# ROSCon UK 2026 Recap: Thank You Edinburgh! 🇬🇧 See You in Bristol 2027

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Hello there 👋 😀

We’re delighted to share a recap of **ROSCon UK 2026** , the second ROSCon UK! 🇬🇧

 ![ROSCon UK 2026 Group Photo](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/ros/original/3X/0/f/0f1cfeb65a2aec9740a63e0f88fb9f0f232b0a78.jpeg)

This year, the UK ROS community gathered in **Edinburgh** at the **Pollock Estate Complex**.  
We had three brilliant days of workshops, deep dives, talks, lightning talks, lab tours and demos. People of every experience level came, from first-time ROS users to long-time maintainers, and there were plenty of great conversations and new connections.

### Some Numbers

- **Date & Location:** 21–23 Oct 2026 | Pollock Estate Complex, Edinburgh
- **240 Attendees** from **42 companies** and **21 universities** , with a roughly **50/50 split** between academia and industry
- **~100** additional visitors at our brand-new **Community Builder** event, where we opened the exhibition hall to the people of Edinburgh
- **52 Contributions:** 2 keynotes, from Lars Grimstad ([Saga Robotics](https://www.sagarobotics.com)) and Adam Norton ([NERVE Center, UMass Lowell](https://www.uml.edu/NERVE)), plus 9 workshops, 11 deep-dives, 11 talks and 20 lightning talks
- **18 Sponsors** , including **14 Exhibitors**
- **17 Volunteers** & **15 program reviewers**
- **Tours & Demos** at Edinburgh Informatics and the National Robotarium
- **1 Gala Dinner** at the Playfair Library, Old College, kindly sponsored by [Analog Devices](https://www.analog.com)

### Thank You

A huge thank you to our hosts, the [National Robotarium](https://thenationalrobotarium.com) and the [University of Edinburgh School of Informatics](https://informatics.ed.ac.uk/), and to all of our sponsors:

- 💎 **Platinum:** [Autodiscovery](https://autodiscovery.co.uk)
- 🥇 **Gold:** [Kinisi](https://kinisi.com), [Locus Robotics](https://locusrobotics.com), [Neuracore](https://neuracore.com), [Dexory](https://www.dexory.com), [OLO Robotics](https://olo-robotics.com/), [Arduino](https://www.arduino.cc/)
- 🥈 **Silver:** [Digiflec](https://digiflec.com), [Franka](https://franka.de/), [ARIA](https://www.aria.org.uk/), [Booster Robotics](https://www.booster.tech/), [Touchlab](https://www.touchlab.io/), [Robotical](https://robotical.io), [Analog Devices](https://www.analog.com) (Gala Dinner Sponsor), [Intrinsic](https://www.intrinsic.ai/)
- 🎥 **Video Sponsor:** [Roboverse Reply](https://www.reply.com/roboverse-reply/en)

A huge thanks also to our keynote speakers, and to every speaker, workshop lead, volunteer and attendee who made ROSCon UK 2026 such a special event!

📽 **Videos, slides and workshop materials** will be published soon, along with photos from the event. Stay tuned!  
🔗 [ROSCon UK 2026](https://roscon.org.uk/2026/)

### 📣 Save the Date: ROSCon UK 2027

ROSCon UK is heading south! **ROSCon UK 2027** will be held in **Bristol** from **5–7 July 2027** at the **Bristol Robotics Laboratory**. Sign up for updates [on the website](https://roscon.org.uk/2026/).

See you in Bristol! 🤖

_The Tartan Robotics Collective_, in conjunction with the Open Source Robotics Foundation