Humanoids Summit Seoul 2026

• Dates: Sep 22 – 23, 2026
• Place: Seoul, South Korea
• Venue: COEX Convention Center
• Organiser: Humanoids Summit, Inc.

Humanoids Summit Seoul 2026 was the series' first edition in South Korea, held on 22–23 September 2026 at COEX Convention Center in Seoul. Humanoids Summit is an industry conference on humanoid robots and Physical AI that brings together founders, researchers, investors and industry leaders. Seoul was its fifth global edition, after Silicon Valley (December 2024), London (May 2025), Silicon Valley (December 2025) and Tokyo (May 2026). Talks from the Seoul programme, among them Michael Perry (Persona AI) on why to build a humanoid and Steve Xie (Lightwheel) on continuous learning for Physical AI, are on the summit's YouTube channel.

Key facts

• Fifth global edition: Seoul was the fifth Humanoids Summit, after Silicon Valley (December 2024), London (May 2025), Silicon Valley (December 2025) and Tokyo (May 2026).
• First edition in South Korea: The organiser billed Seoul as the summit's debut in South Korea; it was the series' second edition in Asia, after Tokyo.
• Recordings: Talks and a fireside chat from Seoul 2026 are on the Humanoids Summit YouTube channel, posted on 19 October 2026.

Important dates

• Humanoids Summit Seoul 2026: 22–23 September 2026 (past)

Keynote speakers

• Michael Perry (Persona AI): Why a Humanoid? The Definitive Answer
• Steve Xie (Lightwheel): Continuous Learning Platform for Physical AI
• Brennand Pierce: Deploying Humanoids at Industrial Scale
• Brad Rex (Renesas): Safety, Motion and Touch in Physical AI
• Suntae Kim (NdotLight): Accelerating Physical AI with SimReady and VLA Data
• Byeoli Choi (MOVIN3D): Scaling Human Motion Capture Beyond the Studio
• Do Park (Lightberry): Designing Interactive Humanoids
• Yongkui Xu (MRDVS): Solid-State 3D Perception Gateway
• Ena So (Ziva): State of Game Engines in Robotics
• Xiangyu Chen (IO AI): Decentralizing Embodied AI Data
• Sara Filipcic and Roshni Lulla (Institute for Humane Robotics): Relational Risk in Humanoid Robotics
• Elliot Kaye and Ryan Vann (Cooley LLP): Fireside chat: Humanoid Safety, from Design to Deployment (moderated by Harnish Jani)

Official links

• Website: https://humanoidssummit.com/
• 2026 editions: Silicon Valley and Seoul: https://humanoidssummit.com/2026-registration-page
• Seoul 2026 talk recordings (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@HumanoidsSummit/videos
• Media and past editions: https://humanoidssummit.com/media
• X (Twitter): https://x.com/HumanoidsSummit
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/HumanoidsSummit