Countdown 21 Days | Exciting side events are staged simultaneously, get a sneak peek of the side events of the 2026 World Robot Conference
Today, the countdown to the opening of the 2026 World Robot Conference
is only 21 days away.
During the conference, more than 60 parallel events will run throughout the whole schedule, centered on four major theme sections: "Cutting-edge Leadership and Technological Innovation", "Application-driven and Scenario Empowerment", "Ecosystem Cultivation and Full-chain Collaboration", "International Cooperation and Open Integration".
Today, we will disclose part of the parallel events in advance. What new insights and new opportunities will they bring? Let's get a first look now.
Cutting-edge Leadership and Technological Innovation
Exchange Event on the Development of Brain-inspired, Intelligent Computing and Chip Technologies
Organizer: Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
Computing power chips and brain-inspired intelligence are the underlying core bottlenecks restricting the development of the robotics industry. As a benchmark new R&D institution in the field of artificial intelligence, the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence is deeply engaged in cutting-edge directions such as world models and embodied intelligence, leading the leap of artificial intelligence from the digital world to the physical world. The chairman of this forum is Dr. Wang Yequan, executive leader of MIIT/TC8/WG3, bringing together top industry experts, scholars and industrial pioneers: Lin Yonghua, Vice President of BAAI, Jian Haifang from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-founders of Independent Variable Robotics, Yao Yiqun, co-founder of SpinOrbit Intelligence, Ji Xiaoyu from Zhejiang University and other industry-university-research experts. They will conduct in-depth discussions on cutting-edge topics such as the evolution trend of intelligent computing chips, robot operation brain-inspired systems, interactive brain-inspired systems, and physical AI security attack and defense, and set up a roundtable discussion to jointly explore the future path of brain-inspired, intelligent computing and chips. This event directly targets the underlying bottlenecks of robot development, opens up the complete technical link from underlying computing power to robot applications, and provides precise communication and reference for industry-university-research practitioners.
Bionic Empowerment · Intelligent Creation of the Future — Technical Breakthrough of Bionic Embodied Intelligent Robots and Co-construction of Industrial Ecosystem
Organizer: International Society of Bionic Engineering,
Jilin Bionic Robot Innovation Center
The event plans to invite 200 to 300 participants including domestic and foreign bionic robot academicians and experts, universities and research institutes, leading enterprises, venture capital institutions and industry media. Adopting the combination of leadership speeches, academician keynote reports, new product releases, high-end roundtables, strategic signings and achievement exhibition booths, it will centrally release the world's first bionic tension-compression body Y-Hand compliant hand series and bionic humanoid robot series and other scientific and technological achievements of Yuequan Bionics, conduct in-depth discussions on cutting-edge bionic technologies, core components of embodied intelligence and multi-scenario applications, and promote the linkage between Beijing and Jilin and the co-construction of the bionic robot industrial ecosystem.
Application-driven and Scenario Empowerment
Scenario Breakthrough — Exploration and Practice of Commercial Landing of Robots
Organizer: SME Development Promotion Center of MIIT
Targeting the key node in 2026 when humanoid robots move from technical verification to large-scale volume release, focusing on three major scenarios: industrial manufacturing, commercial services and family health care. Commercial landing is by no means a single-point breakthrough, but full-chain collaboration of scenario data collection, motion model construction, multi-modal training iteration, and main body complete machine adaptation. The forum brings together scenario parties, complete machine manufacturers, algorithm teams and component enterprises, displays real benchmark cases, releases the first scenario demand list, and opens up the "last mile" of scenario landing through speeches by industrial experts and cross-border roundtables.
Embodied Awakening · Intelligence Defines the Future Themed Event on Embodied Intelligence Application Innovation
Organizer: Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center Co., Ltd.
(National and Local Co-built Embodied Intelligent Robot Innovation Center)
The event brings together Wang Yaonan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Zhang Yanyong, chair professor and doctoral supervisor of the University of Science and Technology of China, representatives of industrial parties such as CSSC and PetroChina, to conduct in-depth discussions on topics from technical breakthroughs to industrial applications of embodied intelligence, agile motion and multi-perception operation, and selection logic of lighthouse factories. The "strongest big and small brain" of embodied intelligence, Omni, handling and sorting solutions, and measurement and detection solutions will be grandly released on site, and strategic cooperation signing ceremonies will be held with many well-known enterprises. The roundtable session will be participated by Zhang Shanghang, researcher and assistant professor of the School of Computer Science of Peking University, Tao Yong, associate professor of Beihang University, and senior executives of many client enterprises, to jointly discuss the technical challenges and breakthrough paths for large-scale application of embodied intelligence, and create an industry event with industrial height, ecological breadth and practical depth.
