A3’s International Robot Safety Conference Comes to Detroit November 3-5

Experts from Amazon Robotics, NVIDIA, OSHA, Boston Dynamics and more will address new safety requirements and practical guidance for robot users

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) will host the 2026 International Robot Safety Conference (IRSC) November 3-5 at Huntington Place in Detroit. The conference brings together engineers, safety professionals, manufacturers and system integrators to examine robot safety standards and their application in the workplace.

The Detroit location places this year’s conference in a major manufacturing region, giving the conference a direct connection to manufacturers and suppliers putting industrial automation to work. Sessions will address how the newly-updated global robot standard, R.1506-2025, will impact established robot installations as well as collaborative applications, mobile robots and emerging technologies.

Expert-Led Sessions

Conference speakers include experts from Amazon Robotics, ABB, NVIDIA, Procter & Gamble, Universal Robots, Yaskawa America, Mobile Industrial Robots, SICK, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics, OSHA and more. Highlights include:

• New requirements for robot users - Amazon Robotics’ Jamison Harrell-Latham and Krupal Patel will address R15.06 Part 3 (industrial) and R15.08 Part 3 (mobile).
• Humanoid and legged robot safety - Agility Robotics’ Kevin Reese and Boston Dynamics’ Federico Vicentini will explore safety challenges for dynamically stable industrial mobile robots.
• Physical AI and robot safety - NVIDIA’s Riccardo Mariani will discuss safety standardization and use cases.
• Safety in existing installations - Procter & Gamble’s Mark Lewandowski will address auditing and maintaining safety in robot installations.

Additional sessions cover risk assessment, common hazards in conventional robot cells, integrators’ responsibilities and OSHA’s perspective on industrial robot safety. The full agenda is available online.

“Robot safety requirements have to translate into decisions people can make on the plant floor,” said Carole Franklin, A3’s director of standards development, robotics. “IRSC gives attendees a chance to work through those questions directly with the experts who develop and apply the standards.”

Registration Now Open

IRSC offers full and partial conference registration options. Registration includes access to conference sessions on your selected days, tabletop exhibits and a networking reception. Certificates of attendance with CEU credits are available upon request.

To register, visit https://www.automate.org/events/international-robot-safety-conference

About Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) is the leading global advocate for the benefits of automating. A3 promotes automation technologies and ideas that transform the way business is done. Members of A3 represent more than 1,500 manufacturers, component suppliers, system integrators, end users, academic institutions, research groups and consulting firms that drive automation forward worldwide.

A3 hosts a number of industry-leading events, including, the A3 Business Forum (January 18-20, 2027, in Orlando, FL) and Automate (May 10-13, 2027, in Las Vegas, NV).