve, a hiring need, a technology to evaluate.
The honest takeaway: if RoboBusiness is already on your calendar, register before August 31 and pocket the savings. If you are still deciding, the speaker list is strong enough to make the case.
