San Francisco

Embodied Intelligence

A week-long program welcoming Swiss-based startups, researchers and thinkers in the Bay Area to explore and shape the future of Robotics and physical AI.

Brains, Bots & Borderless Innovation

From October 27–31, 2025, Swissnex in San Francisco opens its doors for a week of exploration on how robotics and AI are transforming the way we live and work.


The program brings together startups, researchers, and thought leaders from the US and Switzerland who are pushing the boundaries of robotics, AI, and embodied systems.

Events

AI Insiders x Swissnex: Robotics & AI
October 30, 2025
6:30–9:30pm
More details coming soon

AI & Robotics Startup Pitch Night
October 28, 2025
6–9pm
More details coming soon

Contact

Please contact Maulde Cuérel, AI Program Manager, for any questions.

Swiss Participants

    Antonio Paolillo

    Senior Researcher, SUPSI

    Antonio Paolillo is a Senior Researcher at IDSIA, USI-SUPSI, leading social human-robot interaction research. With a Ph.D. from Sapienza, he hold roles at EPFL, Idiap (Switzerland) and CNRS (France and Japan). He focuses on intuitive, adaptive robotics using AI, machine learning and control, contributing to research projects and serving as editor and workshop chair.

    Victor Klemm

    PhD Student, RSL ETH Zurich

    Victor Klemm is a Swiss roboticist and PhD candidate at ETH Zurich’s Robotic Systems Lab, supervised by Prof. Marco Hutter and Prof. Roland Siegwart. His research focuses on advancing design and control of wheeled-legged robots by combining deep reinforcement learning with optimization-based methods, enabling agile and versatile robotic mobility.

    Roman Dautzenberg

    Co-Founder, AITHON Robotics, ETH Zürich

    I grew up internationally and bring that curiosity and adaptability into my work at AITHON Robotics. I thrive on complex challenges and prefer solving them together to alone. I’m high-energy – recharging with anything from music festivals, cycling, tennis or being outdoors.

    Pascal Sager

    PhD Student, Centre for Artificial Intelligence, ZHAW & Associated PhD student, ETH AI center

    Pascal Sager is a PhD candidate, conducting research at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence at ZHAW and the Institute of Neuroinformatics at UZH and ETH Zurich. With degrees in Computer Science and Data Science, he combines academic research with prior industry experience in software and hardware engineering.

    Loris Roveda

    Senior Researcher, SUPSI

    Loris Roveda is a Senior Researcher at IDSIA USI-SUPSI and an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano, working in the field of robotics and AI. He got his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2015 at Politecnico di Milano. His research interests are related to humanoid robotics, ML for robot modeling and control, human-robot interaction, and exoskeleton design and control.

    Mattis Koh

    COO / Co-founder, MESH AG

    Mattis Koh is cofounder of MESH AG, a Swiss company bringing robotics to the rebar industry. With a background in mechanical Engineering from TU Delft and ETH Zürich, Mattis focuses on deploying scalable robotic solutions that bridge traditional manufacturing with cutting-edge technology.
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