- Date: October 19 – 23, 2026
- Location: Gangneung Olympic Park, Gangneung, South Korea
- Booth: P17 (ERTICO), Gangneung Oval
Beyond mobility, connected world
The 2026 Gangneung ITS World Congress, will be a five-day event focused on the smart mobility vision for mid-sized cities. The congress will offer a comprehensive program featuring a high-level roundtable, session program, exhibition, technical visits and demonstrations, official and social programs, as well as side events. Representatives from governments, distinguished scholars, industry experts, and business leaders will convene to exchange insights on the future of mobility - spanning C-ITS, autonomous driving, mobility as a service, urban air mobility, and smart cities - while strengthening global partnerships.
The 2026 Gangneung ITS World Congress is the world’s premier event for intelligent transport systems and smart mobility. Gathering over 60,000 global experts, policymakers, and industry pioneers from 90+ countries, this landmark "Transportation Olympics" serves as the ultimate launchpad for exploring innovative solutions and drawing the future of connected mobility together.
Automotive expertise meets humanoid robotics
The humanoid robotics market is expected to grow significantly. As robotic systems move beyond prototypes, questions around component quality, manufacturing scalability, and production readiness are becoming more prominent.
We are exploring four areas where our automotive experience could be relevant: potential applications in our own plants, the suitability of existing components for robotic systems, possible contributions to industrialization and manufacturing, and approaches to robot training and validation.
We see this as an opportunity to understand emerging needs and assess where our existing strengths — across components, production, and engineering — could contribute to this developing market.
Technology areas under evaluation for humanoid robotics
At ITS World Congress 2026, we are showcasing selected technologies from our automotive portfolio while exploring their potential relevance to the emerging humanoid robotics industry.
Our presence focuses on four technology areas:
- Ac2ated Sound
- HPC
- Camera
- Encoder.
These technologies represent initial areas of investigation and collaboration. Their suitability for specific humanoid robotics applications is still under evaluation, and further assessment is ongoing.
HPC
A humanoid robot requires a central computing platform to run AI inference, coordinate joint actuators, process sensor data, and manage safety functions. This is comparable to an automotive ADAS domain controller — a domain where we have development experience.
We are exploring whether our computing platform expertise could be relevant to humanoid robotics requirements. We are at ITS to learn more about the specific needs of robot manufacturers and to assess potential areas of contribution.
Encoder
Encoders measure joint position and speed, and a humanoid robot may carry a large number of them. The underlying sensing principle is similar to technologies used in our automotive position sensors.
We are exploring whether our encoder technology and high-volume manufacturing experience could be applicable to humanoid joint sensing. We are at ITS to better understand the requirements and the evolving supply chain in this space.
Ac2ated Sound — Live demo
At our booth, the humanoid robot delivers a spoken welcome directly through its outer body surface, without conventional speaker, grille, or any visible audio hardware.
Ac2ated Sound is a surface-actuated audio technology already in automotive series production. Instead of relying on a traditional speaker enclosure, it generates sound by vibrating a structural surface. At ITS World Congress 2026, we are demonstrating this technology for the first time in a humanoid robot setting, exploring how it could enhance human-machine interaction in future robotic applications.
Camera
Cameras are a critical component of humanoid robot perception, enabling functions ranging from object recognition and environmental awareness to navigation. The architectural concept of distributing multiple cameras across a system and connecting them to a central computing platform is fundamentally similar in both automotive and robotic applications.
We are exploring whether our existing automotive camera technology and experience could be relevant to robotic applications. Areas such as durability, interface standards, and field replaceability are among the topics we are interested in discussing with robotics manufacturers.
About ITS
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is the integration of transport modes and infrastructure with information and communication technology (ICT), resulting in improved safety and efficiency. Recent technological advances in autonomous driving, AI, and edge computing have further contributed to reducing traffic-related accidents and congestion.
The ITS World Congress is the world’s largest event in the field of ITS, combining exhibitions and academic programs. It serves as a global hub where industry, academia, and government stakeholders share research, present policies, and showcase products, fostering knowledge exchange and technological collaboration.
The Congress is held annually under a trilateral agreement among the three regional ITS organizations: ITS Asia-Pacific, ERTICO, and ITS America. Since its inception in Paris in 1994, it has rotated annually among Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific. In Korea, the congress was previously hosted in Seoul (1998) and Busan (2010), and it will return in 2026 in Gangneung.
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