Vehicle-Robot Symbiosis: Themed Event on Building a New Industrial Integration Ecosystem in the Intelligent Era
Organizer: Zhongguancun Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei New Energy Vehicle Coordinated Development
Promotion Association
The automobile manufacturing industry provides the best test field for embodied robots from prototype to large-scale commercial use, and the breakthroughs of robots in intelligent perception, flexible operation and algorithms are also feeding back the intelligent upgrading of automobile manufacturing. This event runs through the whole forum with the theme of "Intelligent Manufacturing", and selects the automobile industry chain as a real scenario case. Bringing together the front-line scenario demand and technology providers in the industry, we will jointly discuss a core proposition: what kind of embodied intelligent technology and robots can truly enter the production line and become part of the next-generation intelligent manufacturing system? From perception to decision-making, from stand-alone intelligence to system collaboration, the conference will follow the process chain of automobile manufacturing to disassemble the real boundary of technology landing, and discuss the key path for embodied intelligence to move from "demonstration" to "commercial use". This is not a fantasy about the future, but a pragmatic dialogue facing the production line.
Ecosystem Cultivation and Full-chain Collaboration
Looking for Pearls on the Chain — The Hidden Champion Power of Robot Core Components
Organizer: SME Development Promotion Center of MIIT
Focusing on key tracks such as harmonic reducers, planetary roller screws, six-dimensional force sensors, high-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands and tactile perception modules, gathering the specialized, refined, differential and innovative forces deeply engaged in core components. Facing the industrial pain points that high-end encoders and force control modules still rely on imports, build a precise docking platform for component enterprises, complete machine manufacturers and investment institutions. Through supply chain roundtables and speeches by industrial experts, we will demonstrate cutting-edge technological breakthroughs such as integrated joints and high-precision gratings, promote the coordinated development of the industrial chain, and help the domestic substitution of core components and the upgrading of supply chain security.
Capital Market Empowering the Development of Embodied Intelligence & Embodied Intelligence Future Industry Salon Event
Organizer: Shanghai Stock Exchange,
Administration Committee of Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area
Led by the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the event focuses on core topics such as commercial landing of embodied intelligence scenarios, Sci-Tech Innovation Board listing paths, and industrial investment and financing docking. It is taught by senior experts from the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Beijing E-Town and China International Capital Corporation, and will also hold symposium discussions on technical difficulties of humanoid robots, commercial landing, capital market investment and financing tools. Relying on the high-end platform of the World Robot Conference and the nation-leading embodied intelligence industrial cluster of Beijing E-Town, the event opens up the full-link docking channel of government, industry, university, research, investment and capital market, and realizes the two-way empowerment of the "Ten Policies for Embodied Intelligent Robots" and the Sci-Tech Innovation Board "1+6" reform service system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
"Embodied Intelligence · Scenario Unbounded" Themed Event
Organizer: Lighthouse Capital
As a professional institution deeply engaged in the field of innovative cutting-edge technology for 12 years, Lighthouse Capital has a cumulative transaction value of private equity financing business exceeding 470 billion yuan, a fund management scale of over 40 billion yuan, and the valuation of incubator projects exceeding 350 billion yuan. Lighthouse Capital has deeply served and invested in more than 20 leading embodied intelligent enterprises including Galaxy General, Qianxun Intelligence, Deep Motion, Simple Power, Xinuo Future, Nuoyin Intelligence, Lexiang Technology, and Guangxiang Technology, building an industrial ecosystem network covering scenarios such as industrial manufacturing, family services, power inspection, and smart medical care. Led by Zheng Xuanle, Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Capital, the event brings together industrial leaders such as Zhang Zheng, Co-founder of Galaxy General & BAAI Scholar, Jia Peng, Founder and CEO of Simple Power, Xia Yuxuan, Founder and CEO of Xinuo Future, Li Yinchuan, Founder of Nuoyin Intelligence, Zhang Tao, Founder and CEO of Guangxiang Technology, to conduct in-depth dialogues on the integrated innovation of embodied intelligence in family and industrial applications, as well as the coordinated development of upstream and downstream industrial chains. 4-5 high-quality themed sharing speeches and roundtable dialogues on industrial scenario practice will be held on site, and the efficient docking of the three parties of "Technology - Scenario - Capital" will be promoted, to fully demonstrate the industrial speed of China's embodied intelligence from technological explosion to scenario landing.
