The program for the 2026 UC San Diego Robotics Forum will be updated as it's finalized.
8:00 A.M. |
Breakfast |
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8:45 A.M. |
Welcome Remarks |
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Corinne Peek-Asa, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, UC San Diego |
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Bill Lin, Associate Dean for Research, Jacobs School of Engineering |
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9:00 A.M. |
Confluence of Robotics/State of CRI |
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Henrik Christensen, Director, Contextual Robotics Institute, UC San Diego |
9:30 A.M. |
Compute |
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Qualcomm Robotics |
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Embedded ComputeRyan Kastner, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego |
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10:20 A.M. |
Coffee Break |
10:45 A.M. |
Mechanisms / Materials |
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PsyonicSoft RoboticsTania Morimoto, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego Mike Tolley, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego |
12:00 P.M. |
Lunch |
1:15 P.M. |
Embodied AI |
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HumanoidAIJarad Cannon, Chief Technology Officer Daniel Hoffman, Head of Software Engineering Safe Foundational ModelsNikolay A. Atanasov, UC San Diego Electrical and Computer Engineering Sicun Gao, UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering |
2:15 P.M. |
Entrepreneurship |
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Sierra Ventures Xora NXT Robotics Looq AI |
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3:00 P.M. |
Coffee Break / Lab Open House |
Franklin Antonio Hall |