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Recap · 295 attendees

3rd Annual USF Automation Fest 2026

Thank you to everyone who came out. Students, faculty, researchers, and industry filled the Hall of Flags for a full day of live demos, recruiting, and student presentations.

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Hall of Flags, USF Engineering Building II
A white humanoid robot waves to a crowd of attendees filming it in the Hall of Flags

How It Went

295 people attended through BullsConnect, more than double the 142 who came to last year’s Automation Fest.

  • Industry sponsors SEW-EURODRIVE, Electro Design Engineering, KUKA, FANUC, VTScada by Trihedral, and Jacobs set up booths to showcase their technology and connect with students.
  • USF research labs demoed their work, including the RARE Lab’s AI recipe recommender robot.
  • Students presented their projects to industry and faculty in the student showcase.
  • Five Star Pizza kept everyone fed between sessions.

From the day

Two SEW-EURODRIVE representatives with their decentralized drives and mechatronics trainers
SEW-EURODRIVE and its drive trainers.
An Electro Design Engineering representative beside a large screen showing automation software
Electro Design Engineering.
A FANUC representative giving a thumbs up next to a CRX-5iA collaborative robot arm
FANUC and its CRX collaborative robot.
Two KUKA representatives at their orange-draped table with mobile automation banners
KUKA showing off mobile automation.
Three Jacobs representatives in front of a flood risk management services banner
The Jacobs team.
A small white Misty robot on a table between two RARE Lab posters about an AI recipe recommender
The RARE Lab’s AI recipe recommender robot.
A student presents a slide on emergency response to an audience
Student showcase presentations.
Two volunteers serving pizza under a blue tent outside
Five Star Pizza for lunch.

Thank You to Our Sponsors

Thank you to the companies who sponsored this year’s Automation Fest and brought their teams to meet our students.

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