Arm VP to discuss scaling trusted physical AI at RoboBusiness 2026
Arm is set to present its strategy for scaling physical AI at the RoboBusiness conference in Santa Clara, California, scheduled for October 20-21, 2026. Dermot O’Driscoll, Arm’s VP of go-to-market for physical AI, will lead a session titled “Building Physical AI that Scales,” focusing on the transition from advanced foundation models to reliable, real-world autonomous systems. The talk addresses…
Key points
- Arm VP Dermot O’Driscoll will present on scaling physical AI at RoboBusiness 2026 in Santa Clara.
- The session focuses on distributing intelligence across cloud and edge compute for safe, real-world robot operation.
- Arm emphasizes system-level design to balance real-time responsiveness, efficiency, and safety in production robotics.
As robotics capabilities expand into sectors like healthcare and logistics, the focus is shifting toward system-level design. O’Driscoll will outline principles for creating adaptable and safe systems that can operate alongside humans in production environments. His presentation aims to provide developers with a practical framework for balancing real-time responsiveness with safety constraints, a key hurdle for widespread adoption of intelligent prosthetics and industrial robots.
This session highlights Arm’s growing emphasis on the hardware-software co-design required for next-generation robotics. With O’Driscoll bringing over two decades of experience in CPU and SoC design, the talk underscores the importance of efficient compute platforms in enabling the next wave of commercial robotics applications.
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Arm to discuss scaling physical AI at RoboBusiness
The Robot Report · 14 September 2026
Recent advances in foundation models, vision-language-action systems, and edge AI are expanding what robots can sense, reason about, and do. The next challenge, according to Arm, is turning those capabilities into autonomous systems people can trust in the real world, whether restoring mobility through intelligent prosthetics, delivering critical medical supplies, or helping workers operate more safely and productively alongside intelligent machines.
Dermot O’Driscoll, VP of go-to-market for physical AI at Arm, is giving a talk at RoboBusiness called “Building Physical AI that Scales.” RoboBusiness takes place October 20-21 in Santa Clara, Calif. and is produced by The Robot Report. This year marks the 20th anniversary of RoboBusiness.
As robots become more capable, engineering priorities increasingly shift toward system-level design. Success will depend on how intelligence is distributed across the robot, how learned and deterministic behaviors interact and how compute platforms balance real-time responsiveness, efficiency, and safety. Drawing on lessons from across the robotics ecosystem, O’Driscoll will examine key compute principles behind trusted physical AI. This will include:
- How intelligence is distributed across cloud and edge compute
- The coordination of learned and deterministic behaviors
- How developers can design systems that remain adaptable, reliable, and safe as they scale to production
Attendees will leave with a practical framework for building trusted physical AI systems that extend human capability while meeting the real-world demands of safety, efficiency, and scale.
With more than 20 years at Arm, O’Driscoll has held a range of engineering and leadership roles spanning IT, EDA, CPU and SoC design. His deep technical background and commercial experience help bridge technology and ecosystem adoption across emerging physical AI markets. O’Driscoll received his bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering and a master’s degree in Microelectronics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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RoboBusiness 2026 is the leading event for commercial robotics developers. Attendees will gain the latest insights from experts in robotics and AI on cutting-edge research; industry trends; and innovative applications in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, logistics, and more.
The show also features a number of networking opportunities to give attendees the chance to connect with other experts in the industry.
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