Joint Summit Robotics in Sustainment 9
Modernizing the Organic Industrial Base with Robotics
Event Overview
Objective:
xTech Humanoid aims to identify and accelerate the development of militarized humanoids capable of working alongside military personnel in diverse operational conditions.
When:
September 9-11, 2026
Where:
Marine Corps FORGE
HPL/CAC – BLDG 125
650 Corporate Drive
Stafford, VA 22556
Who:
Humanoid Community of Collaboration (HCOC) and JROBOT Partners
Outputs to support all JROBOT members:
- Align Humanoid Augmented Warfare (HAW) capabilities with logistics, manufacturing and sustainment.
- Foster proactive DoW and service funding decisions –prioritization, allocation – for humanoid capability development.
- Collaboration between the services, DoW, academia, and commercial interests for technical development of humanoid capability.
- Compose Senior Leader Out-brief to raise awareness for OSW leadership.
Held concurrently with the xTech Humanoid Demonstration, hosted by the Humanoid Community of Collaboration (HCOC).
Premise:
We share many common maintenance challenges and we can collaboratively influence investments that allow robotics to provide greater speed and efficiency to meet mission requirements.
For more information: https://xtech.army.mil/competition/xtechhumanoid/
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
8:30 AM – 9:10 AM | Humanoid 1 Demo
9:30 AM – 10:10 AM | Humanoid 2 Demo
10:30 AM – 11:10 AM | Humanoid 3 Demo
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Humanoid 1 Pitch and Q&A
1:20 PM – 1:50 PM | Humanoid 2 Pitch and Q&A
2:10 PM – 2:40 PM | Humanoid 3 Pitch and Q&A
3:00 PM – 4:10 PM | Power 1 Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
4:30 PM – 5:40 PM | Power 2 Demonstration
Thursday, September 10, 2026
8:40 AM – 9:50 AM | Manipulation 1 Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
10:10 AM – 11:20 AM | Sensor 1 Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
11:40 AM – 12:50 PM | AI 1 Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
2:00 PM – 3:10 PM | AI 2 Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
3:30 PM – 4:40 PM | AI Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A
Companies will conduct a 50-minute presentation, which will also include their technology pitch presentation, demonstration, and 20-minute Q&A session with judge panel.
Friday Award Ceremony 11:30 AM-12:00 PM
JROBOT Venue:
Marine Corps FORGE
HPL/CAC – BLDG 125
650 Corporate Drive
Stafford, VA 22556
Technology Showcase: TBD
Demo Site: TBD
Travel Days: Tuesday (8 Sep) and Friday (11 Sep)
Quantico, VA Per Diem: $110 Lodging; $68 M&IE
On-base Offerings:
For Active Duty, National Guard, Reserves and Retirees on Leave or Official Duty, DoW Civilians Valid Credentials REQUIRED at check-in.
Inns of the Corps – Liversedge Hall
3018 Russel Rd
Quantico, VA 22134
(703) 630-4444
LodgingReservations.Quantico@usmc-mccs.org
Marine Lodge – Quantico Liversedge
15 Liversedge Dr.
Quantico, VA 22134
(703) 630-4444
LodgingReservations.Quantico@usmc-mccs.org
C Suites at Quantico
Lejeune Rd.
Quantico, VA 22134
(888) 409-7829
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