The Goodwood Festival of Speed has announced the exhibitor lineup for its 2026 Future Lab exhibition, bringing together companies and research organizations working in robotics, AI, quantum computing, healthcare, space exploration and digital technologies.
Located at the centre of the Festival of Speed, Future Lab is expected to attract more than 90,000 visitors over the four-day event and will also host a STEM programme involving more than 1,000 school students from across the UK.
This year’s exhibition is organised around four themes: Unseen Worlds, Intelligent Systems, New Frontiers, and Extending Reality.
Visitors will be able to explore technologies including tactile robotic hands, AI-powered healthcare platforms, quantum computing, lunar exploration, underwater habitats and brain-computer interfaces.
Lucy Johnston, curator of FOS Future Lab, said the exhibition brings together innovators and researchers developing technologies that could shape the future across multiple industries.
Healthcare
Headline partner Randox will demonstrate its RanChip Insight 360 platform, which combines Biochip Technology with predictive modelling to assess future health risks across more than 150 medical conditions using hundreds of biomarkers.
Unseen Worlds
IBM will display its Quantum Chandelier, a visual representation of the quantum computing hardware used in IBM System One, alongside the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) and Quantum Solutions.
The NQCC will present hands-on demonstrations explaining practical quantum computing, while Berlin artist Robin Baumgarten will exhibit Quantum Jungle, an interactive installation illustrating concepts such as superposition and wave-particle duality.
Oxford-based Quantum Solutions will demonstrate compact quantum imaging systems capable of capturing data beyond the visible spectrum for applications including agriculture and environmental monitoring.
Factum Foundation will showcase advanced digital preservation technologies, including high-resolution facsimiles of cultural artefacts, historical artworks and archaeological sites.
Intelligent Systems
Formula E will display its new GEN4 race car together with its Driver Agent AI system, developed with Google Cloud, which helps drivers analyse racing data and optimise performance.
Robotics company OLO Robotics will demonstrate AI-assisted software that converts natural language commands into robot code, allowing visitors to control quadruped robots and mobile rovers without programming.
French company Enchanted Tools will exhibit its Mirokaï social robots, designed to work alongside people in healthcare, hospitality and customer-facing environments.
New Frontiers
A dedicated lunar exploration zone will examine NASA’s Artemis programme through interactive exhibits from Dark Star Labs, the European Space Agency, the University of Sussex, Durham University and Creative Hut.
Visitors will be able to explore spacecraft simulations, lunar geology, Moon formation modelling and robotic teleoperation designed for future lunar missions.
UK aerospace company Pulsar Fusion will present Sunbird, its concept for a fusion-powered “space tug” intended to reduce travel times for future Mars missions.
Ocean technology company DEEP will showcase Vanguard, its underwater habitat designed to support extended human habitation beneath the sea, together with demonstrations explaining its moon-pool access system.
Extending Reality
Sony Europe will demonstrate XYN, its digital twin and spatial capture platform, allowing visitors to explore immersive digital environments.
Touchlab will showcase electronic skin technology for robotic fingertips, enabling robots to detect touch with high sensitivity. Visitors will be able to operate a robotic hand using a haptic glove.
Neurotechnology company Emotiv will demonstrate wearable brain-computer interface technology capable of converting EEG signals into personalised digital artwork.
STEM programme
Alongside the exhibition, the Festival’s STEM programme will provide hands-on science, engineering and robotics activities for more than 1,000 secondary school students.
Creative Hut will lead workshops based on lunar exploration, encouraging students to investigate robotics, engineering and problem-solving through interactive demonstrations.
Tim Peake, Future Lab ambassador, said: “FOS Future Lab continues to inspire the next generation by bringing visitors and students face-to-face with the latest in science and technology.
“We’re showing young people that the future isn’t something to imagine, it’s something they can build.”
