Panels

Robotics and AI are advancing quickly, but technical capability alone does not determine whether new technologies make it into the real world. Regulation, standards, procurement, commercialization, risk, organizational readiness and public confidence can all shape whether promising ideas move beyond pilots and into broader use.

This panel will explore the systems surrounding robotics and AI adoption and ask a practical question: what needs to be true for emerging technologies to move from prototype to practice?

Panellists will bring perspectives from across the innovation and deployment ecosystem, examining where technologies tend to encounter friction, how organizations assess and manage risk, what enables responsible experimentation, and how policy, industry and institutions can better support adoption at scale.

The discussion will shift the focus from what robotics and AI can do to what it takes to actually put them to work.