A three-day B2B summit in Stuttgart for professionals in the humanoid robotics industry, covering AI-robotics integration, commercialisation pathways, EU regulation, ethics and ecosystem development, with 30+ expert speakers and 40+ exhibitors.
The European Humanoid Robots Summit (HRS Europe) is an annual B2B summit focused on the humanoid robotics industry, addressing technological frontiers, commercialisation, regulatory frameworks and ecosystem development in the European market. It is organised by ACG Events Global, a conference production company that describes itself as focused on sectors of strategic industrial relevance. The 2026 edition is the second annual European edition; the inaugural 2025 edition was held in Berlin and described by the organiser as sold out. The 2026 edition moves to Stuttgart's Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle.
The 2026 edition takes place from 9 to 11 September 2026 at the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. According to the organiser, the event will bring together 1,000+ industry professionals and feature 30+ expert speakers, 40+ exhibitions and a hybrid online-offline format. A VIP dinner is scheduled on the first day.
Confirmed speakers for the 2026 edition listed on the organiser's website include:
The organiser's website states that the speaker lineup is led by representatives from Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, BMW Group, Boston Dynamics and Unitree, though individual confirmed speaker pages for these organisations are not displayed as of last verification.
HRS Europe occupies a specific slot in the early-autumn European conference calendar, before most major robotics trade fairs (AUTOMATICA, formnext) and in parallel with the broader industrial technology season. It is positioned as an industry-facing summit rather than an academic symposium or a general-audience tech event. In the European robotics event calendar, it sits alongside events such as ICRA (academic), Automatica Munich (trade fair) and ERF (European Robotics Forum), though with a tighter focus on humanoid robots specifically and with a more pronounced commercialisation and investment angle. The organiser explicitly targets the gap between Chinese and North American humanoid robotics market development and European adoption.
The organiser's stated target audience comprises industry professionals from the global humanoid robotics industry chain. Based on the 2026 speaker roster and sponsor/exhibitor list, the professional categories represented include:
The organiser describes participants as coming from across Europe and globally. Lead sponsor Unitree and gold sponsor Manus Meta (with further sponsors including Agile Robots, Envalior and SentiMotion) indicate a supply-chain-oriented participant mix alongside end-user buyers.
The three-day programme is structured as follows:
Day 1 (9 September): Main conference sessions covering policy, market overview and industry strategy, panel discussions on the new era of generalist robotics, motor technology and joint control. Concludes with a VIP Dinner.
Day 2 (10 September): Main conference sessions covering AI as an accelerator, healthcare applications, force sensors, ethics, GDPR-compliant architectures, low-power motion control, dexterous hands and ethical governance. A tripartite panel (investors, engineers, ethicists) on humanoid robot development is scheduled.
Day 3 (11 September): Company visits to humanoid robotics companies based in Stuttgart. The specific list of companies to be visited is described as to be announced.
The event uses a hybrid online-offline format according to the organiser, enabling remote participation alongside the in-person programme.
Session topics confirmed on the website include:
Four primary thematic pillars are confirmed on the organiser's website:
HRS Europe focuses exclusively on humanoid robots as distinct from industrial robots, cobots or other robotic systems. The programme addresses the specific challenges of humanoid robot design (bipedal locomotion, dexterous hands, embodied intelligence) and the commercial and regulatory conditions for European market adoption. The 2025 Berlin inaugural and the 2026 Stuttgart edition reflect the organiser's position that humanoid robots represent a discrete and fast-moving industrial sector warranting a dedicated European event.
ACG Events Global, the organiser, is a conference production company. The website's Chinese-language navigation elements and the strong representation of Chinese humanoid robotics companies (Unitree, Deep Robotics, EngineAI, Realman Robotics among exhibitors and partners) indicate the organiser has roots in the Chinese robotics industry event space. The event is held in Germany and directed at the European market. The organiser's stated mission is to bridge global (including Chinese) humanoid robotics developments with European industrial and policy conditions.
The Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle is a historic congress venue in central Stuttgart, located at Berliner Platz 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart. According to the organiser, it has capacity for 2,000 participants. The venue combines historic architecture with modern conference infrastructure and offers multiple hall configurations. Stuttgart is served by Stuttgart Airport (STR) and by high-speed rail connections from Frankfurt, Munich and Zurich. The city is also a major centre of the German automotive and engineering industry, which is directly relevant to the summit's automotive-sector content.
ACG Events Global is a conference production company that describes itself as producing summits, technical forums, awards ceremonies and company visits in sectors of industrial relevance. Its portfolio includes the Humanoid Robots Summit series as well as prior work in EV battery technology (an ACG Live webinar on global EV battery thermal management is referenced on the website). The organiser's corporate address and founding details are not prominently disclosed on the English-language website. The first HRS Europe edition (Berlin, 2025) is described by the organiser as sold out, with 500+ professional attendees from across Europe and globally.
The leading European-focused humanoid robotics summit, organised by a globally active events group with strong Chinese robotics industry connections; the Stuttgart 2026 edition builds on a sold-out Berlin 2025 inaugural and positions itself as the reference event for European humanoid robot commercialisation.
Registration is handled by inquiry. The organiser does not display ticket pricing publicly on the event website. Three participation categories are offered:
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Berliner Platz 1-3, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany.
Yes. The organiser describes a hybrid online-offline format that enables participants to "sync global market insights and tech trends in real time." Specific online access details are not disclosed on the website.
The organiser does not provide a direct online registration form. Attendance inquiries are directed to marketing@sh-acg.com.
| Official website | https://acgrobot.com/ |
| Speakers | https://acgrobot.com/speakers/ |
| Schedule | https://acgrobot.com/schedule/ |
| Contact / Register | https://acgrobot.com/contact/ |
| Sponsor inquiry | mailto:marketing@sh-acg.com |