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Time & Date:

• Location: Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart, Germany
• Dates: December 10 (starting at 11:00) to December 12, 2019 (ending at 16:00)
• Registration via Eventbrite
• Program agenda for download and print-out

Video documentation and blog posts of #RICeu2019

Watch the talks and read the blog posts of

• Day 1 (Session 1) in this YouTube playlist and this article,
• Day 2 (Session 2 + 3) in this YouTube playlist and this article,
• Day 3 (Session 4 + 5) in this YouTube playlist and this article.

This was ROS-Industrial Conference #RICEU2019. From public funding opportunities to the latest technologies in software and system integration, the combination of robotics and IT to hardware and application highlights plus updates on new platforms and open-source communities: ROS-Industrial Conference 2019 offered on 3 days in December a varied and top-class programme to more than 150 attendees.

Get an impression of what went down at RICEU2019 and watch the Event Video!

Program & Announced Speakers

(Agenda for download and print-out)

• Registration at 10:30

• Session 1 on Day 1 (ROSIN & EU ROS updates)
  (11:00 - 17:30)

  • Thilo Zimmermann (Fraunhofer IPA):
    Introduction to the ROS-Industrial Conference (slides/video)

  • Werner Kraus (Fraunhofer IPA):
    Welcome presentation & market statistics from latest IFR World Robotics Report (slides/video)

  • Carlos Hernandez Corbato (TU Delft):
    ROSIN: advancing ROS in Europe (slides/video)

  • Stephan Kallweit (FH Aachen):
    ROSIN: advancing ROS in Europe (slides/video)

  • Andreas Linz (HS Osnabrück): Highlights of ROS in Agricultural Domain (slides/video)

  • Catered Lunch (12:40 - 14:10)

  • Andrzej Wąsowski (IT University Copenhagen): [Reactive] Programming with [Rx]ROS (slides/video)

  • Gonzalo Casas (ETH Zurich):
    ROS-I for architecture and digital fabrication (slides/video)

  • Jon Azpiazu Lozano (Tecnalia):
    Commercial exploitation with ROS-Industrial and Introduction into FTP session (slides/video)

  • Highlights of ROSIN FTPs (outcomes of ROS developments)

    • Rafael Arrais (INESC TEC) (slides/video)

    • Luca Muratore (IIT) (slides/video)

    • Trygve Thomessen (PPM Robotics) (slides/video)

    • Paloma Carrasco Fernández (CATEC) (slides/video)

    • Olivier Michel (Cyberbotics) (slides/video)

  • Olivier Stasse (LAAS):
    Pros and cons of using ROS to transfer robotics components from laboratory to industry [presented via Skype] (slides/video)

  • Coffee break

  • Carlos Hernandez Corbato (TU Delft): Metacontrol for ROS2 systems (slides/video)

  • Dennis Stampfer (HS Ulm): Modeling and Tooling for Robotics Software Development (slides/video)

  • Björn Kahl (Fraunhofer IPA): SeRoNet: Challenges in defining a community platform top-down (slides/video)

  • Maik Siee (Fraunhofer IPA): RoboPORT - co-creatation & engineering community (slides/video)

  • Thilo Zimmermann (Fraunhofer IPA) Conclusion of the day incl. announcement of evening programm (no slides / no video recorded)

  • End of Session (bus transfer or walking)
    (18:00 - 18:30)

  • Welcome reception & demo inside of ARENA2036

  • Demonstrations and poster session

• Session 2 on Day 2 (Software and System Integration)
  (09:00 - 12:30)

  • Matt Hansen (Intel): ROS2 Robot Dev Kit Featuring Navigation2 Overview (slides/video)

  • Ingo Lütkebohle (BOSCH CR): ROS 2 Tracing: Performance Analysis and Execution Monitoring (slides/video)

  • Pablo Quilez (drag&bot): drag&bot as a software platform for development of ROS-based industrial applications (slides/video)

  • Arne Rönnau (FZI): cartesian_controllers: Motion, Force and Compliance Control for Robotic Manipulators (slides/video)

  • Coffee break
    (10:30 - 11:00)

  • Steven Peters (Open Robotics): Open Robotics 2020: ROS2 Eloquent and Ignition Citadel (slides/video)

  • Musa Morena Marcusso Manhães (BOSCH CR): pcg_gazebo_pkgs: A Python library for scripting and rapid-prototyping of simulated Gazebo models and worlds (slides/video)

  • Nadia Hammoudeh Garcia (Fraunhofer IPA): ROS Model (slides/video)

  • Sharshank Sharma (Mathworks): Bridging ROS with MATLAB and Simulink: From Algorithms to Deployment (slides/video)

