Open Source Robotics

A curated collection of high-quality open source robotics projects, tools, and software to propel the robotics community forward.

ROSCon: ROS Developers Conference

The annual gathering for the global ROS (Robot Operating System) community. ROSCon brings together developers, researchers, and companies to share their latest work on ROS, showcase innovations, and discuss the future of robotics. Features technical talks, workshops, demonstrations, and networking opportunities.

  • Organiser: Open Robotics
  • Founded: 2012
  • Frequency: annual
  • Usually held in: October
  • Duration: 3 days
  • Typical attendance: 500-700
  • Audience: ROS developers, robotics engineers, researchers
  • Topics: ROS, ROS 2, robotics software, open source robotics, navigation, manipulation, simulation, autonomous systems
  • Tags: ros, ros2, open-source, robotics-software

Next edition

  • ROSCon Global 2027, Oct 12 – 14, 2027, Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland

Workshops

  • Introduction to ROS and Building Robots with Open-Source Software, 27 October 2025
  • ros2_control: Fun With Robot Drivers, 27 October 2025
  • Scalable Multi-Robot Scene workflows using ROS Simulation Interfaces standard in Isaac Sim, 27 October 2025
  • Hands-On Aerial Robotics Using PX4 and ROS 2 (full day), 27 October 2025
  • ROS 2 Networking Redefined: Deep Dive into RMW Zenoh, 27 October 2025
  • ROS 2 & micro-ROS Dive In: Low-Cost Underwater Robotics, 27 October 2025
  • How to Implement a Full ROS 2 Application: a Tic-Tac-Toe Player Robot, 27 October 2025
  • Introducing AI PCs for Embodied AI, 27 October 2025
  • Reinforcement Learning for Deliberation in ROS 2, 27 October 2025

Editions

  • ROSCon Global 2027, Oct 12 – 14, 2027, Kraków, Lesser Poland, Poland
  • ROSCon Global 2026, Sep 22 – 24, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • ROSCon 2025, Oct 27 – 29, 2025, Singapore
  • ROSCon 2024, Oct 21 – 23, 2024, Odense, Denmark
  • ROSCon 2023, Oct 18 – 20, 2023, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • ROSCon 2022, Oct 19 – 21, 2022, Kyoto, Japan
  • ROS World 2021, Oct 20 – 21, 2021, Virtual
  • ROS World 2020, Nov 12, 2020, Virtual
  • ROSCon 2019, Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2019, Macau, China
  • ROSCon 2018, Sep 29 – 30, 2018, Madrid, Spain
  • ROSCon 2017, Sep 21 – 22, 2017, Vancouver, Canada
  • ROSCon 2016, Oct 8 – 9, 2016, Seoul, South Korea
  • ROSCon 2015, Oct 3 – 4, 2015, Hamburg, Germany
  • ROSCon 2014, Sep 12 – 13, 2014, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • ROSCon 2013, May 11 – 12, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany
  • ROSCon 2012, May 19 – 20, 2012, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Links

  • Website: https://roscon.ros.org/
  • Organiser: https://www.openrobotics.org/

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