sorry, I am not aware of any colleagues of mine going to IMTS with ROS related topics…
I know that Thomas Hilzbrich from Fraunhofer IPA will present “AI-based production optimization for interlinked manufacturing process chains: autonomous production optimization”, but that’s neither Robotics nor Open Source…
https://www.fraunhofer.de/de/veranstaltungen-messen/messen/2018/imts-2018/meeting-experts.html