Events in Aerial Robotics
Here are upcoming and past events listed that are important for Aerial Robotists.
2026
Commercial UAV Forum 2026
- Date/Location: April 22-23 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Description: Commercial drone event
2025
PX4 Developer Summit 2025
- Date/Location: Nov 10-11 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Description: Developer conferences for the PX4 ecosystem
IMAV 2025
- Date/Location: Nov 10-14 in San Andres Cholula, Mexico
- Description: Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition
ROSCon 2025
- Date/Location: Oct 27-29 in Singapore, Singapore
- Description: Developer Conference on the Robot Operating System (ROS) with full day aerial robotic workshop available for ROS 2 and PX4
IROS 2025
- Date/Location: Oct 19-25 in Hanzhou, China
- Description: Academic robotics conference with an Advancements in Aerial Physical Interaction Workshop
Commercial UAV expo
- Date/Location: Sept 2-4 in Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Description: The Commercial UAV Expo is a premier trade show and conference for the commercial drone industry.
Ardupilot Developer Conference 2025
- Date/Location: Sept 5-7 in Yorkshire, UK
- Description: Developer Conference for the Ardupilot Ecosystem (limited to core-developers/partners)
International CogniPilot Conference 2025
- Date/Location: Sept 5 in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Description: Developer Conference for the Cognipilot Ecosystem
Open Source Summit 2025
- Date/Location: Aug 25-27 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Description: Hosted within the Open Source Summit, ELC is the premiere event for anything open source and embedded.
International Drone Show 2025
- Date/Location: June 18-19 in Odense, Denmark
- Description: Drone business expo with many demos
ICRA 2025
- Date/Location: May 19-23 in Atlanta, USA
- Description: Academic robotics conference with a Workshop on 25 years of Aerial Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities
Xponential 2025
- Date/Location: May 19-20 in Houston, USA
- Description: Technology Expo with a focus on drones
Xponential Europe 2025
- Date/Location: Feb 17-20 in Dusseldorf, Germany
- Description: Expo and trade fair with the European Drone Forum on 17-18 Feb
ICUAS 2025
- Date/Location: May 14-17 in Charlotte, USA
- Description: International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
This page was last updated: September 3, 2025