The latest edition of the Smart City Summit & Expo has expanded its focus, including areas dedicated to artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual power plants.

Artificial Intelligence at the core

The event saw a strong presence of AI-based solutions, reflecting the increasingly central role of these technologies in the development of smart cities. AI is used in various fields, from traffic management to optimizing energy consumption, to urban security.

Robotics and Virtual Power Plants

In addition to AI, the Smart City Summit & Expo dedicated space to robotics, with applications ranging from urban logistics to infrastructure maintenance. Virtual power plants, systems that aggregate distributed energy resources, represented another key theme, highlighting the importance of sustainability and energy efficiency in the cities of the future.