NextGen Expo is a high-impact technology showcase bringing together manufacturers, startups, investors, students, educational institutions, developers, and tech professionals. It serves as a launchpad for the next wave of industrial automation, smart devices, and creative computing solutions.
School engineering teams from across the country compete in robotic pathfinding, maze navigation, and technical tasks.
Official environment setup release and problem briefing. Teams begin sprints to code and model technical solutions.
Jury analysis of pathways, stability, and speed records. Winners' configurations documented for the final awards.
Mentors provide feedback as dev sprints extend through backend configurations and UX flows.
Hardware assembly, telemetry setup, sensors calibration, and microcontroller programming parameters.
Unveiling of structural guidelines and print tolerance limits for the rapid prototype printing test.
Flight trials begin. Pilots fly quadcopters through dynamic loops, height checks, and precision landings.
Printed prototypes checked for weight tolerance and load limits under pressure. Standings updated.
Panel session with researchers explaining trends in agentic AI networks, semiconductors, and green batteries.
Code freeze, repository commits, and prototype presentation setup for jury assessment sheets.
Parallel creative hacks. Interactive virtual environments and short AI-rendered cinematic pieces evaluated.
Trade awards and booth design recognition certificates presented to outstanding global components vendors.
Cash prizes, developer certificates, and grand awards distribution celebrating innovation at NextGen Expo 2026.
Join RAAIF's 5 official hackathons and engineering challenges. Build, optimize, and pitch working prototypes to compete for prestigious awards.
Autonomous problem solvers combining computer vision, agentic AI reasoning, and physical robotic actuation.
Design immersive learning, training simulators, or real-estate walkthrough solutions where AR/VR is essential.
Pilot payload navigation trials: pick & place stability tasks and complex obstacle gate course tracking.
Design, structurally optimize, print, and test a physical component for rapid mechanical solving.
Author a short film collaborating with generative AI tools across visual rendering, voice, and score.
Explore cutting-edge advancements across nine specialized product categories driving the global innovation wave.
Industrial Robots | Drones | UAVs | Drone Components | Robot Software
Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Edge Computing | GenAI | Agentic AI
3D Printers | Additive Manufacturing | Prototyping Materials
EVs | Charging Infrastructure | Batteries & Energy Storage | Smart Mobility Solutions
VR / AR / MR | Gaming Hardware | PC Components | Creator & Streaming Gear
Smart Appliances | Connected Devices | Security & Surveillance | Home Automation
Industrial Automation | Precision Engineering | CNC Systems
Semiconductors | PCBs | SMT Equipment | Electronic Components
Wearables | Smartwatches | Smartphones | Tablets | Audio Devices
Technology exhibitions and live product showcases.
Workshops, masterclasses, and panels with experts.
Hackathons, prototyping trials, and dev challenges.
Robotics battles, drone racing, and design contests.
Unveiling of prototypes, products, and tech breakthroughs.
Grants, prestigious awards, and trade recognition.
Step onto India's premium tech competition stage. Test your designs, coding, and piloting skills against national-level builders.
School engineering teams design and operate custom robotic vehicles traversing challenging pathways, avoiding obstacles, and transporting modules.
Custom drones face off in maneuvering speed trials, visual targeting checks, stabilization under simulated wind, and obstacle layouts.
Competitors create rapid physical prototypes to resolve specific mechanical structural load limits under tight volume boundaries.
Build hands-on engineering capabilities and access direct insights from pioneering corporate researchers.
Explore Sensors, Computer Vision & Intelligent Robotics
Explore UAV Technology, Sensors & Autonomous Flight
From digital design to physical prototype
NextGen Expo represents the central physical venue for electronic manufacturers, components suppliers, robotics companies, and tech startups. With over 50+ exhibitors and 10,000+ trade visitors, it acts as a premier B2B and B2C catalyst in the tech ecosystem.
Gain exposure to advanced technology, interact with builders, and compete in robotics/drone events to test your engineering capability.
Bring engineering and computer science teams to pit their prototyping, coding, and design designs against top-level institutions.
Demonstrate working software or hardware products, gain leads, connect with trade suppliers, and engage potential venture funding partners.
CXOs, CIOs, CTOs, and procurement heads looking to discover emerging system integrations and components manufacturers.
Dealers, regional tech distributors, and agents aiming to sign up dealership lines and expand sourcing networks.
Venture Capitalists, accelerators, incubator coordinators, and angel networks scouting high-potential technology models.
We are proud to host NextGen Expo 2026 under esteemed guidance and industry mentorship.
A distinguished patron committed to fostering educational excellence, creative expression, and technological opportunities for school students and young innovation builders.
Driving technology leadership and mentoring next-generation engineers on cloud engineering, AI scaling, and complex software systems.
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