After seven intensive days of academic lectures, hands-on lab training, technical exchanges and team project challenges, the 2026 ROS Summer School – Hangzhou, China has officially come to a successful close. Launched with 23 parallel specialized training tracks as previously announced, this annual flagship offline ROS education event brought together more than seven hundreds of students, academic researchers and industrial robotics practitioners from more than three hundreds institutions across China and overseas, delivering a comprehensive, immersive ROS2, Embodied Intelligence and Robotics learning journey centering on open-source robotics development, industrial integration and intelligent robot system practice.
Core Event Highlights
- Diversified Parallel Course System Covers Full ROS Tech Stack The 23 parallel tracks covered systematic modules spanning ROS2 foundational development, TF2 coordinate transformation, sensor data processing, SLAM & autonomous navigation, MoveIt2 manipulator motion planning, robot simulation, industrial ROS-I standards, vision perception, multi-robot collaboration and robot software engineering. Each track was led by certified instructors from Open Robotics, ROS-I Consortium and top domestic robotics labs, balancing theoretical interpretation and hands-on debugging. All participants completed standardized lab assignments and real-world mini robot development tasks on dedicated hardware including mobile robots, collaborative arms and LiDAR kits.
- Cross-Industry & Cross-Academic Participant Exchange This year’s participants consisted of undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD candidates majoring in robotics, automation, computer science and mechatronics, alongside algorithm engineers, R&D managers and technical leads from domestic intelligent equipment, autonomous driving and industrial robot enterprises. Daily breakout discussions, group problem-solving sessions and expert roundtables broke the boundary between academia and industry, enabling deep sharing of research bottlenecks, product development pain points and open-source engineering optimization experience.
- Competitive Project Showcase & Expert Review Session On the final day of the summer school, all learning groups delivered demo presentations of their integrated projects. Works covered indoor autonomous navigation, vision-based object grasping, multi-robot cooperative transportation, lightweight industrial robot deployment, VLA and LLM. A panel of international and local ROS specialists provided targeted technical reviews, offered optimization suggestions and shared forward-looking ideas for project iteration and academic extension. Outstanding teams and top-performing individuals were awarded official ROS training certificates and exclusive merit recognition credentials.
- Global ROS Ecosystem Sharing & Trend Forecasting The opening keynote and mid-week industry forum featured speeches shared updates on the global open-source community operation rules, standardized industrial ROS deployment frameworks and emerging application trends in service robots, smart manufacturing and unmanned systems. Local experts also presented China’s robotics research progress.
Key Outcomes & Deliverables
- All enrolled participants obtained unified official completion certificates co-recognized by ROS Education Foundation and the China ROS User Group.
- A complete digital resource package containing all 20 tracks’ lecture slides, lab source codes, simulation environment files and recorded tutorial videos was distributed to every attendee for long-term self-study.
- A permanent alumni community for 2026 Hangzhou ROS Summer School participants was established, facilitating continuous technical communication, resource sharing and future collaboration opportunities.
- A full event archive including project demo videos, keynote transcripts and on-site photos will be published on the ROS Education Foundation platform for global ROS community reference.
Upcoming Authorized Offline Training Opportunity: Singapore ROS Summer School
For community members eager to continue systematic ROS offline training in 2026, we recommend the Singapore ROS Summer School organized by the ROS Education Foundation and operated by Rosen Bridge Singapore. This 5-day official training program adopts a well-structured curriculum: one full day of global ROS ecosystem keynote presentations, followed by four consecutive days of intensive hands-on labs covering ROS2 and Robotics core frameworks, industrial robot integration, navigation and motion control. Equipped with Singapore top-tier university robotics labs and international senior instructors, it serves as a premium alternative offline ROS learning program for global developers after the Hangzhou session. Registration information will be released separately on Discourse.
Closing Acknowledgements
The organizing committee extends sincere gratitude to all guest instructors, venue supporting institutions, technical volunteer teams and every participant for their full engagement and dedication throughout the seven-day program. We appreciate the continuous support of the global ROS community for regional summer school education initiatives. The China ROS User Group will keep optimizing annual offline training layouts, enrich course systems and expand exchange channels to cultivate more standardized ROS engineering talents for the robotics industry. We look forward to meeting all community members again at next year’s regional ROS Summer School events.
ROS Summer School China Organizing Committee July 24, 2026
Xinyu Zhang