International Robot Safety Conference 2026

The International Robot Safety Conference 2026 is held on 3–5 November 2026 at Huntington Place in Detroit, organised by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the leading North American body for robotics and automation. It is the definitive event on the safe deployment of industrial robots — a topic that grows more important as robots and AI-driven automation spread across manufacturing and logistics.

The conference centres on robot safety standards, risk assessment and compliant deployment: the ISO 10218 and ANSI/RIA R15.06 framework for industrial robots, functional safety, safeguarding, and the fast-evolving area of collaborative robots (cobots) and human-robot interaction, where machines share space with people. As AI and autonomy add perception and decision-making to industrial systems, the questions of how to validate, safeguard and certify them sit squarely on the agenda. The audience is highly practical — safety engineers, integrators, plant and operations managers, and standards professionals responsible for putting robots on real factory floors without putting people at risk. A3's stewardship makes it the authoritative North American venue for the latest standards interpretation and practical guidance. For any manufacturer scaling automation, it is the key annual reference point.