ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas 2022 Annual Meeting

Thursday, June 9, 2022 6:30 PM 18:30
Friday, June 10, 2022 5:00 PM 17:00

TCF Center 1 Washington Boulevard Detroit, MI, 48226 United States (map)

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The ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas will host its annual meeting in conjunction with the Automate 2022 show in Detroit. The annual Members' Meeting is a chance to understand the latest developments relative to ROS-Industrial, both within the Americas and around the world. There will be a chance to engage on the strategy for how ROS-I capability is shaped, in particular wiht atest developments around ROS2, and how we navigate the migration and leverage of ROS2.

This is always a great opportunity to engage with other interested end-users, OEMs, solution providers and researchers on open source, interoperable, agile software capabilities. The collaborations that emerge through these interactions have led to significant accomplishments, of which you will learn about at this gathering. We look forward to seeing everyone in Detroit!

When: June 10, 2022 (Immediately following Automate 2022)

Location: DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Detroit Downtown - Fort Shelby (Map) We are excited bot be able to offer a block of rooms during the event at the hotel, you may use this link (closed) or the group code "ROS" on the hilton reservation site.

Pre-meeting Dinner: A networking dinner will be held at the Caucus Club at 7:00 PM on June 9. Dinner is included and is walking distance from Huntington Place near downtown.

Host: Matt Robinson, RIC-Americas Program Manager

Registration: Registration Closed

Agenda: - All times US Eastern

Morning Program

800 - Light Breakfast and Registration/Check-In
830 - Welcome and ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas - State of the Consortium - Matt Robinson, SwRI
850 - ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas Technical Updates - Michael Ripperger, SwRI
910 - ROS-Industrial Consortium European Union Update - Christoph Hellmann Santos, Fraunhofer IPA
925 - ROS Industrial Consortium Asia-Pacific Update - Darryl Lee, ARTC
940 - The Latest Advances In ROS 2 - Kat Scott, Open Robotics
1005 - MoveIt 2: The developer experience on Humble and beyond – Nathan Brooks, PickNik
1030 - Break
1040 - Agility Performance of Robotic Systems - William Harrison, NIST
1105 - Automated ROS code and ros_control generation – YJ Lim, Abhijeet Gadkari, Murat Belge, MathWorks
1130 - Making waves with Hawksbill and Jellyfish: 22.04 and core news, Gabriel Aguiar Noury, Canonical
1155 - Lunch - Provided for In-Person Attendees

Lunch Keynote: Oil and Gas Robots and Automation (Part 2) - Justin Kinney, NOV

NOV has long been a leader in the design and manufacturing of oilfield drilling equipment. A large and successful part of their product portfolio has been the design, manufacturing, and supply of heavy mechanized pipe handling equipment.

Through continuous innovation, NOV Robotics has introduced to market a fully modular system with multiple functionalities. The NOV RTX system is built on the backbone of ROS-I which enables for our continued rapid development and deployment. The RTX system is capable of doping pin/box, mud containment, tailing pipe, and gripping and spinning small tubulars. Based on the modular design philosophy, each robot can function as virtually any tools listed above by connecting any end effectors easily without complexities of connect/disconnect of utility supply due to a pure mechanical quick disconnect technology. All robot functionalities can be utilized either through pre-planned paths from ROS or through a live command feed from the operator with mule mode.

Afternoon Program

1310 – Panel – Successes and roadblocks to broader ROS 2 adoption in industry
1340 – Workshop - Rotating break out sessions – Feedback on ease of use approach, training needs/updates, gaps in adoption of ROS-based tools (Technical and/or Support-wise)
1440 – Break
1450 – An An analysis of how the ARM projects have used and benefited from using ROS-I during their development – Arnie Kravitz, ARM Institute
1515 – ROS in Aerospace Production: Spirit's Feature Inspection System – Mark Haynes, Spirit AeroSystems
1540 – Robot Raconteur: an Interoperable Middleware for Robotics and PyRI Open Source Teach Pendant – John Wason, Wason Technologies
1605 – Using ROS as an Interface Layer as an Integrator – Aaron Feick – Aerobotix
1630 – Closing Remarks
1640 - Adjourn

We look forward to collaborating with the membership and fostering a discussion on what is on the near horizon with regards to open-source advanced robotics development.

Streaming Option for Talks

We understand not everyone can make it in person, so we are excited to once again offer live streaming via ROS-I Zoom.

Registration is required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqcu6qrjgiHtwWbWCNfxr91gLTTG0BXH8m

After registering you will receive confirmation with information on how to join the event.

Members Exhibiting at Automate