  • Lunch break
    (12:30 - 14:00)

• Session 3 on Day 2 (Robotics meets IT)
  (14:00 - 17:30)

  • Roger Barga (AWS Amazon): The Robotic Edge (slides/video)

  • Andrei Kholodnyi (Wind River): ROS2 on VxWorks - Challenges in porting a modern, software framework to RTOS (slides/video)

  • Rhys Davies (Canonical): How to maintain a robot that outlives its support (slides/video)

  • Jaime Martin Losa (eProsima): eProsima Fast RTPS, the most complete open source DDS for ROS2 (slides/video)

  • Coffee break
    (15:30 - 16:00)

  • Gunter Logemann (Microsoft): ROS for Windows: develop ROS apps with Visual Studio Code & Azure (slides/video)

  • Endika Gil Uriarte & Victor Mayoral (Alias Robotics): Defensive and offensive Robot security (slides/video)

  • Jan Wiegelmann (Autovia AI): Analytics for Autonomous Driving: Large-scale sensor data processing (slides/video)

  • Christoph Hellmann (Fraunhofer IPA) AgROBOfood (slides/video)

  • Joe Speed (ADLINK): Eclipse Cyclone DDS Makes ROS 2 Easier, Smaller, Faster [presented via Skype] (slides/video)

  • Bus transfer to gala dinner
    (18:00 - 18:45)

  • Gala dinner at Leonhardts

  • Bus shuttles at 21:30 and 22:00

• Session 4 on Day 3 (Hardware updates and application highlights)
  (09:00 - 10:40)

  • Paul Evans (Southwest Research Institute / ROS-Industrial North America): ROS-Industrial North America updates & SwRI application highlights (slides/video)

  • Rik Tonnaer (TU Delft):
    SAM|XL: Leveraging ROS for Aerospace Manufacturing Processes (slides/video)

  • Thomas Ruehr (KUKA): Mobile Manipulation with a KUKA KMR and ROS (slides/video)

  • Anders Billeso Beck (Universal Robots): Towards Industrial- grade robot control in ROS (slides/video)

  • Coffee break
    (10:40 - 11:10)

  • Erik Unemyr (Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC)): ROS-Industrial Asia Pacific updates & ARTC application highlights (slides/video)

  • Stefan Dörr (Fraunhofer IPA): Towards plug&play solutions for autonomous navigation of mobile robots and AGVs (slides/video)

  • Manuel Schön (Pilz GmbH & Co. KG): Safety Certified ROS-native Industrial Manipulator (slides/video)

  • Jonathan Cacace & Jonas Reiling (UniNa & dm-drogerie markt GmbH): REFILL: robotic depalletization in retail markets (slides/video)

  • Lunch break
    (12:40 - 14:10)

• Session 5 on Day 3 (Platforms & Community)
  (14:10 - 15:10)

  • Penny Scully (Jungle): Enabling the future of Manufacturing with Robotics (slides/video)

  • Benjamin Goldschmidt (Silexia): Performance Testing Platform for ROS2 (slides/video)

  • Philippe Krief (Eclipse Foundaton Europe): Why Robotics needs Open Source Communities (slides/video)

  • Christoph Hellmann & Thilo Zimmermann (Fraunhofer IPA): Closing Remarks & Discussion

Registration

Late registration (since November 20, 2019 - event ticket for all 3 days incl. social program on the evenings, there are no day-tickets)

• 468 EUR (ROS-Industrial Consortia members)

• 702 EUR (ROSIN FTP & EP project members)

• 936 EUR for all others

Members of the ROS-Industrial Consortia (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific) are eligible for a 50% discount.

Third-Party Members of the ROSIN project (partners of FTPs and EPs) are eligible for a 25% discount.

Participation fee plus 0 % sales tax / tax-free sales according to §4 UStG

Early bird rate was (until November 20, 2019) :

• 374 EUR (ROS-Industrial Consortia members)

• 562 EUR (ROSIN FTP & EP project members)

• 748 EUR for all others

The participation fee includes:

• Participation in all lectures

• Food and drinks during the event

• Welcome reception and demo tour at ARENA2036 on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 in the evening

• Social dinner in Stuttgart on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 in the evening

Venue and Accommodation

The event will be hosted at main auditorium A and B of Fraunhofer IPA, Nobelstr. 12, 70569 Stuttgart Germany https://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/en/contact/directions.html

The recommended hotel is the nearby Campus Guest on the University Campus Stuttgart-Vaihingen. Please mention “ROS-Industrial” when you register via email.