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Which robot events are worth watching in 2026 and 2027?
Seven events carry most of the humanoid news each year, and the pattern is stable: CES in Las Vegas in January is where Western makers launch (the production Atlas debuted there in 2026); Beijing in August is where the Chinese industry shows scale, through the World Robot Conference and the World Humanoid Robot Games, where in August 2026 two robots ran 100 m faster than Usain Bolt; the Humanoids Summit in Mountain View on 11 and 12 December is the industry's own meeting; and ICRA, the research flagship, is in Seoul on 24 to 28 May 2027. Add Hannover Messe, GITEX Dubai and the IEEE Humanoids conference and you have the calendar.
By ROBOOSH · Published 2026-09-06 · Last updated 2026-09-06
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Which events matter for humanoid robots, and when?
| Event | Where | When | Why it matters | |---|---|---|---| | CES | Las Vegas | January 6-9, January 2027 | Western launches; production Atlas unveiled at CES 2026 | | Hannover Messe | Hannover | April 5-8, April 2027 | industrial humanoids meet factory buyers; European makers | | ICRA 2027 | Seoul, COEX | 24 to 28 May 2027 | the research flagship; new capabilities appear here first | | Humanoids Summit | Tokyo (May 2026), Mountain View (December) | 11 and 12 December, yearly; December 2027, dates to be confirmed | the industry's own conference, launched 2024; International Humanoids Day on 12 December | | World Robot Conference | Beijing | August, August 2027, dates to be confirmed | Chinese makers at scale; where volume announcements land | | World Humanoid Robot Games | Beijing | 22 and 23 August 2026; August 2027, dates to be confirmed | competitive athletics; 2026: 100 m in 9.39 s and about 9.32 s, faster than Bolt | | GITEX Global | Dubai | December 7-11, October 2026; Q4 2027, dates to be confirmed | the Gulf's largest tech show; where humanoids meet Middle East buyers | | IEEE Humanoids | rotating (Seoul 2025) | December 6-9 | the academic humanoid conference |
Dates marked as placeholders are confirmed in the calendar as organisers publish them; the ones written out are from the organisers' own pages.
Which events are for buyers rather than researchers?
CES, Hannover Messe, the World Robot Conference and GITEX. These are where order pages open, prices are announced and dealers sign up. If you intend to buy or rent a humanoid, one of these in your region is worth a day: you can stand next to the robot, see it fall and recover, and ask about spares and support in person. The research events, ICRA and IEEE Humanoids, are where the capability you will buy in two years is a paper today.
Which events show Chinese humanoids?
Beijing in August, twice over. The World Robot Conference is the trade show; the World Humanoid Robot Games, in its second year in 2026, is the spectacle, and it is where Chinese makers demonstrate what mass-produced legs can do: in August 2026 Tiangong Ultra ran 100 m in 9.39 s and Honor's Lightning in about 9.32 s, both under the human record. Given that Chinese makers shipped about 97 percent of humanoids in the first half of 2026, this is also where the shipment numbers get announced. Unitree's G1 fleet routines at the Spring Festival Gala in February are the other fixed date on the Chinese calendar.
Which events are worth watching from home?
All of them, and the keynotes are free. We compared the CES 2026 and Beijing 2026 coverage side by side and the difference is the whole market in one sentence: in Las Vegas a robot is unveiled; in Beijing a thousand are counted. Follow the maker's own stream for the launch and the trackers for the numbers. Our calendar links both, and Which humanoid robots are coming in 2027? is where the announcements land once a maker names a date.
How do you use the calendar if you own or plan to own a robot?
Two ways. Events are demand: conference season is booking season for event rental, and a city hosting a robot show fills every available humanoid for the week; the income side of that is in How do people make money with humanoid robots?. And events are pricing signals: the August Beijing shows and CES are when list prices move, so a purchase timed just after one of them usually catches the newer price. The full orderable list, updated after each show, is in Which humanoid robots are for sale in 2026?.
Dates checked August 2026; this page is updated when organisers publish or move dates.
FAQ
Q: What is the biggest humanoid robot event? For launches, CES in January; for scale, the World Robot Conference and World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing in August; for the industry itself, the Humanoids Summit in Mountain View on 11 and 12 December.
Q: When is ICRA 2027? 24 to 28 May 2027 at COEX in Seoul, South Korea.
Q: What is the World Humanoid Robot Games? An annual athletics competition for humanoid robots in Beijing, held in August. In 2026 two robots ran 100 m faster than the human world record.
Q: Is there a humanoid robot event in Dubai? GITEX Global in October is the Gulf's largest technology show and the main venue for humanoids in the region.
Q: When is the Humanoids Summit? Every year on 11 and 12 December at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, aligned with International Humanoids Day on 12 December, plus regional editions (London May 2025, Tokyo May 2026).
Sources
- ICRA 2027 official site (24 to 28 May 2027, COEX, Seoul).
- Wikipedia and BusinessWire, Humanoids Summit (founded December 2024; 11 and 12 December yearly; London May 2025; Tokyo May 2026).
- RoboZaps, "38 humanoid robots in 2026", 13 July 2026 (production Atlas unveiled at CES 2026, CNET Best of CES).
- Humanoid Press, 2026 ticker (World Humanoid Robot Games 22 and 23 August 2026, Beijing; 9.39 s and about 9.32 s; Chinese makers about 97 percent of H1 2026 shipments).
- MassRobotics events calendar (IEEE Humanoids 2025, 30 September to 2 October, COEX Seoul, co-located with CoRL).
- Humanoids Daily, February 2026 (Unitree at the Spring Festival Gala).
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