Worldwide ROS Events

Written by Yuhong Lin

06/10/2017

This article shares all Non-profit ROS Evens around the world to promote the exchange ideas and communication between ROS learners.

 

The largest and most active ROS Meetups in the world


1. Silicon Valley Robotics

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Host City: Silicon Valley, San Francisco

About: Silicon Valley Robotics is a non-profit business association that promotes the innovation and commercialization of robotics technologies. They hold an event every two weeks. You can share your robot or robotics-related project with the robotics students at Silicon Valley CTE, offer your ideas to robotics startups or get the opportunity to be hired by a robotics-related company.

 

2. Robot Developer Group 

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Host City: San Francisco, CA

About: Their sessions will showcase the latest in new robot platforms, software, hardware and sensor technologies.  A community dedicated to moving the robotics industry forward by bringing the best robotics minds in the area together to network, brainstorm, collaborate, and take real action to execute ideas and visions.

 

3. Learn/Teach ROS Fast

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Host City: Barcelona, Kontich (Belgium), Vancouver, Murrieta (USA), Cambridge, Punjab (India), Cairo (Egypt)…more than 30 cities

About: A ROS learning community for students or teachers or anybody who interested in learn or teach ROS in an effective way.  In their events you can to meet other ROS enthusiasts, join together to learn how to smooth the ROS learning curve and start ROS project quickly.

Meetups topics include: ROS Navigation, ROS introduction, Using OpenAI with ROS , Self-driving cars using ROS, RPS-Industrial, Apply ROS to real robots, etc.

 

4. ROS in Chicago 

Host City: Chicago (University of Illinois – Chicago campus)

About: A group for people interested in making robots who use/want to use ROS (Robotic Operating System) in the Chicago-land area. Topic will be covered from software development to hardware implementation, as well as all aspects in artificial intelligence

 

5. Vancouver ROS User Group

Host City: Vancouver

About: A ROS group in Vancouver which is open to anyone interested in using ROS to design and develop robots for real world applications. Their prime focus is on collaborative service robots that can safety interact with humans and share what they have learned.

Meetups topics include: Sensors, Intro to Robot Simulators, Drones, Application of Computer Vision, Robot mapping using SLAM, etc.

 

6. Tokyo ROS Meetup 

Host City: Tokyo

About: This group is for people interested in robotics who want to use and learn more about ROS and is open to all interested and will try to strengthen the network between the international and local ROS community.

 

7. ROS on the Rocks

Host City: Boulder, Loveland

About: ROS Users Group in the Rocky Mountain region. The group will focus specifically on ROS, and ROS-Industrial.

Meetups topcis include: Introduction to ROS through a Robotic Manipulator

 

8. ROS Seattle Meetup 

Host City: Seattle

About: This is a bi-monthly user group for developers learning or using the ROS. Most meetings consist of community show and tell and a featured talk.

 

 

Other Events


 

About: Learn a method to teach ROS fast with no hassle. The aim of this webinar is to show you how to change your classes from passive listening to active practising.

 

About: A webinar series designed to help you equip your team with ROS fast.

 

About: ROS Japan Users Google Group. (Group email: ros-japan-users@googlegroups.com) They will hold ROS Events from time to time.

 

About:The seminar covered overview for introduction, navigation, moveit, UAV, and community briefly by speakers from various groups in Korea. (*This is a past event, but you can still find the presentation slides and other useful ROS materials on their website.)

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