From Embodied Intelligence to World Model -- Robot Venture Capital Event
Organizer: Yunqi Capital, Infinite Fund SEE Fund
In 2026, the robotics industry is at a technical inflection point from "embodied intelligence" to "world model" -- the competition between VLA and world model routes is accelerating, more than 30 companies claim to be developing world models, but technical paths and evaluation systems are still highly divergent; at the same time, infrastructure problems such as the gap of millions of hours of real interactive data, end-side reasoning computing power constraints, and lack of evaluation benchmarks are becoming the real bottleneck for large-scale landing. Led by Mao Chengyu, Founding Managing Partner of Yunqi Capital, and Ma Lin, Managing Partner of SEE Fund, the event brings together a number of academic and industrial pioneers to conduct in-depth dialogues on the evolution of world model technical paradigms and intelligent infrastructure innovation. The "2026 Embodied Intelligence/Robot Industry Data and Investment and Financing Trend Report" will be jointly released with the Mars Accelerator on site, many cutting-edge enterprises will disclose their technical routes and core views to the public for the first time, to jointly discuss the key variables of the next stage of the robotics industry.
Robots Enter the Real World — From Capability Breakthrough to System Evolution and Large-scale Exploration
Organizer: Gaohe Capital
In 2026, China's robotics industry is moving from technical breakthrough to the key stage of industrial landing. The accelerated integration of large models and robots has made the competition shift from the comparison of technical parameters to the comprehensive contest of delivery capability and commercial closed loop. As a boutique investment bank deeply engaged in the field of cutting-edge technology for a long time, Gaohe Capital has cumulatively assisted more than 200 innovative enterprises to complete financing and M&A transactions of over 200 billion yuan, and deeply served leading enterprises in robots and upstream and downstream industries such as Sudu Technology, Moqi Intelligence, Tianji Intelligence, Neolithic, Forceling Motor, Weita Power, FA Robotics, and Inverse Matrix Technology. This event will carry out exchanges on different links of the robot industry ecosystem, and jointly discuss the future path of robots from technical breakthrough to real application.
International Cooperation and Open Integration
Korean Robot Enterprises China Tour Event
Organizer: Beijing Representative Office of Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Corporation,
KIC Global Startup Center
During the 2026 World Robot Conference, Korea Innovation Center in China (KIC China) and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Corporation (KOTRA Beijing Representative Office) jointly host the China-Korea Robot Innovation Cooperation Themed Event and China-Korea Robot Industry Cooperation Matchmaking Conference, aiming to deepen technical exchanges in the China-Korea robot industry, build a regular annual flagship exchange platform in the field of robots for the two countries, and promote precise docking of industrial chains, innovation chains and capital chains.
This themed event selects 12 high-quality Korean robot enterprises to come to China for roadshows, covering collaborative and humanoid robot complete machines, Physical AI basic models, simulation platforms and other "big and small brain" technologies, as well as core component tracks such as precision reducers, drive chips, dexterous hands, sensors, and industrial batteries. Relying on the advantages of the WRC platform, it helps Chinese and Korean enterprises tap opportunities for technical cooperation, supply chain supporting, scenario landing and investment and financing, and jointly promote complementary advantages and coordinated win-win results of the robot industries of the two countries.
Singapore — Global Robot Industrial Chain Supply and Demand Docking Event
Organizer: Robotics Society of Singapore (RSS),
World Robot Cooperation Organization
As a global technology and financial hub, Singapore has profound accumulation in the fields of system integration, international compliance, and commercial landing of scenarios such as smart ports and high-end manufacturing; China's robot industry has scale and speed advantages in core components, complete machine manufacturing and algorithm iteration, and the global industrial chain is highly complementary. The event focuses on two core topics: "commercial landing of embodied intelligence" and "global supply chain collaboration", led by the core leadership of the Council of the Robotics Society of Singapore (RSS), through policy interpretation, scenario promotion, high-level roundtables and multi-party signing, to precisely dock the needs of global overseas enterprises and supply chains.
The event will bring together top global government, enterprise and scientific research representatives, invite competent Singaporean government department officials, representatives of scientific research institutions and executives of global leading embodied intelligent enterprises to exchange on the same stage, and jointly discuss cross-border technology transfer, scenario opening, mutual recognition of standards and global supply chain collaboration. Precisely docking the local and regional application scenario needs in Singapore, uniting top global robot enterprises to open up the real scenario and supply chain collaboration at home and abroad. The event is committed to promoting the signing of regular cooperation memorandums between associations and the implementation of joint technology verification intentions, to build an annual flagship exchange platform of "complementary advantages, strengthening and supplementing the chain" in the global robot field.
Art × Technology — Themed Event on Embodied Intelligence and Industrial Design
Organizer: Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University
With the main line of "New Species Experiment", the event carries out cross-border exploration and practice around the innovative direction