NY Tech Meetup | Software for Hardware: The Tools Powering Robotics & Embodied AI - Tech Week 2026

As robotics and embodied AI move from research into the real world, a new generation of software is emerging to power how intelligent machines are built, deployed, and scaled.
Join New York Tech Alliance and New York Robotics for an evening exploring the digital infrastructure behind physical systems — from simulation and autonomy stacks to developer tools, data pipelines, and deployment platforms.
This meetup brings together founders, engineers, researchers, and industry leaders building at the intersection of software and hardware, with a focus on real-world applications across robotics and embodied AI.
What to expect
Talks from founders and technical leaders shaping the robotics software stack
Live demos of tools and systems powering real-world robotics deployments
Conversations with teams building and scaling embodied AI companies
Networking with NYC’s robotics, AI, and broader tech ecosystem
Whether you’re actively building in robotics, exploring the space, or looking to connect with the teams shaping the future of physical AI, this is a chance to get an inside look at the tools driving the next wave of innovation.
Come for the innovation. Stay for the connections.

Program
6:00 PM: Doors Open
6:30 PM: Welcome + Demos
7:50 PM: Community Ask / Offer
8:00 PM: After-party & Networking

Demos By
Antioch: Full-stack simulation to test and deploy autonomous systems faster and better.
General Intuition: The frontier research lab dedicated to building foundation models for environments that require deep spatial and temporal reasoning.
mbodi: Building an agentic AI robotics platform that enables robots to learn, adapt, and acquire new skills through language, vision, and demonstration.
Niantic Spatial: We are an AI company building the foundational models for the era of robotics and spatial computing.
Root Access: The AI teams trust to develop mission-critical hardware.
MorphoAI: Automatically generate and verify new robot designs in minutes, not weeks.
NYU/copper-rs: Building learning-enabled robotic systems that operate reliably in complex, GPS-denied, real-world environments, with an emphasis on end-to-end deployment rather than isolated algorithms.
Viam: Viam is a unified software layer that abstracts away the hardware, networking, data management, and more, so you can build and manage robots with the workflows you already know.
Volumes: Volumes is capturing ground-truth reality in motion and turning it into accurate, licensable data for AI labs.

About the NY Tech Meetup
The NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) is a signature event of the
NY Tech Alliance that has been a monthly staple for the NYC tech ecosystem since 2004. It is the world’s largest meetup group of its kind with over 50,000 members who have a common interest in learning from and helping one another. At each event, entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, and their teams demo cutting edge and transformative tech, answer questions from attendees and network with all in a welcoming and fun-filled space. Since its creation, over 1,200 companies have participated and have been a driving force of innovation and job creation in NYC and the greater NY area.
About NY Robotics
New York Robotics (NYR) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the robotics and embodied AI industry across the regional, national, and global landscape. What began as a grassroots meetup — uniting a fragmented community across the New York Metropolitan area — has rapidly evolved into a driving force for innovation, investment, and industry growth, positioning New York as a premier global hub for robotics through their digital platforms, strategic partnerships, curated programs, high-impact events, and tailored services.