ROS Meetup at Automate in Detroit

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ROS Meetup at Automate in Detroit

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Hi Everyone,

I’ve worked with our colleagues at ROS Industrial and Picknik to organize a ROS Meetup at the Automate Conference in Detroit. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, 2025-05-13T21:00:00Z→2025-05-14T00:00:00Z at the historic Anchor Bar just a block away from Automate.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Please RSVP here :backhand_index_pointing_left:

I’ll be at Automate and the ROS Industrial annual meeting all week. Please reach out if you would like to chat! I’ll have a stack of Kilted Kaiju stickers with me.

Also, don’t forget to stop by the SwRI booth to say, “hi” to our colleagues at ROS Industrial. If you are interested, I have some colleagues at the University of Michigan who are organizing a tour of the University of Michigan’s new undergraduate robotics program in Ann Arbor (about an hour away). Drop me a line if you would like to join the tour.

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Related to Automate, I’ve been acting as an advisor to University of Michigan’s new robotics undergraduate program. The university is looking for industry partners to motivate / sponsor student capstone projects and facilitate tech transfer out of academia. If you would like to learn more about this opportunity and visit UofM’s state of the art facility in Ann Arbor please send me a DM or visit their booth at Automate.

Here is a quick summary:

UM Robotics Building Tour - Tour the new Robotics Department, housed in the 134,000 sq ft Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Thursday, May 15, at 1:00 p.m. ET. There will be a brief overview of the Robotics Department followed by demos and lab tours. Highlights of the building include:

  • Indoor three-story fly zone for autonomous aerial vehicles
  • An outdoor obstacle course for walking robots
  • High-bay garage space for self-driving cars
  • 10,000 gallon underwater autonomous vehicle research tank
  • A rehabilitation lab with a Stewart platform, force plates, and dual-tread treadmill
  • A robotics maker space with CNC, 3D printers, soldering irons, and other shop tools
  • An outdoor Mars Yard with imitation martian rocks and soil for testing rovers
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