JHU Robotics Day
April 10, 2026
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus
The Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics will host Robotics Day on Homewood Campus in Baltimore, MD, on Friday, April 10, 2026.
This exciting, all-day event will showcase cutting-edge faculty and student research in Medical Robotics, Robots in Extreme Environments, BioRobotics, Embodied Intelligence, Interactive and Multi-Agent Systems, and more. Join participants from industry and academia for dynamic presentations, live demonstrations, and networking opportunities.
Registration is free of charge but required. Register HERE.
Click here for lodging information.
PROGRAM
| 8:00-9:00 | Registration & Breakfast | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 9:00-9:30
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Welcome & Opening Remarks, Greg Hager
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Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 9:30-9:45 | Welcome & Remarks Dean Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of JHU’s Whiting School of Engineering | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 9:45-10:05 | “The Future of Medical Robotics: From Teleoperation to Autonomy,” Axel Krieger | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 10:05-10:25 | New Faculty Spotlights | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| 10:45-11:05 | “Physical AI at the Edge: Connecting Perception to Action for On-Device Autonomous Intelligence,” Tinoosh Mohsenin | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 11:05-11:30 | New Faculty Spotlights | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 11:30-1:30 | Lab Demonstrations & Posters
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Hackerman Hall Robotorium, Other Labs |
| 12:30-1:25 | Boxed Lunch | Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 1:30-1:50 | “Connecting Research to the Real World: Collaborations and Partnerships,” Greg Hager
David Handelman, Sr. Staff Roboticist and Program Manager, Applied Physics Lab |
Levering/Glass Pavilion |
| 1:50-2:10 | Industry Keynote: “Towards Autonomous Scientific Research,” Sam Schmidgall, Research Scientist at Google DeepMind | Glass Pavilion |
| 2:10-2:30 | Industry Keynote: “Driving AI Innovation in Healthcare Robotics through Open Data and Foundation Models,” Daguang Xu, Senior Research Manager at NVIDIA | Glass Pavilion |
| 2:30-2:50 | Industry Keynote: “Humanoid Robots for Human Spaces,” Kelleher Guerin, VP Platform Architecture at Fauna Robotics, an Amazon Company
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Glass Pavilion |
| 2:50-3:00 | JHU Corporate Engagement Office, Seth Zonies | Glass Pavilion |
| 3:30 | Reception | Hackerman Hall,
1st Floor South Lobby |
Stay tuned for updates as we continue to finalize program details!
Please contact Brendan Guerzon with questions.