Closing the Sim-to-Real Gap

15 Sep 2026
Physical AI
Physical AI
This panel will explore how engineers, platform developers, and model builders are working to close the sim-to-real gap and engineer robots that can act with genuine autonomy when deployed in the real world. We will cover the challenges presented in simulating sufficiently diverse digital environments that accurately reflect the unstructured nature of reality, as well as weighing up the costs and benefits of approaches currently being taken to close the gap and engineer true robotic autonomy.
Speakers
Benjamin Guihaire
Benjamin Guihaire, Senior Executive Director - Autonomous Vehicle Simulation, Eval, Data, and Test - Machine Learning - General Motors
Massimiliano Mouruzzi
Massimiliano Mouruzzi, CEO - Xaba
Philip Freeman
Philip Freeman, Senior Technical Fellow Assembly Automation & Robotics Engineering & Technology Innovation - Boeing
Panel Moderator
Gayathri Radhakrishnan
Gayathri Radhakrishnan, Partner - Hitachi Ventures