Publications and Presentations

2022

Robinson, M.M. Podcast - Accelerating Industrial Workflows with Open Source, Podcast Interview, January 25, 2022.

Cappellari, T. Presentation - MoveIt for Aerospace Automation Tasks, MoveIt 2022 Community Meeting, February 24, 2022.

Robinson, M.M. Presentation/Webinar - Open Source Software for Robotics - When to use it and when to use closed source, Virtual Event, March 16, 2022.

Robinson, M.M. From academia to industry and beyond, International Federation of Robotics Member Blog, August 10, 2022.

Cappellari, T. Blog Post - The ROS 1 vs ROS 2 Transition, Innovations in Automation Blog, August 10, 2022

2021

Robinson, M.M. Presentation - Lessons Learned in Deploying ROS2 in Industrial Applications, Automate Forward, Virtual Event, March 25, 2021.

Ripperger, M.A., Robinson, M.M. - Development of an Agile Platform for Aerospace Applications Leveraging Open-Source Tools, In-Person Presentation, November 17, 2022.

Bonnin, J., Langsfeld, J., Warburton K., Robinson M.M., Research Spotlight: Tactile Robotic Assembly, AI for Mfg. Robotics Initiative, NIST. October 2021.

2020

Robinson, M.M. Presentation - ROS-Industrial and Open-Source Solutions Making a Difference on the Factory Floor. RIA Robotics Week, September 10, 2020.

Armstrong, L. Presentation - The hardening of ROS 2 for industrial robotics applications: Key technology & impact. AWS Cloud Robotics Summit, August 18-19, 2020

Hellman Santos, Christoph, Robinson, M.M., Unemyr, Erik. ROS-Industrial: An Open-Source Approach to Revolutionizing Industrial Automation, RIA Webinar, July 13, 2020, PDF Version.

2019

Lianjun Li, Yizhe Zhang, Michael Ripperger, Jorge Nicho, Malathi Veeraraghavan and Andrea Fumagalli. Autonomous Object Pick-and-Sort Procedure for Industrial Robotics Application, International Journal of Semantic Computing. Vol. 13, No. 02, pp. 161-183 (2019)

Corbato, C. H. Presentation of ROSIN and ROS-Industrial. European Robotics Forum ERF2019. Bukarest, Romania. 2019

Hammoudeh, G. N; Lüdtke, M.; Kortik, S.; Kahl, B.; Bordignon, M.Bootstrapping MDE Development from ROS Manual Code - Pt.1: Metamodeling“ Third IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2019. Proceedings : 25-27 February 2019, Naples, Italy Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-5386-9245-5

Zimmermann, T. Presentation of ROS in education and EP Funding in ROSIN. European Robotics Forum ERF2019. Bukarest, Romania. 2019

2018

Corbato, C. H. Presentation of ROSIN project and FTP funding. ROSCon Madrid, October, 2018

Bordignon, M. The ROS Developers Podcast: RDP 036: ROS Industrial with Mirko Bordignon

Multiple speakers, ROS-Industrial Conference 2018 Event Video (see description text with links to all talks)

Multiple speakers, ROS-Industrial Conference 2018 presentation slides (see agenda, links after each speaker)

Zimmermann, T. ROS-Industrial: Open source software suitable for industrial use. new.New Festival. Stuttgart, Germany. December 2018

2017

Bordignon, M.Open-Source Robotics: Towards an established practice“ In Hägele, Martin ; International Federation of Robotics, Statistical Department; World Robotics 2017 Service Robots : Statistics, Market Analysis, Forecasts, Case Studies Frankfurt/Main, 2017 ISBN: 978-3-8163-0714-3
S.367-374

Corbato, C. H. Presentation of ROSIN project supporting ROS-Industrial European Robotics Forum ERF2017, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, March, 2017 (Video).

