Physical AI & Robotics Nomikai
A casual Shibuya nomikai for people building in physical AI and robotics: no slides, no talks, just conversation over drinks.
- When
- Tue, August 18, 2026 · 19:00–22:00 JST
- Where
- Shibuya, Tokyo · In person
- Region
- Kanto (Tokyo)
- Organizer
- Stealth Founders
- Language
- JA/EN
- Source
- Luma
Summary
An evening gathering in Shibuya for people working at the intersection of AI and physical hardware: spatial intelligence, humanoid robotics, vision-language-action (VLA) models, edge computing, autonomous systems, and sensor fusion. The organisers frame it around Japan's accelerating physical AI and robotics scene, where foundation models are connecting digital reasoning to mechanical bodies, industrial automation is moving toward full autonomy, and hardware development is scaling quickly.
The room is meant to mix robotics and mechatronics engineers, physical AI and machine learning researchers, edge compute and sensor developers, ROS/ROS2 operators, and founders, product managers, and investors working in deep tech and AI. There are no presentations and no slides; the format is open conversation about what building and deploying embodied systems actually looks like today.
Anyone building, deploying, investing in, or considering starting something in physical AI and robotics is a fit. The organisers also run a Discord for founders, engineers, operators, and builders in Tokyo and elsewhere, open to attendees who want to stay in touch.
About the community
The gathering comes out of a Tokyo-centred community of founders, engineers, operators, and builders that also runs an open Discord reaching members outside Japan. Its events are deliberately informal: no programme, no gatekeeping, and no formal talks, with the value coming from candid conversation among people actively building or funding deep tech. The physical AI and robotics night is one of its recurring topic-focused socials.
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