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Physical AI
Webinar
Physical AI
Webinar
Physical AI
Webinar
This page is an archive of the STATE16 Physical AI Community Webinar, held on July 22, 2026.
This page is an archive of the STATE16 Physical AI Community Webinar, held on July 22, 2026.
This page is an archive of the STATE16 Physical AI Community Webinar, held on July 22, 2026.
July 22
20:00 Israel Time
Safe Physical AI
This webinar has concluded. View the archived event details below.
This webinar has concluded. View the archived event details below.
This webinar has concluded. View the archived event details below.
COMMUNITY WEBINAR
A community-first webinar for Physical AI builders
A community-first webinar for Physical AI builders
A community-first webinar for Physical AI builders
This archive preserves the event details, speakers, and materials from the July 22, 2026 webinar.
This archive preserves the event details, speakers, and materials from the July 22, 2026 webinar.
This archive preserves the event details, speakers, and materials from the July 22, 2026 webinar.
Online live session
This webinar was held live on Zoom.
Special guest speaker
Featuring a guest speaker from Hugging Face.
Webinar speakers
Dr. Barak Or
Dr. Barak Or
Steven Palma
Steven Palma
Yorai Fainmesser – Co-Founder GP, Disruptive AI Fund.
Yorai Fainmesser
Dr. Mike Erlihson
Dr. Mike Erlihson
Ori Nachum
Ori Nachum
Omri Eitan
Omri Eitan
FEATURED TALKS
Speakers shaping Physical AI
Six perspectives on guardrails, open robotics, capital, embodied execution, simulation, and production-grade Physical AI systems.
Dr. Barak Or
Founder & CEO, STATE16. Serial entrepreneur. Lecturer at Technion, Reichman University, and Google-Reichman AI Tech School.
TOPIC
Guardrails for Physical AI - presenting the AIME Platform by STATE16.
Steven Palma
Hugging Face - LeRobot Lead. Special guest.
TOPIC
Physical AI, embodied intelligence, and open robotics ecosystems.
Yorai Fainmesser – Co-Founder GP, Disruptive AI Fund.
Colonel (Ret.), Former head of AI IDF unit.
Member of the OECD.AI Network of Experts on AI (AIGO). AI advisory board at the Ministry of Education.
TOPIC
Investor view on Physical AI - potential and challenges.
Dr. Mike Erlihson
Seasoned AI leader, data science expert, and a prominent voice in the global deep learning community. Holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Technion and brings over two decades of experience pioneering advanced algorithms, machine learning models, and deep neural networks across industries like cybersecurity, NLP, computer vision, and agentic workflows.
TOPIC
Battle of the Brains: VLA vs. WAM The 226 Robot Intelligence Debate: which architecture shapes the future of autonomous machines?
Ori Nachum
Data & AI Senior Staff Engineer focused on agentic development, Edge AI, robotics, and LLM-based workflows at scale. Creator of Culture.dev.
TOPIC
CLI-Based Neurosymbolic Control for Robots - bridging symbolic tool interfaces, AI agents, and embodied execution.
Omri Eitan
CTO at Sphera Robotics—a platform supporting AI-driven robots and drones from development to deployment and operator training. Backed by a Computer Science background and 8 years of experience engineering Physical AI-driven autonomous systems in the defense industry, core expertise spans computer vision, SLAM, autonomous navigation, and high-fidelity simulations.
TOPIC
Digital Scars: Forging Resilient Physical AI in the SPHERA Crucible
FEATURED TALKS
Speakers shaping Physical AI
Six perspectives on guardrails, open robotics, capital, embodied execution, simulation, and production-grade Physical AI systems.
Dr. Barak Or
Founder & CEO, STATE16. Serial entrepreneur. Lecturer at Technion, Reichman University, and Google-Reichman AI Tech School.
Guardrails for Physical AI - presenting the AIME Platform by STATE16.
Steven Palma
Hugging Face - LeRobot Lead. Special guest.
Physical AI, embodied intelligence, and open robotics ecosystems.
Yorai Fainmesser – Co-Founder GP, Disruptive AI Fund.
Colonel (Ret.), Former head of AI IDF unit.
Member of the OECD.AI Network of Experts on AI (AIGO). AI advisory board at the Ministry of Education.
Investor view on Physical AI - potential and challenges.
Dr. Mike Erlihson
Seasoned AI leader, data science expert, and a prominent voice in the global deep learning community. Holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Technion and brings over two decades of experience pioneering advanced algorithms, machine learning models, and deep neural networks across industries like cybersecurity, NLP, computer vision, and agentic workflows.
Battle of the Brains: VLA vs. WAM The 226 Robot Intelligence Debate: which architecture shapes the future of autonomous machines?
Ori Nachum
Data & AI Senior Staff Engineer focused on agentic development, Edge AI, robotics, and LLM-based workflows at scale. Creator of Culture.dev.
CLI-Based Neurosymbolic Control for Robots - bridging symbolic tool interfaces, AI agents, and embodied execution.
Omri Eitan
CTO at Sphera Robotics—a platform supporting AI-driven robots and drones from development to deployment and operator training. Backed by a Computer Science background and 8 years of experience engineering Physical AI-driven autonomous systems in the defense industry, core expertise spans computer vision, SLAM, autonomous navigation, and high-fidelity simulations.
Digital Scars: Forging Resilient Physical AI in the SPHERA Crucible