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Industrial robotics
is a team sport.
Give your team a community of experienced peers, practical skills, and a voice in the future of industrial robotics.
Shared problems. Shared progress.
Engineers and researchers working together at a Robotic Blending integration workshop.
See the collaborationWhat your organization gains
A stronger engineering team
Build practical skills through training and bring useful approaches from the community into your own projects.
A voice in what’s next
Bring your application needs into the roadmap and connect around technical challenges worth tackling together.
A community you can contribute to
Who else is working
on your problem?
You don’t have to figure out every challenge in isolation. ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas brings people together around open-source technology, applied research, education, and practical industrial use.
Meet relevant peers
Exchange deployment lessons at consortium events and build relationships that can grow into collaborations.
Explore eventsShow your work
Bring research, products, services, standards, or testbeds into the conversation. Coordinate a presentation at a monthly developer meeting.
See developer meetingsHelp set the direction
Share your organization’s priorities and application needs. Help identify useful best practices, case studies, and capabilities for the roadmap.
Give good ideas a wider audience
Submit practical lessons and public advancements for consideration on the ROS-I blog and newsletter. Presentation and publication are coordinated opportunities.
Collaboration in practice
Working together
on the foundry floor.
The Robotic Blending Focused Technical Project brought together the Steel Founders’ Society of America, Iowa State University, Yaskawa America, PushCorp, and SwRI. The team combined foundry knowledge, research, equipment, and software expertise to demonstrate robotic casting finishing at Fisher Cast Steel and contribute improvements to ROS-I’s open-source Scan-N-Plan tools.
Read the public project accountChoose your role
Make membership
work for your team.
Choose the level that fits your organization and the role you want to play. Start with the people you’ll train and the challenges you’ll bring.
Every membership includesConsortium eventsRoadmap inputNetworkingOpportunities to share work
| Membership level Annual dues in USD | Full$11,000per year | Associate$5,500per year | Research$2,500per year | Start-Up$2,500per year | Government$0per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who it’s for | Open membership | Open membership | University / non-profit R&D | Fewer than 40 technical staff and less than 4 years old | Government agency |
| Attend consortium events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Network with the ROS-I community | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share your work with the community | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Complimentary training seats per membership year | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Seat on the Consortium Advisory Committee | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Set priorities for membership-funded research | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Live technical support | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Initiate Focused Technical Projects | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Access to FTP project data and technical reports * | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
✓ Included— Not listed for this tier
Full
$11,000USD per year
Open membership
3 complimentary training seats per membership year
View Full benefits
- Attend consortium events
- Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap
- Network with the ROS-I community
- Share your work with the community
- Seat on the Consortium Advisory Committee
- Set priorities for membership-funded research
- Live technical support
- Initiate Focused Technical Projects
- Access to FTP project data and technical reports (subject to sponsorship and confidentiality terms)
Associate
$5,500USD per year
Open membership
2 complimentary training seats per membership year
View Associate benefits
- Attend consortium events
- Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap
- Network with the ROS-I community
- Share your work with the community
Research
$2,500USD per year
University / non-profit R&D
1 complimentary training seat per membership year
View Research benefits
- Attend consortium events
- Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap
- Network with the ROS-I community
- Share your work with the community
Start-Up
$2,500USD per year
Fewer than 40 technical staff and less than 4 years old
1 complimentary training seat per membership year
View Start-Up benefits
- Attend consortium events
- Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap
- Network with the ROS-I community
- Share your work with the community
Government
$0USD per year
Government agency
— No complimentary training seats
View Government benefits
- Attend consortium events
- Provide input to the ROS-I roadmap
- Network with the ROS-I community
- Share your work with the community
Training: allowances are per organization, per membership year. Government has no complimentary seats. Training is offered regularly, subject to sufficient interest. Additional seats use the course’s published rate.
Focused Technical Projects: funded separately from dues. Access to project data and reports depends on sponsorship and confidentiality terms. Interested in collaborating? Talk with Jerry about participation.
Full Membership includes Associate benefits and live technical support.
The membership agreement governs. Benefits require good standing; first-time dues are prorated. A dash means a benefit is not listed for that tier. Contact Jerry to discuss FTP participation.
An investment in your team
and the tools we share.
Plan who you’ll train, what application challenges you’ll bring, and which priorities you’ll help shape. Your dues support applied research, education, and open-source technology. ROS-I software and public community activities remain open to everyone.
Ready to take part?
Let’s make it official.
- 01 / CHOOSE
Find your fit
Select a membership level, or talk with Jerry about your organization, training plans, and interests.
Discuss membership - 02 / REVIEW & SIGN
Review the Americas agreement
Confirm the applicable agreement and its attachments with Jerry, then review and sign for your selected level.
Open the Americas agreement (PDF) - 03 / GET STARTED
Send it in. Make a plan.
Email your signed agreement and arrange payment. Start with a welcome interview and plan how to introduce your team’s work to the community.
Official joining instructions
Talk with Jerry Towler
Program Director, ROS-Industrial Americas
jerry.towler@swri.org
A few useful details
Before you join.
Do we need membership to use ROS-I software?
No. ROS-I’s open-source software and public community activities remain available to everyone. Membership supports the consortium and adds the participation and training benefits shown above.
Can every membership level present and network?
Yes. Every level offers networking and opportunities to share current work, including research, products, services, standards, and testbeds. Presentation slots and publication are coordinated with the community.
Are Focused Technical Projects included in dues?
No. FTPs are funded separately. Full Members can initiate them; access to project data and reports follows sponsorship and confidentiality terms. Contact Jerry to discuss your organization’s participation.
How should we plan our first membership year?
Identify the engineers you’d like to train, the application challenges you’d like to discuss, and the work you can share. Bring that plan to a membership conversation with Jerry and choose the tier that fits.