The 2016 ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas Annual Members' meeting will take place March 3-4 at SwRI's headquarters in San Antonio, Texas.
Link to printable agenda.
Link to Building 189 SwRI map.
Thursday Afternoon/Evening, March 3 (Public):
- ROS-I technology demonstrations: Scan-n-Plan for robotic blending and painting, Euler mobile manipulator, Blue WorkForce Ragnar robot, Industrial Calibration Library, mixed parcel handling, 15kW CO2 laser, Descartes and STOMP Path Planners
- Keynote: Jeremy Zoss, SwRI's lead engineer for the five-story tall Laser Coating Removal mobile robot, will present an overview of the project along with insights about how ROS is being integrated.
- Dinner ($75 for non-members): Dine with us at Boiler House on the northern reach of San Antonio's historic River Walk.
| Time | Description |
| 1220 | Shuttle Pickup at Hyatt Regency Hill Country |
| 1230-1300 | Registration, SwRI Building 189 (refer to map link above) |
| 1300-1315 | Welcome – Intro to SwRI |
| 1315-1345 | Presentation: Space Science |
| 1345-1415 | Lab Tour: Unmanned Systems |
| 1415-1445 | Lab Tour: HAT and Coating Removal Laser Lab |
| 1445-1615 | Lab Tour: Robotics and Automation, Simulation... |
| 1615-1645 | Keynote: Design of Five Story Laser Depainting... |
| 1645-1715 | Consortium Overview and Wrap up |
| 1715 | Shuttles Depart for Dinner: Boiler House |
Friday, March 4 (Members Only):
- Consortium Updates:
- RIC-Americas: Learn about the latest ROS-I Consortium Americas developments, Focused Technical Projects, and planned Consortium activities for 2016 (Paul Hvass and Shaun Edwards, SwRI)
- RIC-Europe: Hear about the rapid growth and ROS-I interest in Europe (Mirko Bordignon, Fraunhofer IPA)
- RIC-Asia: Hear about the recent interest in forming RIC-Asia
- Lunch Keynote: Erik Nieves, CEO of the stealth startup PlusOne Robotics, will present his vision for the future of robotics.
- Focused Technical Projects: Get the latest on upcoming 2016 projects.
- Roadmapping: The meeting will end with a general discussion on the technical roadmap which will set the agenda for the 2016 activities. The meeting will end at 15:30 to allow for travel.
| Time | Description |
| 0800 | Shuttle Pickup at Hyatt Regency Hill Country |
| 0800-0830 | Registration, Light Breakfast |
| 0830-0845 | Welcome and Introductions |
| 0845-0920 | RIC-Americas Highlights and Upcoming Events |
| 0920-0940 | RIC-Europe: Rapid Growth |
| 0940-1000 | Is it Time for RIC-Asia? |
| 1000-1030 | Break |
| 1030-1130 | ROS-I Technical Roadmapping Round Tables |
| 1130-1200 | ROS 2.0 Real Time Capabilities, Q+A |
| 1200-1230 | Lunch |
| 1230-1300 | Lunch Keynote: PlusOne Robotics |
| 1300-1400 | Focused Technical Projects |
| 1400-1415 | Break |
| 1415-1515 | RIC Strategy Round Tables – NNMI, App Store... |
| 1515-1530 | Wrap up |
| 1530 | Shuttles Direct to Airport and Hotel |
Host
Paul Hvass, ROS-Industrial Consortium Program Manager (SwRI)
Venue
Southwest Research Institute
Building 189 Conference Room
6220 Culebra Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78238
USA
Accomodations
Hyatt Regency Hill Country
$120/night for attendees (no resort fee)
9800 Hyatt Resort Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78251
Reserve a room online at the special rate
Telephone: 1-888-421-1442 (toll free)
or 1-210-647-1234 (local)
Group name: ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas
Meeting name: Annual members meeting
http://hillcountry.hyatt.com
Dinner March 3
Boiler House Texas Grill & Wine Garden
312 Pearl Pkwy., Bldg. 3
San Antonio, Texas 78215
Phone: 210-354-4644
