Meetup #1 · 12 Nov 2026 · CDT Hubconfirmed

Robots that learn. Once a month in Belgrade.

The first Belgrade meetup for robotics and embodied AI: engineers, researchers and founders building robots that learn from people and from the world.

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12 Nov 2026Thursday, 18:00–20:00
CDT HubKneza Miloša 12, Belgrade
Free60 seats, registration required
Why

Robotics became a software problem. And a data problem.

Robots no longer learn from code, but from demonstrations, simulation and trial and error.

Belgrade has excellent engineers, researchers and teams working with robots, but no place where they meet regularly. Physical AI Belgrade is that place: short talks, a demo on the table and conversations afterwards, once a month.

1strobotics and embodied AI meetup in Belgrade
12events a year, one every month
∞rounds of trial and error. Just like robots.
Meetup #1

First event

WhenThursday, 12 November 2026

18:00–20:00, doors open at 17:45

confirmed
WhereCDT Hub

Kneza Miloša 12, Belgrade. Small hall, first floor.

Seats60 seats

Free, registration required. A waitlist opens once it is full.

AlsoPizza & drinks

Courtesy of CDT Hub, our host. Talks and slides are in English.

Program · Meetup #1

What we do on 12 November

17:45

Doors & teleop station

Registration and badges. The robot arm is already running on the table.

18:00

What I saw at GTC Berlin

Physical AI, data and humanoids: three days of NVIDIA GTC condensed into half an hour, with short video reports from the booths.

Tihomir Opačić · Orange Hill
18:40

Second speaker

Topic and speaker coming soon. A practitioner or researcher from the local robotics scene.

To be announced
19:10

SO-101 teleop live

A leader–follower robot arm: from human motion to an episode in a training dataset. Try it yourself.

19:25

Pizza, drinks, people

Meet the people building robots in Serbia and the region. Who is hiring, who is looking, who is building what.

20:00

Wrap-up & next date

We announce meetup #2 and look for speakers.

Speakers

Who speaks at #1

Tihomir Opačić

Founder & CEO, Orange Hill (Belgrade and Vienna)

What I saw at GTC Berlin: Physical AI, data and humanoids in 2026.

  • a first-hand report from NVIDIA GTC Berlin (20–22 October)
  • short video reports from the booths and talks
  • SO-101 teleoperation live: how human motion becomes training data for robots

Building software and AI systems with the Orange Hill team since 2014, now working on human motion data for robot learning. As CDT Hub's strategic director in 2023–2024, Tihomir brought IT communities into this very space.

One more speaker

To be announced

The second speaker comes from the local robotics scene: a lab, a company or a student team. Name and topic will appear here as soon as we confirm.

Have a 15–20 minute talk or a demo about robots, teleoperation, simulation or data? Get in touch, we are building the program for the coming months.

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Topics

What we talk about

01Teleoperation02Learning from demonstration03Human motion data 04Simulation & sim-to-real05VLA & world models06Humanoids 07Touch & force08Edge AI & Jetson09Robot safety
12 Nov 2026 · 18:00 · CDT Hub, Kneza Miloša 12, Belgrade
Register

Come to the first meetup.

Registration goes through the Physical AI Belgrade group on Meetup.com. The hall seats 60; once it is full, Meetup opens a waitlist, so please cancel if you can't make it.

60 seatsFree entry12 Nov 2026
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The event is photographed and filmed for publication afterwards. Teleop episodes are recorded only with your consent and without faces in the frame.

Venue & host

CDT Hub, Kneza Miloša 12

Center for Digital Transformation, across the street from Beograđanka. The meetup is in the small hall on the first floor.

HostCDT Hub· space, pizza and drinks. Thank you!
Address
Kneza Miloša 12, Belgrade
Room
Small hall, first floor, up to 60 people
Time
18:00–20:00, doors open at 17:45
Food
Pizza and drinks, courtesy of CDT Hub
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Contact

Questions, talks, partnerships

Organised by Tihomir Opačić (Orange Hill) together with the community. Write to us about a talk, a demo or a student team, or if your community wants to co-host an event.

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