Friday, October 30, 2026, UC Berkeley.

Bay Area Robotics Symposium 2026

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About

The 2026 Bay Area Robotics Symposium aims to bring together roboticists from the Bay Area. The program will consist of a mix of faculty, student and industry presentations. For more details, see the event schedule.

We expect all attendees (whether they are affiliated with UC Berkeley or not) to adhere to the University's code of conduct. Any concerns about participant conduct may be reported directly to the organizers, or staff at the welcome desk. 

Tickets

Registration details for BARS 2026 will be posted closer to the event date.

Organizers

Faculty Organizers

Negar Mehr Negar Mehr UC Berkeley Mark Mueller Mark Mueller UC Berkeley Monroe D. Kennedy III Monroe D. Kennedy III Stanford

Advisory Committee

Allison Okamura Allison Okamura Stanford Ken Goldberg Ken Goldberg UC Berkeley

Student Organizers

Marfred Barrera Marfred Barrera Junwoo Chang Junwoo Chang Seoyeon Choi Seoyeon Choi Dayi Dong Dayi Dong Zhenlong Fang Zhenlong Fang Kartik Nagpal Kartik Nagpal Ryan Park Ryan Park Lasse Peters Lasse Peters Kanghyun Ryu Kanghyun Ryu Aayushi Shrivastava Aayushi Shrivastava
John Viljoen John Viljoen
Hongrui Zhao Hongrui Zhao

Sponsors

Venue

The event will be held on the campus of UC Berkeley at Pauley Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. Building.

Parking details are TBD.

Details about any open house or reception after the main programming are TBD.

Schedule

The event schedule is as below.

08:30-09:00 Breakfast
09:00-09:15 Welcome
09:15-10:00 Faculty Talks Session #1
10:00-10:30 Industry & Student Spotlight Talks #1
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break & Student Posters #1
11:00-11:45 Faculty Talks Session #2
11:45-12:15 Keynote #1: TBD
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Keynote #2: TBD
14:00-14:45 Faculty Talks Session #3
14:45-15:15 Industry & Student Spotlight Talks #2
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break & Student Posters #2
15:45-16:30 Faculty Talks Session #4
16:30-17:30 Open House / Reception TBD

Keynote Speakers: TBD

The list of speakers for each talk session is:

Faculty Talks #1 (09:15-10:00): TBD

Faculty Talks #2 (11:00-11:45): TBD

Faculty Talks #3 (14:00-14:45): TBD

Faculty Talks #4 (15:45-16:30): TBD

Industry & Student Spotlight Talks #1 (10:00-10:30): TBD

Industry & Student Spotlight Talks #2 (14:45-15:15): TBD

Contact

Symposium organizers: 

Negar Mehr, negar@berkeley.edu

Mark Mueller, mwm@berkeley.edu

Monroe D. Kennedy III, monroek@stanford.edu