# August Meeting - Project Showcase

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555>\
**Category:** Marine Robotics\
**Created:** [August 20, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555 "2026-08-20T21:47:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivandor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/ivandor/32/12474_2.png) [@ivandor](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ivandor)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555/1 "2026-08-20T21:47:21Z")

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Hi all,

A reminder that our next working group meeting is coming up on **Tuesday, August 25th**. If you haven’t already, please take a look at [Survey - Open Ocean Software](https://oceansoft.org/ros-maritime-survey/) and try to fill it out ahead of time. Survey results continue to inform WG direction, discussion, and opportunities for impact on the community.

Here are the details:  
**When:** Last Tuesday of each month, 4–5pm EST  
**This month:** August 25th, 2026

**August agenda:** Community project showcase & discussion

This month we’re skipping the external speaker slot and doing a group show-and-tell. With **AUV 2026** (Southampton, Sept 1–3) and **OCEANS 2026 Monterey** (Sept 21–24) both around the corner, it’s a good moment to hear what everyone’s working on — think of it as a teaser for what you’ll be presenting or scoping out at those events, and a chance to plan some meet-ups on the ground.

**Format:**

- 3–5 minute round-the-room updates on current projects
- Bring something you’d like feedback on, are announcing, or plan to demo at AUV / OCEANS
- Slides welcome but not required
- Open discussion after

If you plan to show something, drop a note on Zulip or reply here ahead of time so I can pace the session accordingly.

**Also happening around AUV 2026:** OpenOcean’s **[Community Day UK](https://oceansoft.org/community-day-uk-2026/)** runs Friday, 4 September at the same NOC venue, directly following the symposium — worth adding to your trip if you’ll be in Southampton.

**Meeting Invite Link:** [Launch Meeting - Zoom](https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/92877615281?pwd=xbMbVircqQoUbUlAIwCFfY7E261ruC.1)

Feel free to reach out here if you have any questions ahead of time.

See you all next Tuesday!  
Isaac

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**Author:** ![mabelzhang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/mabelzhang/32/6376_2.png) [@mabelzhang](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mabelzhang)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555/2 "2026-08-25T19:06:39Z")

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Ooh just saw this an hour before meeting 😅 We (@bsb808, @evan-palmer , et al.) are organizing a marine simulation community roadmap workshop at OCEANS 2026 Monterey. We’re about to broadly advertise it.

We are working jointly with the organizers of the AQUASIM v.2 workshop at IROS (v.1 was at ICRA 2025) to hopefully write the roadmap together.

We are looking for participation from the community at the OCEANS workshop where the format will be small breakout group discussion-oriented.

> **[GitHub - Field-Robotics-Lab/oceans2026-oceansim](https://github.com/Field-Robotics-Lab/oceans2026-oceansim)**
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> Contribute to Field-Robotics-Lab/oceans2026-oceansim development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![achille\_martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@achille\_martin](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/achille_martin)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555/3 "2026-08-27T16:35:57Z")

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@mabelzhang The workshop idea looks very interesting. Is there an opportunity to contribute to the Ocean Sim roadmap even though I won’t be able to make it to OCEANS2026?

I am currently expected to present a paper on Simulation (well, Simulation as a de-risking tool for AUV Operations, to be precise: 10.1109/JOE.2026.3707716) at the AUV2026 Conference, so hope to see a few people there!

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**Author:** ![mabelzhang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/mabelzhang/32/6376_2.png) [@mabelzhang](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/mabelzhang)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/august-meeting-project-showcase/57555/4 "2026-10-01T18:17:55Z")

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Sorry just saw this! I know we already spoke in Sep meeting about this, but for others’ awareness, the OCEANSim workshop website is here, which has all the info:

> **[Multi-Domain Open Simulation for Ocean Robotics](https://oceansim.bbingham.dev/)**
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> A half-day workshop at IEEE OCEANS 2026 Monterey. Monday 21 September 2026, 1330–1730, Portola Hotel & Spa.