2016

Awad, R.; Heppner, G.; Roennau, A.; Bordignon, M. ROS engineering workbench based on semantically enriched app models for improved reusability“ 21th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2016 : September 6 - 9, 2016, Berlin Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-5090-1314-2

Bordignon, M.ROS-Industrial: A worldwide initiative for Open Source industrial robotics“ In: Hägele, Martin (Ed.) ; International Federation of Robotics, Statistical Department; Frankfurt/Main: World Robotics 2016 Service Robots : Statistics, Market Analysis, Forecasts, Case Studies Frankfurt/Main, 2016. p.294-303

Bubeck, A. Modellbasierte Softwareentwicklung für mobile Manipulatoren im industriellen Einsatz (Model-driven software development for mobile manipulators in industrial applications) DOI: 10.18419/opus-8823 Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 2016, XVII, 121 S.
Zugl.: Stuttgart, Univ., Diss., 2015 Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Produktionsforschung, 54
ISBN: 978-3-8396-1033-6

Hua, Y.; Zander, S.; Bordignon, M. Hein, B. From AutomationML to ROS: A model-driven approach for software engineering of industrial robotics using ontological reasoning, 21th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA 2016 : September 6 - 9, 2016, Berlin, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2016

2015

RoboUniverse Community Meeting December 2015 (Video).

Bordignon, M. and Edwards, S. M. "Bringing ROS to the factory floor." ROSCon 2015 (Hamburg), September, 2015 (Video).

Bordignon M. “The Robots of Tomorrow: Open Platforms & Open Standards for On-Demand Applications“ In: Hägele, Martin (Ed.) ; International Federation of Robotics, Statistical Department;
World Robotics 2015 Service Robots : Statistics, Market Analysis, Forecasts, Case Studies
Frankfurt/Main, 2015 , ISBN: 978-3-8163-0680-1

Edwards, S. M. "The Descartes Planning Library for Semi-Constrained Cartesian Trajectories." ROSCon 2015 (Hamburg), September, 2015 (Video).

Kuka LBR iiwa Community Meeting March 2015 (Video).

RIC-EU Hosted Community Meeting January 2015 (Video).

2014

Bubeck, A. “Development of dual arm mobile manipulation systems for small part assembly tasks“ ROSCon 2014, ROS Developer Conference. Online resource : September, 2014, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Evans, P.T. “Technical Advancements Guiding the Future of Robotics in Manufacturing.” Presentation for Baylor Engineering and Research Seminars, Waco, TX, November 2014.

Evans, P. T. "A Community Approach Guiding the Future of Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing." Presentation at Technology Showcase, Loveland, CO, October 2014.

Evans, P. T.  “Technologies Guiding the Future of Robotics in Manufacturing.” Presentation at  FAIM 2014 (24th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing), San Antonio, TX, May 2014.

Hoher, S; Weisshardt, F.; Eger, U.; Reiser U. ISG-virtuosM - das Gateway zwischen industrieller Echtzeit-Steuerungstechnik und dem Open Source Roboterbetriebssystem ROS“ SPS IPC Drives 2014 : Elektrische Automatisierung, Systeme und Komponenten. Internationale Fachmesse und Kongress 25.-27.11.2014, Nürnberg; Tagungsband Aachen: Apprimus, 2014 ISBN: 978-3-86359-272-1

Hvass, P.B. “Using the Robot Operating System (ROS) for Industrial Automation.”   Presentation at the Automation Technology Expo (ATX) South Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2014.

Evans, P.T. “Technical Advancements Guiding the Future of Robotics for Industrial Applications.” Presentation for University of Texas at San Antonio Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar Series, February 2015.

Weisshardt, F.Application development with ROS“ ROS in der industriellen Anwendung: Seminar, March 2014, Stuttgart (Seminar SPA 054)

2013

Chitta, S. "Introduction to ROS and MoveIt!" Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

Crumrine, S.B. and C.A. Parrott. "ROS-I Consortium Open House Welcome and Introduction to SwRI." Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

Edwards, S.M. "The ROS-Industrial Story." Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

Flannigan, W.C. and S.M. Edwards. "An Introduction to ROS-Industrial (webinar)." January 2013.  

Flannigan, W.C. (Coauthor). "Chapter 1: A Roadmap for Robotics in Manufacturing." A Roadmap for U.S. Robotics, From Internet to Robotics, 2013 Edition, 2013. 

