The robots are coming

From 11 February until the end of December 2026

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The robots are coming - Delft Innovation Festival 2026

In 2026, Delft will be dominated by robotics for a year. Under the title The robots are coming!, the city is bringing robotics closer than ever. In public spaces, in the cultural sector, in education and within the business world.

From the opening of the art and technology festival Highlight Delft on 11 February 2026 until the end of the year, installations, programmes and encounters will appear throughout the city showing how robots are influencing our lives, inspiring, supporting and challenging us. With two big crowd-pleasers to kick off including Mycogravity by Noor Stenfert Kroese at the House of Delft and the interactive eight-metre-high Robovox by renowned Slovenian artist Martin Bricelj Baraga, Delft will be the stage where art, technology and imagination come together.

What is The robots are coming?

In 2026, Delft will launch a new biennial innovation initiative: a city-wide themed period focusing on robotics. Under the title "The robots are coming!" Delft is bringing robotics closer than ever; visible, understandable and accessible to all. The theme period is neither a technical symposium nor a futuristic fantasy, but an invitation to discover how robots have imperceptibly become part of our society and how Delft is making a global name for itself in this development.

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