ROS-Industrial Europe Conference 2025
The 13th edition of the Europe ROS-Industrial Conference will take place in Strasbourg, France, during the ROSCon FR&DE.
Location: CCI Campus Alsace - Site de Strasbourg
234 Av. de Colmar, 67021 Strasbourg
Dates: 17th to 18th November 2025
This year’s conference will focus on advancements, challenges, and success stories in industrial robotics, with a strong emphasis on real-world applications of ROS in manufacturing and AI.
Keynote Presentations: Timezone : UTC+1
Monday 9:00 a.m to Tuesday 1:30 p.m
ARTC ASTAR
b-robotized GmbH
Fraunhofer IPA
FZI
Intrinsic
IRT Jules Verne
Saxion University
Siemens
SNCF
Southwest Research Institute
Synapticon: GmbH
PickNik Robotics
Universal Robots A/S
Monday 17.11.2025
08:00 - 08:30 : Welcome and coffee
08:30 - 08:45
Fraunhofer IPA Conference Introduction
08:45 - 09:15
Robotics Market (IFR World Robotics)
Werner Kraus, Fraunhofer IPA
09:15 - 09:45
Maintaining ROS support – a glimpse into a vendor’s perspective
Felix Exner, Universal Robots A/S
09:45 - 10:15
kuka_rsi_driver: Techniques for Robust, Real-Time Control of Industrial Robots
Robert Wilbrandt, Forschungszentrum für Informatik (FZI)
10:15 - 10:30 : Break
10:30 - 11:00
ROS 2 in industrial sector and robotic applications. Spanning applications from fruit harvesting to autonomous mobile robots
Alexander Mühler, Igus GmbH
11:00 - 11:30
ROS2 on Yaskawa robots and applications
Adolfo SUAREZ ROOS, IRT Jules Verne (Technological Research Institute Jules Verne)
11:30 - 12:00
Intrinsic Intelligence with ROS: A Practical Approach to Integrating ROS with the Intrinsic Platform
Lukasz Pietrasik, Intrinsic
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break
13:00 - 13:30
TBD (confirmation from ROS end-user)
13:30 - 14:00
Making Humanoid Robots Safe - Advances in Humanoid Robot Safety
Florian Weißhardt, Synapticon GmbH
14:00 - 14:30
b.robotized GmbH
Denis Stogl, b.robotized
14:30 - 15:00
Florian Gramß, Siemens AG
15:00 - 15:30: Break & discussions
15:30 - 16:00
Rich Descriptive Models for Reusable ROS Software Components
Riddhesh Pradeep More, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
16:00 - 16:30
ReFRAM — A Modular and Fault-Contained Framework for Easy and Reliable Robotic Application Development
Ruichao Wu, Fraunhofer IPA
16:30 - 17:00
Dennis Borger, Saxion University
Social Dinner event on monday 17th evening
Monday evening from 6:30 p.m
Tuesday 18.11.2025
09:00 - 09:30
ROS-Industrial Consortium Europe updates
09:30 - 10:00
ROS-Industrial Consortium Asia-Pacific updates
ARTC A*
10:00 - 10:30 : Break
10:30 - 11:00
Empowering Industrial Robotics: Insights and Advances from ROS-Industrial Americas
Paul Evans, Southwest Research Institute
11:00 - 11:30
Feedback on the creation of a navigation stack for railway maintenance robots nav4rail
Louis-Romain Joly, SNCF
11:30 - 12:00
Faster, Better, ROS-er: Advancing Mobile Manipulation with MoveIt Pro
Mario Prats, PickNik Robotics
Guided Tour : Englab
Tuesday afternoon from 1:30 p.m to 5:00 p.m
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Welcome coffee while everyone arrives on site.
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Presentation of ENGLAB's activities by the director
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Three 30-minute sessions (divided into two or three groups depending on the number of people)
Session 1: Presentation of indoor mobile robotics activities - industrial applications
ARIO mobile robot under ROS
Demo with the robot
Questions and answers
Session 2: Presentation of all-terrain mobile robotics activities - AgTech, Defence, Mining applications, etc.
KIPP mobile robot under ROS
Demo with the robot
Questions and answers
Session 3: Presentation of activities on the production line: industry of the future (Robotics & SImulations)
Digital Assist workstation demo
Spark Inspection workstation demo
Questions and answers
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Discussion over coffee and pastries
Pricing:
ROS-I Europe Full Member: 2 free seats
ROS-I Europe Associate and Research Member: 1 free seat
Additional Member Ticket: 400€
Non-member Ticket: 500€
Student Ticket: 300€
Gala Dinner: 75€
Link to the event page on the Fraunhofer IPA website:
Call for presentation: deadline 13th october 2025
Submit:
company presentation
short Bio
short presentation
Contact: opensourcerobotics@ipa.fraunhofer.de
Vishnuprasad Prachandabhanu
Yasmine Makkaoui
