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.
Monday, 17 November 2025
08:00 – 08:30
Welcome and coffee
08:30 – 08:45
Conference Introduction — Fraunhofer IPA
08:45 – 09:15
Robotics Market (IFR World Robotics)
Werner Kraus, Fraunhofer IPA
(presentation | video)
09:15 – 09:45
Maintaining ROS Support – A Glimpse into a Vendor’s Perspective
Felix Exner, Universal Robots A/S
(presentation | video)
09:45 – 10:15
kuka_rsi_driver: Techniques for Robust, Real-Time Control of Industrial Robots
Robert Wilbrandt, FZI Research Center
(presentation | video)
10:15 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 11:00
ROS 2 in the Industrial Sector: From Fruit Harvesting to Autonomous Mobile Robots
Alexander Mühlens, Igus GmbH
(presentation | video)
11:00 – 11:30
Yaskawa Driver and Applications
Adolfo Suarez Roos, IRT Jules Verne
(presentation | video)
11:30 – 12:00
Intrinsic Intelligence with ROS: A Practical Approach to Integrating ROS into the Intrinsic Platform
Lukasz Pietrasik, Intrinsic
(presentation | video)
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:00
Making Humanoid Robots Safe – Advances in Humanoid Robot Safety
Florian Weißhardt, Synapticon GmbH
(presentation | video)
14:00 – 14:30
ReMoRA — Resilient Modular Robotic Application Framework
Ruichao Wu, Fraunhofer IPA
(presentation | video)
14:30 – 15:00
What Industrial Automation Needs from ROS
Florian Gramß, Siemens AG
(presentation | video)
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
(presentation | video)
16:00 – 16:30
ROBBIN (Robotic Bin Picking) & Scan-Plan-Pro (Automatic Post-Processing) Applied Research Projects Using ROS 2
Dennis Borger, Saxion University
(presentation | video)
16:30 – 17:00
ROS 2 Going Industrial: b-robotized’s Contributions for Using ROS 2 in Industry
Denis Stogl & Nikola Banović, b-robotized GmbH
(presentation | video)
18:00
Gala Dinner / Social Event
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
09:00 – 09:30
ROS-Industrial Consortium Europe Updates
Vishnuprasad Prachandabhanu & Yasmine Makkaoui, Fraunhofer IPA
09:30 – 10:00
ROS-Industrial Consortium Asia-Pacific Updates
Maria Vergo & Glenn Tan, A*STAR, ARTC
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
12:00 – 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 – 17:00
Company Visit: ENGLAB (Strasbourg)
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:
