ROS Meetup at Automate in Detroit

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ROS Meetup at Automate in Detroit

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Hi Everyone,

Iโ€™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, 2025-05-13T21:00:00Zโ†’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:

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

Also, donโ€™t forget to stop by the SwRI booth to say, โ€œhiโ€ 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 Michiganโ€™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, Iโ€™ve been acting as an advisor to University of Michiganโ€™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 UofMโ€™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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