November 3-5, 2026 | Huntington Place | Detroit, Michigan
Build Safer Automation
The practical robot safety conference for professionals designing, integrating, operating, and scaling industrial, collaborative, mobile, and emerging robotic systems.
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Robot safety is not a final checkpoint.
It is part of designing, integrating, and operating automation successfully. The International Robot Safety Conference brings together safety professionals, engineers, manufacturers, integrators, standards experts, and technology providers for practical guidance on robot safety standards, risk assessment, system design, implementation, and emerging technologies. For more than 35 years, organizations have relied on IRSC to strengthen their knowledge and make safer automation decisions.
Understand What Is Changing
Interpret current robot safety standards and understand what new requirements mean for your systems, teams, and facilities.
Apply Safety in Practice
Go beyond theory with practical approaches to risk assessment, industrial robot cells, collaborative applications, mobile robots, functional safety, cybersecurity, and emerging systems.
Learn With the Right Community
Connect with safety professionals, end users, integrators, manufacturers, technology providers, and the experts shaping robot safety practices.
Why It Matters
Robot Safety Must Scale With Automation
Robotics are expanding into more applications, facilities, and industries. At the same time, standards are changing, connected systems are creating new cybersecurity questions, and collaborative, mobile, AI-enabled, and other emerging robots are changing how people and machines share space.
IRSC helps teams understand what these developments mean and how to build safety into automation from the beginning.
EXPLORE 2026 TOPICS →[X]
Robotics adoption continues to expand
North American companies ordered [X] robots valued at [$X] in [period], a [X%] change from [comparison period].
Source: A3 Market Intelligence
[X%]
Automation is growing beyond automotive
Non-automotive industries represented [X%] of robot orders in [period], led by [top industries].
Source: A3 Market Intelligence
[X%]
Collaborative and mobile systems are gaining ground
Collaborative robots represented [X%] of robot units, while mobile robot deployments/orders reached [X] in [period].
Source: A3 Market Intelligence
[X]
Detroit anchors an active manufacturing region
Michigan and the Great Lakes region account for [X] manufacturing facilities, robot orders, or automation investment relevant to IRSC.
Source: A3 Market Intelligence
Explore the Issues Shaping Robot Safety
These are topic areas informed by prior IRSC programming and current robot safety priorities; they are not confirmed 2026 sessions.
Built for the people responsible for safe automation decisions
Safety, EHS & Compliance
- Safety, EHS, and compliance professionals
- Risk-assessment and functional-safety specialists
Engineering & Technical
- Robotics, automation, controls, manufacturing, and industrial engineers
- Machine builders, OEMs, and system integrators
Operations & Leadership
- Plant, production, operations, maintenance, and quality leaders
- Leaders developing organization-wide robot safety programs
Manufacturers & End Users
- Robot and automation manufacturers
- Automotive, aerospace, logistics, food and beverage, life sciences, metals, and other industrial end users
Whether you are building your first robot cell, updating an established safety program, deploying mobile or collaborative systems, or preparing for emerging robotic applications, IRSC is designed to help you make better decisions.
What’s Included
Full Access
Conference access Tuesday through Thursday.
Two-Day Access
Choose Tuesday/Wednesday or Wednesday/Thursday.
Included With Both Passes
- Conference sessions on your selected pass days
- Breakfast and lunch each day attended
- One networking reception
- Tabletop exhibits
- Certificate of attendance with CEU credits upon request
Built on Decades of Robot Safety Leadership
For more than 35 years, IRSC has convened the people who set and apply robot safety practice. Prior speakers have represented organizations including:
Past speaker organizations shown for conference-history context; 2026 speakers will be announced soon.
Watch the Robot Safety Conversation
[Video title — standards update]
A clear walkthrough of what the latest robot safety standards mean and how recent revisions change requirements for real systems.
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[Video title — risk assessment / application]
A practical discussion of risk assessment and application design, drawn from real robot cells and collaborative deployments.
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[Video title — emerging-technology safety]
A forward-looking conversation on safety for mobile, AI-enabled, and emerging robotic systems changing how people and machines share space.
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Reach the Professionals Building Safer Automation
IRSC creates a focused environment for companies that provide safety technology, robotics, controls, sensors, software, integration, training, and related solutions. Put your company in front of professionals responsible for robot safety decisions and implementation.
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