During the 2020 pandemic, members of the reddit & discord r/robotics community rallied to organize an online showcase for members of our community. What was originally envisioned as a small, intimate afternoon video call turned out to be a two day event of participants from across the world. The 2021 and 2022 events showcased a
During the 2020 pandemic, members of the reddit & discord r/robotics community rallied to organize an online showcase for members of our community. What was originally envisioned as a small, intimate afternoon video call turned out to be a two day event of participants from across the world. The 2021 and 2022 events showcased a multitude of fantastic projects from the r/Robotics Reddit community, as well as academia and industry.
This year’s event features many wonderful robots including…
Acrobot, the acrobatic robot!
A large pneumatic spider covered in flowers, The Flower Spider!
One of the best DIY arms you’ve ever seen, CM6
An autonomous Sailboat from the aptly named Oshen!
Program
All times are recorded in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4. Check out the full program in our website for more details.
Saturday, 10th of June
Session 1: Robot Arms
10:00 – 11:00 KUKA Research and Development
11:00 – 11:30 Harrison Low – Juggling Robot
11:30 – 11:45 Jan Veverak Koniarik – Open Source Servo Firmware
11:45 – 12:00 Rafael Diaz – Soft Robot Tentacle
12:00 – 12:30 Petar Crnjak – DIY 6-Axis Robot Arm
Lunch Break
Session 2: Social, Domestic, and Hobbyist Robots
14:00 – 15:00 Eliot Horowitz (CEO of VIAM) – The Era of Robotics Unicorns
15:00 – 15:30 Niranj S – Mini Humanoid Robot
15:30 – 15:45 Tommy Hedlund – Interactive Robot with ChatFPT
15:45 – 16:00 Emilie Kroeger – ChatGPT Integration for the Pepper Robot
16:00 – 16:15 Matt Vella – Retrofitting an Omnibot 2000 with a Raspberry Pi
16:15 – 16:30 Keegan Neave – NE-Five Mk3
16:30 – 17:00 Dan Nicholson – Open Source Companion Robot
Sunday, 11th of June
Session 1: Autonomous Mobile Robots
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote TBD
11:00 – 11:30 Ciaran Dowdson – “Sailing into the Future: Oshen’s Mini, Autonomous Robo-Vessels for Enhanced Ocean Exploration”
11:30 – 12:00 James Clayton – Giant, Walking Spider Suit with Real Flowers
12:00 – 12:15 Jacob David Cunningham – SLAM by Blob Tracking and Inertial Tracking
12:15 – 12:30 Carl Draper – Mobile UGV Platform Based on ROS2
12:30 – 12:45 Daniel Strabley – Nightcrawler Tactical Robot
12:45 – 13:15 Saksham Sharma – Multi-Robot Path Planning Using Priority Based Algorithm
Lunch Break
Session 2: Startup & Solutions
14:00 – 15:00 Carter Schultz (AMP Robotics) – The Reality of Robotic Systems
15:00 – 15:15 Jakub Matyszczak – MAB Robotics
15:15 – 15:45 Daniel Simu – Acrobot, the Acrobatic Robot
15:45 – 16:00 Luis Guzman – Zeus2Q, the Humanoid Robotic Platform
16:00 – 16:30 Kshitij Tiwari – The State of Robotic Touch Sensing
16:30 – 16:45 Sayak Nandi – ROS Robots as a Web Application
16:45 – 17:00 Ishant Pundir – Asper and Osmos: A Personal Robot and AI-Based OS
