With the aim of advancing dialogue and connecting knowledge on these breakthrough technologies, VinFuture Foundation hosted a Symposium on “Intelligent Robotics & Automation”. 

The Chair of the symposium was Professor Ngoc-Minh Do, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (USA) and VinUniversity (Vietnam), Member of the VinFuture Prize Pre-Screening Committee, and former Vice Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 

The symposium has also welcomed distinguished experts in the fields of automation and robotics, including:  

• Professor Ho-Young Kim, Seoul National University (South Korea) – a world-leading expert in fluid mechanics and soft materials, and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). 
• Professor Kurt Kremer, Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany), Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina – recipient of the APS Polymer Physics Prize and the Staudinger Medal (2024). 
• Dr. Quan Nguyen, University of Southern California (USA), President and Chief Scientific Officer of VinMotion (Vietnam), – recipient of the Charles Lee Powell Foundation Faculty Research Award (2020). 
• Professor Tan Yap Peng, Provost of VinUniversity (Vietnam), former Deputy Dean and Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) – Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 

The symposium brought together leading international and local experts to explore emerging trends in robotics: from humanoid robots capable of social interaction and cross-sector applications, to collaborative robots in smart services and healthcare, as well as rehabilitation robotics designed to support human well-being. The symposium also addressed critical issues of AI safety and ethics, ensuring that robotics technologies evolve in a safe, human-centered, and sustainable direction.