Flannigan, W.C., and S.M. Edwards.  “ROS-I Session.”  Participated and Chaired Session at the RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, Santa Clara, California, October 2013.

Flannigan, W.C.  “Panel for Manufacturing Standards – ROS-I.”  Invited to participate as a Panelist at the Advanced Manufacturing Impact Forum, San Diego, California, November 2013.

Flannigan, W.C. et al.  “ROS-Industrial Forum Web Event.”  Hosted Web Event, San Antonio, Texas, December 2013.

Hvass, P.B. "The ROS-Industrial Consortium." Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

Nieves, E. "Why industrial robot OEM's should care about ROS." Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

Reiser, U. Move-It! & Co. - Open-Source-Software für mobile Roboterassistenten (ROS)
Fahrerlose Transportsysteme (FTS) und mobile Roboter : Fraunhofer IPA Technologieforum, 10. September 2013, Stuttgart (Fraunhofer IPA Technologieforum F 286)

Reiser, U. ROS-industrial: Closing the gap between robotics research and industry“ Stuttgarter Produktionsakademie: ROS in der industriellen Anwendung : Seminar, 1. Oktober 2013, Stuttgart
Stuttgart, 2013 (Seminar SPA 025)

Venator, E. "Hardware and Software Architecture of ABBY: An Industrial Mobile Manipulator." 9th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, August, 2013  

Zoss, J.K. "What ROS-Industrial Can Do Today." Presented at the ROS-Industrial Consortium Open House, San Antonio, Texas, March 2013.  

2012

Bubeck, A. “Model driven engineering: A way to handle complexity, quality and processes in component based robot systems” ROS Industrial - an Enabler for Industrial Robotics?: Development of Industrial Applications with ROS - Experiences; Fraunhofer IPA Conference F 267; October 2012, Stuttgart

Edwards, S.M. and C.L. Lewis. "ROS-Industrial — Applying the Robot Operating System (ROS) to Industrial Applications." Presented at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Robot Operating System Developer Conference (ICRA/ROSCon), St. Paul, Minnesota, May 2012.  

Edwards, S.M. "ROS-Industrial — Accelerating Research to Applications." Presented at the Robotics Industries Association Annual Industry Forum, Orlando, January 2012.  

Edwards, S.M. and W.C. Flannigan. "ROS-Industrial — Open Software Components for Industrial Automation." Presented at the Fraunhofer Workshop — ROS Industrial, Stuttgart, Germany, October 2012.  

Edwards, S.M. "ROS-Industrial – Open Software Components for Industrial Automation." Presented at the Fraunhofer IPA Conference: ROS INDUSTRIAL – AN ENABLER FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS?, October 20th, Stuttgart, Germany, 2012.  

Evans, P.T. and S.M. Edwards. "ROS Industrial — A Disruptive Community Approach to Industrial Robotics Software." Presented at the 2012 RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, Pittsburgh, October 2012.  

Messmer, F. “Anbindung des Robot Operating Systems an Speicherprogrammierbare Steuerungen” (Connecting the robot operating system and programmable logic controllers) SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2012: Internationale Fachmesse und Kongress, 27. - 29. November 2012, Nürnberg; Tagungsband
Berlin: VDE-Verlag, 2012 ISBN: 978-3-8007-3464-1

Evans, P.T.  "A Disruptive Community Approach to Industrial Robotics Software." Presented at the RoboBusiness Leadership Summit, October 22, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2012.  

Verl, A. “ROS Industrial - an Enabler for Industrial Robotics?Development of Industrial Applications with ROS - Experiences; Fraunhofer IPA Conference F 267; October , 2012, Stuttgart

Weisshardt, F.Accelerating technology transfer through open source components” ROS Industrial - an Enabler for Industrial Robotics? : Development of Industrial Applications with ROS - Experiences; Fraunhofer IPA Conference F 267; October 2012, Stuttgart

2011

Edwards, S.M. "Leveraging the Open Source Robot Operating System (ROS) for New Industrial Applications." Presented at the Robotics Summit, Robotic Trends Virtual Conference Series, Paper presented, September 2011.