Humanoid Robot Forum 2025: Where Industrial Innovation Takes Center Stage

If you’re as interested in the future of robotics as I am, here’s an event you’ll want to keep an eye on. The Humanoid Robot Forum 2025 is happening on September 23, 2025, in Seattle (my city), Washington. Organized by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), this one-day event brings together experts from the robotics and AI industries to explore how humanoid robots are being developed and deployed in real-world settings.

What makes this event exciting to me is that it focuses not just on hardware, but also on how technologies like AI and simulation are shaping the next generation of human-like robots. One of the keynotes I’m especially looking forward to is from Amit Goel, Head of Robotics Ecosystem at NVIDIA. His talk, “Advancing Humanoid Robotics Through Generative AI and Simulation,” will dive into how generative AI can help design, train, and test robot behaviors in simulated environments before deploying them in the real world. As someone who’s been exploring AI and NLP through my own projects, this intersection of AI and robotics is something I’m eager to learn more about.

The full agenda includes sessions and speakers from:

• Diligent
• Apptronik
• Agility Robotics
• PSYONIC
• GXO
• Association for Advancing Automation (A3)
• Boston Dynamics
• UCSD Advanced Robotics and Controls Lab
• WiBotic
• Cobot
• NVIDIA
• Cambridge Consultants
• Toyota Research Institute
• Sanctuary AI
• True Ventures

Topics will include scaling up robotic hardware, AI-driven perception and control, power management, investment trends, and more. For anyone curious about how humanoid robots might start appearing in warehouses, hospitals, or even homes, this forum gives a front-row seat to what’s happening in the field.

Even though I won’t be attending in person (I’ve got school, college apps, and robotics season keeping me busy), I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for takeaways and speaker highlights.

You can check out the full agenda and register for the event here:
👉 Humanoid Robot Forum 2025

— Andrew