Festival RoboticsCommunity & NetworkingAI Engineering
The 14th Maker Faire Rome runs from 23 to 25 October 2026 at Gazometro Ostiense. The official announcement calls artificial intelligence an “operational reality” and puts it at the centre of the programme alongside robotics, IoT, big data and agritech; for the first time the event hosts RoboCup — Italy's first football tournament for humanoid robots, with universities and research centres taking part.
Source: Offizielle Website: Call for Makers 2026 · Camera di Commercio di Roma: Termin · LaPresse: RoboCup zu Gast
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