Preparing for Robots in Public: An Urban Planner's Lens
Tue, Aug 11
|Zoom Webinar
Adam Beck, URF's global head of urban planning will host a panel discussion to explore what urban planners need to do now to start preparing for the successful deployment of public-area mobile robots.
Time & Location
Aug 11, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT
Zoom Webinar
About the event
Register now to get your unique Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6Qqcu2PTRSSOA-jfljs_fg URF's global head of Urban Planning, Adam Beck, will host a panel discussion on the topic of: Preparing for Robots in Public through an Urban Planners Lens.
This session features Vignesh Ram, Vice President, Public Policy at Serve Robotics.
The discussion will include highlights from URF's recent whitepaper: https://www.urbanroboticsfoundation.org/2026-whitepaper-robots-in-public co-written with ASTM International, Mass Robotics and with support from NIST. Chapter 6 of the whitepaper explores recommendations for Urban Planners and covers topics such as: •Infrastructure and Spatial Readiness
•Land use Integration
•Equity and Community Engagement