AutoSens has always focused on technical depth and real engineering challenges.
For 2026, the agenda also includes a set of interactive sessions designed to complement the core programme.
We’ve created two hands-on workshops, led by experts, and giving delegates the chance to work directly with tools and approaches they can apply in day-to-day engineering work, or explore further outside of it.
TinkerCAD Interactive Workshop – Rapid Prototyping & System Thinking
This session focuses on the fundamentals of sensing and system design.
Using TinkerCAD, delegates will build and simulate simple electronic systems – sensors, inputs/outputs, and basic circuits – in a fast, accessible environment. No hardware setup, no overhead, just the ability to test ideas quickly.
It’s useful for understanding how individual components behave and how they scale into larger systems. More importantly, it provides a way to prototype early, iterate quickly, and validate concepts before committing to physical builds.
There’s also a practical benefit in terms of ownership. Being able to model and test ideas independently makes it easier to take on early-stage design work that might otherwise sit elsewhere.
The same approach translates well beyond automotive. It can be applied to robotics projects – from basic sensing to simple autonomous behaviours – as well as personal projects like home automation, DIY electronics, and 3D design and printing.
OpenClaw Interactive Workshop – Building Intelligent Agents
This session shifts focus from physical systems to software and AI.
The OpenClaw workshop introduces agent-based systems and how they differ from traditional prompt-based approaches. Instead of one-off interactions, the focus is on systems that can plan, make decisions, and coordinate across tasks.
Delegates will work through the core building blocks – agents, tools, memory, and coordination – and build a simple working agent to explore how these systems behave in practice.
There’s a clear application in automating routine processes across engineering and data-driven environments, particularly where workflows involve multiple steps, tools, or data sources.
In automotive, this connects to wider discussions around software-defined and AI-defined systems, where managing complexity, context, and interaction becomes increasingly important.
Outside of work, the same concepts can be applied to personal projects – from task automation and coding assistants to game AI, smart home routines, or productivity tools.
Tutorials: Short, Focused Deep-Dives
Alongside the interactive sessions, the agenda also includes eight 90-minute technical tutorials, available to Learn Pass holders.
These are designed to go deeper into specific problems, with a more focused format that allows for detailed technical discussion and practical insight.
On the AutoSens side, four sessions include:
Using Sensors for ODD Awareness and Anticipation – Professor Valentina Donzella, Queen Mary University of London
Automotive OEM and Transportation Agency Partnerships: The New Frontier in Road Safety and Mobility – Professor Darcy M Bullock, Purdue University
Why More Megapixels Don’t Mean Better Perception – Shaheen Amanullah, onsemi
Why Your Perception System Depends on 50-Year-Old Road Standards – Paola Iacomussi, INRiM
The InCabin tutorials cover driver monitoring, shared control, and user experience. Check them out on the InCabin Agenda
From theory to application
The core AutoSens agenda remains focused on technical depth and real-world engineering challenges.
These sessions sit alongside that, offering a more direct way to engage with some of the ideas behind the talks – through building, testing, and working through them in practice.
The outcome is simple: less abstraction, more application.
Interested in In-Cabin monitoring technology?
With a pass to AutoSens USA, you’ll also get full access to our co-located sister event, InCabin. Take a look at the full agenda for InCabin here >>
