Embodied AI NYC

Join us for Embodied AI NYC, an evening exploring what happens when intelligence enters the physical world.

UPDATE: THE EVENT DATE IS NOW MONDAY, OCTOBER 5.

From our first conversation with ChatGPT to talking naturally with AI or watching an agent use a computer, we’ve had moments when a new possibility suddenly clicked. What are those moments for physical AI systems?

Through live demos, creative experiments, and conversations with artists, researchers, designers, and builders, we’ll explore machines that learn from us, respond to our input, express themselves, and find their way through unexpected situations.

Hosted at ZeroSpace, a next-gen production and creative studio specializing in the integration of digital, virtual, and live content.

🎙️ Speakers

Sebastian Marino, Monumental Labs
Monumental Labs is building an AI-powered robotic fabrication platform that bridges the workshop traditions of fine arts with cutting-edge technology to make magnificent sculpture and stone architecture accessible at scale.

Pedro Piacenza, Tangent Robotics
Tangent Robotics is building dexterous robot hands and learning skilled control policies for them, with the goal to provide general-purpose hands for the general-purpose robots of the future.

Charlotte Kemp Muhl & Sage Morei, FINIS MUSICAE
Finis Musicae, a futurist art and transhuman tech collective, is applying robotics as the next step in the evolution of music performance.

⚡Lightning Talks

Shrikar Madhu, Reactor
Shrikar Madhu shows how Reactor makes large robotics models fast enough for real-world use, with a live demo of optimized policy serving in simulation.

Tyler Raciti, Volumes
Tyler Raciti explores the convergence of spatial AI and physical AI, connecting how machines understand the world with how they act within it.

Cyril Engmann
Cyril Engmann is building a local AI home assistant that brings voice, vision, and smart-home control into a Reachy Mini robot with a touchscreen.

🕹️ Demos

Cyril Engmann

Gather
Gather is building compact, modular robots that connect classroom learning with real-world work, helping students assemble, program, and deploy physical AI through Sandbox Robotics.

Human Friendly Robotics
Human Friendly Robotics is building robots that work alongside construction crews, starting with flooring and expanding into electrical work through shared physical intelligence.

🛠️ Share Your Work

Building something in physical AI, robotics, or human–machine interaction? We’d love to hear from you. Research prototypes, creative experiments, and works in progress are welcome. Fill out our speaker interest form to tell us what you’d like to share.