Announcing the SPRINT Robotics North America Summit 2026: Call for Abstracts Now Open
SPRINT Robotics is excited to announce the inaugural North America Summit 2026, taking place September 22-23, 2026 in Houston, Texas. The two-day event will bring together the North American industrial robotics community to exchange knowledge, explore emerging technologies, and discuss the future of robotics, AI, and digitalization for inspection, maintenance, and asset integrity.
As one of the world’s largest markets for industrial innovation, North America is home to leading asset owners, operators, technology developers, service providers, and researchers who continue to push the boundaries of robotics deployment. The North America Summit will provide a dedicated platform for these industry leaders to exchange knowledge, showcase innovation, and accelerate the adoption of robotics across critical industries.
Share Your Expertise. Inspire the Industry.
The Call for Abstracts is now open, and SPRINT Robotics invites asset owners, operators, technology providers, researchers, and industry experts to submit presentations for consideration.
The Summit is seeking practical, experience-driven presentations that highlight real-world applications, lessons learned, deployment strategies, emerging technologies, and innovative solutions that are transforming industrial operations. Whether you’ve successfully deployed robotic systems in the field, developed breakthrough technologies, or gained valuable insights from operational challenges, this is your opportunity to share your expertise with an audience of industry peers and decision-makers.
Technical Tracks
North America Summit welcomes abstracts covering a broad range of topics related to industrial inspection, maintenance, and cleaning robotics, including:
- Surveillance Robotics: Focuses on robotic systems for routine surveillance, inspections, and operational monitoring to improve safety, efficiency, and situational awareness.
- Task-Based Robotics: Highlights robotic systems for specialized industrial inspection, maintenance, and emergency response.
- AI, Integration, and Fleet Management: Explores how AI, data analytics, and interoperability are enabling smarter, more connected robotic operations.
- Power and Energy Transition/Renewables: Focuses on robotics applications in power generation, renewable energy, hydrogen, and carbon capture applications
- Data, Sensing, and Digital Integration: Explores how sensors, edge computing, and digital integration are enabling smarter inspection and maintenance.
- Case Studies: Field Deployments and Lessons Learned: Highlights real-world robotics deployments, case studies, and lessons learned from operational implementation
Why Present?
Presenting at the North America Summit is an opportunity to:
- Showcase your organization’s expertise and innovation.
- Share successful deployments and real-world lessons learned.
- Connect with asset owners, operators, technology providers, and industry leaders.
- Increase visibility within the global SPRINT Robotics community.
- Help shape the future of industrial robotics adoption across North America.
Whether you’re an experienced presenter or sharing your first deployment story, your insights can help accelerate robotics adoption across the industry.
Submit Your Abstract Today
The North America Summit is an opportunity to contribute to one of the industry’s premier forums for industrial robotics.
If you have a compelling case study, innovative technology, or practical lessons that can help move the industry forward, we encourage you to submit your abstract and be part of the inaugural SPRINT Robotics North America Summit.
Submit your Abstract to events@sprintrobotics.org
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026