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
Registration Deadline:
August 28, 2026
Where:
JROBOT Venue
Marine Corps FORGE
HPL/CAC – BLDG 125
650 Corporate Drive
Stafford, VA 22556
Demo Site
Goettge Demo Range (GDR)
Location: 38°34’29.83″N 77°33’19.73″W (38.57495326231697, -77.55548309041048)
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/
Note: All times EDT; * indicates time subject to change. JROBOT activities marked; all others represent xTech activities.
| Wed. (9/9) | Day 1 Activities | Thurs. (9/10) | Day 2 Activities | Fri. (9/11) | Day 3 Activities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0700-0745 | JROBOT: Start of Day Meeting (650 Corporate Dr) | 0700-0745 | JROBOT: Start of Day Meeting (650 Corporate Dr) | 0800-0830 | JROBOT: Start of Day Meeting (650 Corporate Dr) |
| 0745-0800 | JROBOT: Move to convoy staging point | 0745-0800 | JROBOT: Move to convoy staging point | 0830-1130 | JROBOT: Formulate Senior Leader Brief (650 Corporate Dr) |
| 0800-0830 | JROBOT: Convoy to demo site | 0800-0830 | JROBOT: Convoy to demo site | 1130-1200 | xTech Award Ceremony (optional) |
| 0830-1800* | Demonstration Site (MCBC) | 0830-1700* | Demonstration Site (MCBQ) | 1200 | Depart |
| 0830-0910 | (1) Vision One Part B | 0830-0840 | (6) Demonstration/Pitch Set-Up/Welcome Remarks | ||
| 0910-0930 | Breakdown/Set-Up | 0840-0950 | (6) Ras Lab, Inc. Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | ||
| 0930-1010 | (2) Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Part B | 0950-1010 | Breakdown/Evaluations/ Set-Up | ||
| 1010-1030 | Breakdown/Set-Up | 1010-1120 | (7) Lawerence Semiconductor Research Laboratory, Inc. Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | ||
| 1030-1140 | (3) Hydroplane Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | 1120-1140 | Breakdown/Evaluations/Set-Up | ||
| 1140-1250 | Breakdown/Evaluations/Lunch (1.10 hrs.) | 1140-1250 | (8) Aptima, Inc. Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | ||
| 1250-1300 | Set-Up | 1250-1350 | Breakdown/ Evaluations/ Lunch (1hr) | ||
| 1300-1330 | (1) Vision One Pitch and Q&A Part A | 1350-1400 | Set-Up | ||
| 1330-1350 | Breakdown/Evaluations/Set-Up | 1400-1510 | (9) Diaconia, LLC Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | ||
| 1350-1420 | (2) Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Pitch and Q&A Part A | 1510-1530 | Breakdown/Evaluations/Set-Up | ||
| 1420-1440 | Breakdown/Evaluations/Set-Up | 1530-1640 | (10) Velocity Exploration Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | ||
| 1440-1550 | (4) ACES Group Demonstration/Pitch and Q&A | 1640-1650 | Breakdown/Evaluations | ||
| 1550-1600 | Breakdown/Evaluations | 1650-1730 | Hot Wash | ||
| 1600-1640 | Hot Wash |
JROBOT Venue:
Marine Corps FORGE
HPL/CAC – BLDG 125
650 Corporate Drive
Stafford, VA 22556
Demo Site:
Goettge Demo Range (GDR)
Location: 38°34’29.83″N 77°33’19.73″W (38.57495326231697, -77.55548309041048)
Travel Days: Wednesday (9 Sep) and Friday (11 Sep). We highly encourage you to rent a car. The travel time between Marine Corps FORGE and Goettge Demo Range is about 30 minutes.
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
Commercial Offerings:
WoodSpring Suites Quantico
1.1 m from Marine Corps Base Quantico
7.4 out of 10, Good
Hampton Inn Dumfries/Quantico
4.6 m from Marine Corps Base Quantico
9.0 out of 10, Excellent
Stafford Suites
4 mi from Marine Corps Base Quantico
8.6 out of 10, Excellent
Ramada by Wyndham Triangle/Quantico
2.1 mi from Marine Corps
7.6 out of 10, Good
Hilton Garden Inn Woodbridge
8.1 mi from Marine Corps Base Quantico
9.2 out of 10, Wonderful
Stafford Towne Place Suites by Marriott Quantico
5.2 mi from Marine Corps Base Quantico
8.8 out of 10, Excellent
Each participant is responsible for submitting the proper base access.
Visitor Authorization Requests (VAR) for event “U.S. Army FUZE xTech Program”
- Military, DAC, GOV CTR: security managers use DISS at https://www.dcsa.mil/Systems-Applications/Defense-Information-System-for-Security-DISS/
- S. Civilians use: xTECH sponsor using post-SOP at https://www.quantico.marines.mil/Info/Base-Access/Civilian-Non-Military/
* SMO CODE: MS3002 for Marine Corps Base Quantico (MCBQ), VA
* POC: CPT Scott Zerull, (571) 254-7220, scott.d.zerull.mil@usmc.mil
Registration
Registration Deadline: 8/28/2026
