Mobile Robotics
Safety-Critical Applications & Machinery

The conference focuses on the latest developments in safety-critical mobile robotics, especially ground vehicles and mobile robots. A particular focus lies on the deployment of safety-critical autonomy in realworld, constrained environments, including the transfer of approaches between off-highway and defense applications. It covers dual-use applications in sectors including construction, agriculture, mining, logistics, surveillance and defense, with a strong focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence and functional safety.
The event brings together research institutes, technology startups, industry developers and public stakeholders to discuss topics such as algorithms and AI models, systems and product engineering, use cases, pilots and safety.
We warmly invite you to contribute to the conference program by delivering a technical presentation. Submit your abstract on one of the listed focus topics and help shape the program. We look forward to receiving your submission!
- Focus on ground vehicles & mobile robots
- Clear dual-use positioning. Target applications: surveillance, construction, agriculture, mining, defense, and logistics
- Integration into defense and security systems, including unmanned systems and C2 environments
- Topics with a strong connection to artificial intelligence and strong safety
- Certification & regulatory approval
- Research institutes
- Innovative technology startups and scale-ups
- Development departments of established vehicle and robotics manufacturers (e.g. military vehicles, agricultural machinery, construction machinery, robotics)
- Public stakeholders from procurement, military, and regulatory bodies
TÜV SÜD
Algorithmus Building
Rüdesheimer Str. 10
80686 Munich, Germany
If you are interested in giving a presentation on the above-mentioned key topics, please submit a short abstract of approximately one DIN A4 page to the TÜV SÜD Academy ([email protected]) by June 10, 2026.
Your topic proposal should include:
- Title of the presentation
- Presenter, company address, telephone number, and email
- Brief summary of the content (max. one DIN A4 page)
You can find the guidelines for submitting a presentation here.
Interested companies have the opportunity to present their products and services at the exhibition taking place parallel to the conference.
For further information on availability and costs of exhibition space, please contact
Eva Biechl, [email protected]
Thomas Bock
CTO and Managing Director
FERNRIDE
Felix Friedmann
Product / Engineering Lead: Embedded AI Inference
NVIDIA
Hendrik Höfer
Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
Benedikt Pulver
TÜV SÜD Product Service
Head of the machine safety department
Prof. Dr. Mario Trapp
Executive Director
Fraunhofer-Institut für Kognitive Systeme IKS
Thomas Wambera
Vice President Defence Europe
Apex.AI
Chairs
Prof. Dr. Johannes Betz
Professorship Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS)
Technical University of Munich
Dr. Alexander Wischnewski
CEO & Co-Founder
driveblocks
