ROBOT WEEK NYC

NYC · NOVEMBER 17–22 · 2026

8.6 MILLION
PEOPLE
+ ROBOTS.

THE PROGRAM / SIX DAYS / FOUR ENCOUNTERS

ROBOT WEEK
NOV 17-22

Conversations, live interaction, a curated showcase and a two-day build challenge.

Robot Week NYC brings students, researchers, builders and robots together to explore how humans and robots will work, learn and live together.

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01 / CAREERS

Robot Career Panel

Day
Tuesday
Date
November 17
Format
Virtual
Place
Online

Panelists

  • Shamoon Siddiqui

    Co-founder & CEO, Human Friendly Robotics

  • Cesar Ordoñez

    Product Manager at Fanatics

  • Jesica Chavez

    CEO and Founder, Robo Success

  • Participant 05

    Company to be announced

  • Participant 06

    Company to be announced

Moderator

  • Michael Posso

    Founder, TheRobotAge

An online panel with professionals working across robotics, giving students exposure to different career paths and opportunities in the industry.

Areas of conversation

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Design
  • Research
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human–Robot Interaction

Open to the public.

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02 / INTERACT

Live Robot Lab

THE FLAGSHIP HANDS-ON ROBOT WEEK EVENT.

Day
Thursday
Date
November 19
Time
6–9 PM
Format
In person
Place
New York City
Urban poster collage of a diverse crowd gathered around a quadruped robot and a humanoid robot in a New York robotics lab

Students interact with robots and explore the decisions that make machines understandable, useful and engaging in human environments.

Explore in the lab

  • Human–Robot Interaction
  • Embodied AI
  • Robot Behavior
  • Computer Vision
  • Interaction Design

Open only to NYIT students.

Featured robotsReachy MiniUnitree GO2
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03 / DISCOVER → 04 / BUILD

Robotics Showcase + Hackathon Kickoff

SEE WHAT IS BEING BUILT. MEET WHO IS BUILDING IT.
DESIGN A NEW HUMAN–ROBOT INTERACTION.

03 / DISCOVER

Robotics Showcase + Hackathon Kickoff

SEE WHAT IS BEING BUILT. MEET WHO IS BUILDING IT.

Day
Friday
Date
November 20
Time
6–9 PM
Format
In person
Place
New York City
Graphic urban research map showing movement patterns and robot routes

A small, curated robotics exhibition connecting the people building new machines, interactions and research—not a trade show.

In the room

  • Robotics companies
  • Researchers
  • University projects
  • Independent builders
  • Robotics startups

Private event · Open only to NYIT students and invited guests.

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04 / BUILD

Reachy Mini Hackathon

DESIGN A NEW HUMAN–ROBOT INTERACTION.

Day
Saturday–Sunday
Date
November 21–22
Format
Virtual
Place
Online
Urban poster collage of diverse hackathon teams writing code and prototyping interactions with small robots in New York

How might we design an interaction that makes a robot more understandable, useful, expressive or engaging to humans?

Potential deliverables

  • Prototype or code
  • GitHub repository
  • Short demo video
  • Explanation of the interaction

Open to the public.

SaturdayBuild + Experiment
SundaySubmit + Demo + Recognition
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NYC / FUTURE RESEARCH

8.6 MILLION PEOPLE.

ONE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED CITY.

+ ROBOTS.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ROBOTS ENTER SPACES DESIGNED AROUND HUMANS?

New York compresses millions of people, languages, systems, behaviors and interactions into a shared environment. A robot deployed here must do more than navigate a map. It must understand the conditions around it—and be understandable to the people it encounters.

Robot Week introduces a longer research direction for The Robot Age: layering city open data, human factors, infrastructure, accessibility, mobility and cultural context to study where and how robots can operate successfully.

EARLY RESEARCH DIRECTION / THE ROBOT AGEURBAN ROBOT DEPLOYMENT ATLAS
Experimental map layering movement, public space, accessibility and robot routes across lower Manhattan and Brooklyn
  • 01Human–robot interaction
  • 02Pedestrian behavior
  • 03Accessibility
  • 04Sidewalk geometry
  • 05Density
  • 06Mobility
  • 07Public space
  • 08Language
  • 09Cultural context
  • 10Commercial activity
  • 11Weather
  • 12Infrastructure
  • 13Deployment readiness

WHO SHOULD COME

THE CITY NEEDS MORE THAN ROBOTICISTS.

ENGINEERS.DESIGNERS.CODERS.ARTISTS.RESEARCHERS.BUILDERS.STUDENTS.THE CURIOUS.

You do not need to be a robotics engineer to participate.

Robot Week is designed for people interested in how robotics may affect technology, design, work, education and everyday life.

PARTICIPATE / STAY INFORMED

ENTER THE PICTURE.

Tell us what part of Robot Week interests you. We’ll share program details as they develop.

Robot Week is being built with students, researchers, companies, educators and independent builders across the city. Raise your hand—whether you want to attend, contribute, show work or help make it happen.

Share your interests through our Google Form. This does not reserve a place or confirm registration.

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Organizers

  • Michael Posso

    Organizer, founder TheRobotAge

  • TBD

    Organizer to be announced

  • TBD

    Organizer to be announced

  • TBD

    Organizer to be announced

  • Robot & AI agent

    Names to be announced