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Web Summit Rio ・ June 8-11, 2026

Machine Summit

Wandercraft&#8217;s AI-powered exoskeleton is making the impossible a reality again. CEO Mathieu Masselin unveiled the science behind their self-balancing exoskeleton, while Paralympian Charlotte Fairbank demonstrated its life-changing impact on stage.

Matthieu Masselin, CEO, Wandercraft; left, and Charlotte Fairbank, Paralympic Tennis Player on Machine Summit stage during day two of Web Summit 2025

Step into the future of assistive robotics

AI isn’t just digital anymore, it’s learning to move, sense, and act in the physical world. FieldAI Founder &amp; CEO Ali Agha as he explored how embodied intelligence is transforming industries from construction to urban operations to energy.

The rise of embodied intelligence

Joby’s all-electric, quiet aircraft is built entirely in-house, from design to manufacturing. This session explored how mastering every component can turn impossible engineering challenges into the next era of everyday flight.

Eric Allison, CPO, Joby Aviation, on Machine Summit stage at Web Summit 2025

Air taxis and the next era of aviation

Robust.AI CSO John Spinale shared how robotics and intelligence are being designed for the economic and demographic realities of the next decade.

Reshoring, retooling, rethinking: AI's industrial wave

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What does it take to launch (and land) a breakthrough when failure is part of the roadmap? And how are manufacturers of robots, auto, and spacetech adopting their models to accommodate both the fast-shifting appetites of customers and rates of innovation that are hard to keep up with?

AI has accelerated the adoption of robots, with them now employed in warehouses, medical environments, and homes. As both humanoid and non-humanoid models are released into the world, questions linger not just over their scalability and accuracy, but how much of the human experience they will replace. Are they worth the investment, or are they still nascent? Will they displace our workforces or stand alongside them? And with global birth rates declining, are they an urgent necessity for our understaffed future?

Hi, robot

Manufacturing is revolutionising production with interconnected systems and automation, but novel innovations yield new challenges. Data security, integration complexities, and workforce adaptation hinder widespread adoption. How can industries overcome these hurdles and leverage AI and robotics to achieve optimised, efficient, and resilient manufacturing processes for the future?

Industry 4.0

Space has never been closer as rockets, satellites, and mining vessels reach the stars with increasing frequency, but stories of success in spacetech are as common as those of failure. While it seems we’re one step closer to interstellar travel each day, we’re also one great leap away from reaching our closest celestial bodies. What makes spacefaring technology tick? And what does the industry need to get right before we get off Earth?

The final frontier

How we move from A to B is changing as EVs flood our streets and driverless cars ferry passengers in cities selected from waiting lists. As autotech becomes more sophisticated, so too does its consumer trend, with subscription models and servitisation creeping into the mobility experience. What does it mean for users and manufacturers when your phone and your car have never been more alike, and what will the next generation of autotech look like as a result?