​About the Event

​Spatial Frontier Club and Saturday Robotics are bringing together researchers, engineers, founders, investors, and builders working across robotics, world models, simulation, graphics, and Physical AI during SIGGRAPH 2026.

​As advances in world models, neural simulation, digital twins, robot learning, and foundation models continue to accelerate, the boundaries between computer graphics, robotics, spatial intelligence, and embodied AI are rapidly converging.

​This gathering is designed as a high-signal discussion space for people building the systems, data infrastructure, simulation platforms, and learning algorithms behind the next generation of intelligent machines.

​Rather than a traditional conference session, the event combines technical talks, community discussion, and networking to encourage deeper conversations across disciplines that rarely meet in the same room.

​Whether your work focuses on robot learning, simulation, world models, graphics, synthetic data, spatial reasoning, or Physical AI infrastructure, we welcome you to join the conversation.

​Who Should Attend

​This gathering is intended for people working in or closely around:

• ​World Models

• ​Robotics & Embodied AI

• ​Spatial Intelligence

• ​Physical AI

• ​Simulation & Digital Twins

• ​Robot Learning

• ​Synthetic Data

• ​3D Vision & Scene Understanding

• ​Gaussian Splatting & Neural Rendering

• ​3D Foundation Models

• ​Spatial Computing

• ​Computer Graphics

• ​Physical-World Reasoning

​We welcome researchers, engineers, technical founders, investors, students, and ecosystem builders whose work directly touches these areas.

​Event Format

​3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

​Arrival, networking, food & drinks

​4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

​Keynotes & Lightning Talks

​5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

​Open Discussion & Community Roundtable

​Discussion Themes

​We'd love to hear perspectives on questions such as:

• ​What capabilities are still missing from today's world models?

• ​Can simulation meaningfully close the gap to real-world deployment?

• ​How should robotics evaluate generalization beyond controlled demos?

• ​What role will synthetic data play in Physical AI?

• ​How should graphics and simulation communities contribute to robotics?

• ​What infrastructure is needed for the next generation of embodied intelligence?

• ​How do we bridge perception, prediction, planning, and action?

​Featured Speakers

​1. Tyler Raciti

​Co-Founder of Volumes

​The Geometry Gap: Ground-Truth 4D Data for World Models and Physical AI

As world models and robot policies increasingly rely on monocular video and simulation, an important question remains: where does reliable geometric supervision come from? Tyler will discuss why high-quality 4D capture is becoming critical infrastructure for Physical AI, covering topics including calibrated multi-view capture, 3D/4D Gaussian splatting, multi-sensor fusion, real2sim vs. sim2real, and the future of large-scale spatial data for world models.

​2. Junrong Huang

​Ph.D. at City University of Hong Kong.

​Junrong's research focuses on computer graphics, generative AI, controllable generation, and diffusion models. His recent work, ControlTile, introduces a controllable diffusion framework for generating high-quality, seamlessly tileable textures while preserving fine-grained user control.

​He will share recent advances in controllable generative models and discuss how these techniques are expanding the possibilities of computer graphics, creative tools, and AI-assisted visual content creation.

​3. Anthony Zhao

​Head of North America at SpatialVerse / Manycore Tech.

​Anthony works across AI, robotics, simulation, and 3D technology partnerships, focusing on how spatial data infrastructure can support the next generation of Physical AI systems.

​He will discuss the role of structured scene representations, synthetic data, spatial reasoning, and simulation infrastructure in enabling intelligent systems to operate in the physical world.

​Additional Lightning Talks

​A limited number of lightning talk slots will be available for researchers, engineers, founders, and students.

​Topics may include:

• ​World Models

• ​Robotics

• ​Physical AI

• ​Spatial Intelligence

• ​Simulation

• ​Digital Twins

• ​Synthetic Data

• ​Robot Learning

• ​Computer Graphics

• ​3D Foundation Models

​~10 minutes per talk.

​About the Hosts

​Spatial Frontier Club

​Spatial Frontier Club is a Bay Area community connecting researchers, founders, investors, and builders working across Spatial Intelligence, World Models, Robotics, Embodied AI, Simulation, and Physical AI.

​We organize technical discussions, networking events, founder gatherings, and community meetups focused on the future of intelligent systems interacting with the physical world.

​Saturday Robotics

​Saturday Robotics is a robotics and world-models community bringing together researchers, engineers, founders, and students exploring the frontiers of robotics, embodied intelligence, simulation, and Physical AI.

​Through reading groups, technical discussions, and community events, Saturday Robotics helps connect people building the next generation of intelligent machines.

​Registration

​This is a curated gathering with limited capacity.

​Please register using your current affiliation and include a short note describing how your work relates to robotics, world models, spatial intelligence, simulation, graphics, or Physical AI.

​Priority may be given to applicants whose work is closely aligned with the event themes.