CCTY highlighting humanoid motion control at RoboBusiness
Lake Zurich, IL – CCTY, a provider of robotic and humanoid bearings and linkages, will be exhibiting at RoboBusiness, the leading event for robotics developers. The event takes place October 15-16, 2025 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Attendees can visit Booth #616 to explore CCTY’s full range of miniature bushings, crossed roller bearings, rod ends, linkages, and spherical plain bearings — all engineered to deliver smooth, fluid motion.
“At RoboBusiness, we’re highlighting how CCTY’s engineering and production capabilities empower roboticist to achieve smoother, more efficient motion control through unique, application-specific designs,” said Yaman Obaid, robotics product engineer of CCTY.
RoboBusiness brings together 2,000+ robotics industry professionals to explore the latest advancements in humanoids, physical AI, field robotics, enabling technologies, and development techniques. The event will also focus on investment trends and best practices to help robotics companies overcome common business challenges.
With 100+ exhibitors, 50+ educational sessions, 5 keynotes, and hands-on demos, it’s the event where robotics innovation comes to life.
RoboBusiness will feature a track dedicated to talks about developing humanoids for various industries. Here is a look at the scheduled sessions:
Lessons Learned from First Humanoid Deployments
Wednesday, October 15 | 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Location: Keynote Theater
Speakers: Pras Velagapudi, CTO, Agility Robotics; Jim Fan, Director of AI & Distinguished Scientist, NVIDIA; Mike Oitzman, Senior Editor, The Robot Report
As humanoids take their first steps onto commercial job sites, early deployments are uncovering both breakthroughs and growing pains. Join the leaders behind these pioneering rollouts for a candid conversation on what’s working, what still needs improvement, and the key engineering lessons learned in bringing humanoids to life.
Humanoids for Real Applications: Mastering Safety and Performance
Wednesday, October 15 | 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Room 209/210
Speaker: Nikolai Ensslen, Founder & CEO at Synapticon
Without mastering safety and performance, humanoids risk remaining high-tech demos rather than practical solutions. While performance metrics like speed and strength often take the spotlight, real-world deployment demands equal focus on stability, fail-safe behavior, and functional safety across complex systems. This talk explores the core safety and control challenges required to make humanoids productive in human environments. It will present a new framework for defining and engineering safe behavior in bipedal robots. Topics will include why traditional “safe state” logic falls short, how to enable safe falls and constrained motion, and how to integrate AI with full-body control systems to close the sim2real gap.
Advancements in Humanoid Actuation
Wednesday, October 15 | 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Location: Room 209/210
Speaker: Jordan Schaeffer, Strategic Business Development Engineer, Novanta
Humanoids are stepping into a new era. At the heart of this transformation lies a wave of innovation in actuator technology. Explore how recent advancements in actuators and supporting components are enabling humanoids to move more naturally, respond more intelligently, and operate more efficiently than ever before. From compact high-torque motors to miniature safety-certified servo drives and integrated sensing, these technologies are not just improving performance—they’re redefining what’s possible.
Integrating Behavioral Science into Humanoid Design
Wednesday, October 15 | 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM
Location: Room 209/210
Speaker: Ram Devarajulu, VP and Head of Robotics, North America, Cambridge Consultants
For humanoids to operate effectively in human environments, they must do more than complete tasks. Humanoids will eventually also need to understand and respond to human behavior. To achieve this, developers must integrate insights from human behavioral science into humanoid design. Advances in AI, modeling, and data science are now making it possible to simulate and study human behavior at scale, opening new paths for creating robots that align with human expectations. The next decade presents a unique opportunity to combine robotics, AI, behavioral modeling, and data-driven insights to build humanoids that amplify human potential and deliver real commercial value.
From Teleop to Autonomy: A Framework for Humanoid Surgical Robots
Wednesday, October 15 | 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Location: Room 209/210
Speaker: Michael Yip, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Affiliate Professor, Computer Science, and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego
To meet the evolving needs of modern healthcare, we are rethinking not just how robots assist surgery, but what kind of robots we build. Humanoid surgical robots present a radical but necessary departure from conventional design: mobile, human-like systems capable of leveraging existing surgical tools, operating in unstructured environments, and eventually collaborating as intelligent surgical partners. Their anthropomorphic design allows them to seamlessly integrate into the human-centered operating room ecosystem, while also leveraging the breadth of work in semi-autonomous assistance, learning from demonstration, and embodied intelligence that is being observed today in many non-surgical humanoid robot applications.
This talk will introduce Surgie, the first humanoid robot in the operative setting. They will discuss the effort to take the first step, from teleoperation towards partial autonomy, to realize the vision of a humanoid robot assistant capable of understanding, anticipating, and executing complex medical procedures alongside human clinicians.
Visit CCTY at Booth #616 to learn how material selection, torque, clearance, seals and size play a vital role in enhancing life-like motion. For more information, visit CCTYGroup.com or email [email protected].
About CCTY
CCTY is a global manufacturer of precision motion control products and assemblies, serving industries from robotics and humanoids to automotive and industrial applications. With offices in China, North America, Europe, Japan, India and Vietnam, CCTY partners with OEMs to design bearings and assemblies with optimized materials, torque and clearances to meet the most demanding performance requirements.
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