Hey AI LA Community,
We have the luxury of partnering with Qualcomm twice a year to bring you a cutting-edge program utilizing the expertise of their engineering bench and technologies. You don’t want to to miss these unique skill-building experiences where AI plays with hardware. Come learn from the experts in the panel and then try your hand at the workshop. All hardware supplied by Qualcomm.
Best,
AI LA Team
Limited tickets! Free for AI LA+ Members
AI at the Edge: Robot Experts Share Lessons Learned
Thursday, May 28th: 6:00 - 8:30 PM | Pasadena
Robots that play soccer are more than a novelty—they’re a proving ground for real-time, multi-agent Physical AI.
In this panel, AI LA and Qualcomm bring together industry practitioners and research leaders to explore what it takes to build interactive robots that see, think, and act locally under real-world constraints. Using robot soccer as a concrete anchor, we’ll dive into:
on-device perception
low-latency control loops
multi-agent, edge-first decision-making
“Dual-brain” robotics architectures
Schedule
6:00-6:45pm - Check in, drinks and dinner hosted by Qualcomm
6:45-7:45pm - Panel
7:45-8:30pm - Networking and drinks
Speakers
Blythe Towal: Head of Robotics AI Software, Qualcomm
Joel Burdick: Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, Caltech
Yutao He: Senior Research Technologist, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Additional speakers to be announced (robotics, autonomy, and embedded AI)
Who should attend
Builders curious how Physical AI differs from cloud-first approaches
Robotics and autonomous systems engineers
Embedded, edge AI, and real-time systems developers
Researchers exploring perception, control, and multi-agent systems
Free dinner and drinks provided by Qualcomm!
Free for AI LA+ Members
Physical AI Workshop: Robot Soccer Challenge
Friday, May 29th: 3:00 - 6:00 PM | Pasadena
Get hands-on with experts from Qualcomm on the core building blocks of Physical AI for robotics.
In this workshop, participants will work through a RoboCup-inspired starter kit designed to jump‑start robot soccer development—covering perception, control, and strategic decision logic that runs entirely on-device.
Rather than starting from scratch, you’ll leave with working baselines you can extend in a future Robo World Cup Hack Day or your own robotics projects.
Target hardware will be provided or specified in advance, with clear abstractions so concepts transfer across robotics setups.
Workshop, refreshments and amazingness brought to you by Qualcomm!
What you’ll build
A vision/perception baseline
Ball, goal, and robot detection concepts aligned with Day 1’s discussionA real-time control loop
Tight perception → decision → action cycles designed for edge executionA strategy hook
Plug in logic for when to shoot, where to move, and how to respond to other robotsA roadmap for extending toward multi-robot, bracket-style play
Who should attend
Developers who want to participate in the upcoming Robo World Cup Hack Day
Students and researchers looking for practical Physical AI experience
Embedded / edge AI engineers wanting a concrete robotics workflow
Space is limited to keep the workshop highly interactive.
Early Bird Tickets on Sale!
Responsible AI Symposium 2026
Friday, June 26th | 2:00 - 8:00PM | Playa Vista
Safety isn't a single problem with a single solution. It's a spectrum — from the alignment researcher stress-testing model behavior, to the actor protecting their digital likeness, to the parent wondering what AI is teaching their kid about connection and loneliness.
At the 9th Annual Responsible AI Symposium, we're examining The Many Faces of Safety — the idea that building a resilient AI future requires us to hold all of these perspectives at once. Across tracks in health, policy, media & entertainment, and safety research, we'll explore what it means to design systems, laws, and norms that protect people across every dimension of their lives.
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