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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">I want to call your attention to the following workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">=============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">IAS-13 - Workshop on ROS-Industrial in European Research Projects =============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">co-located with the IAS-13 Conference on Autonomous Systems, Padua, Italy, July 15-19, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop Website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://ric-eu.rosindustrial.org/july-15th-2014-ias-13-ros-industrial-in-european-research-projects/"><span lang="EN-US">http://ric-eu.rosindustrial.org/july-15th-2014-ias-13-ros-industrial-in-european-research-projects/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Conference Website:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.ias-13.org/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.ias-13.org/</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">The goal of this workshop is to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">--------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">* obtain a comprehensive list of active public funded research projects using ROS(-Industrial)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">* obtain a list of ROS-Industrial use cases (and their current / targeted TRLs) in these research projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">* identify key technical developments related to ROS-Industrial in European projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">* identify possible synergies of the ROS-Industrial related developments between these projects and the ROS-Industrial Consortia ===============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Submission deadline: May 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Acceptance notification: May 30, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Workshop date: July 15, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Call for Contribution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">What is being established in research is more and more adopted by industry: The open source "Robot Operating System" ROS offers highly developed robotics software components which can be used in flexible industrial
applications. Transferring these capabilities to industrial platforms could revolutionize robotic manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Although ROS promises a huge potential, there are still some drawbacks in comparison to established proprietary industrial software: e.g., little long-term evaluations of ROS on shop floors with respect to non-functional
requirements like robustness, safety and dependability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">The ROS-Industrial initiative founded in 2012 by Southwest Research Institute, aims at eliminating these drawbacks and tap the full potential of ROS for industrial robotics. The North American ROS Industrial Consortium
was kick-started in March 2013 to identify and prioritize ROS-Industrial capabilities for industrial robotics and automation as defined by the user community to address its current and future applications problems. Furthermore, ROS-Industrial use cases are
implemented in so-called focused technical projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">While the European ROS-Industrial consortium is still in its foundation, ROS is already used in many European Research projects related to the industrial domain (e.g. in the factories of the future calls). The goal
of this workshop is to collect data and exchange experiences on the application of ROS in European Research Projects, in particular in the Factories of the Future (FoF) and ICT programmes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Submission<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">The programme will feature presentations of submission selected by the workshop organizers and invited speakers. Both academic and industrial participants are welcome to submit short abstracts of ROS-Industrial related
research projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">The abstracts should include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Title of research project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Call target<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Duration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Description of project idea and objectives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Description of industrial use case (to be) solved with ROS(-Industrial)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Contribution to ROS-Industrial technical roadmap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Workshop Organizers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> * Ulrich Reiser, Fraunhofer IPA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"> * Stefano Michieletto, University of Padova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Contacts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">For general information please send an e-mail to
</span><a href="mailto:ulrich.reiser@ipa.fraunhofer.de"><span lang="EN-US">ulrich.reiser@ipa.fraunhofer.de</span></a>
<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">---<br>
Dipl.-Ing. Florian Weißhardt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:DE">Fraunhofer IPA, Abt. 320/Roboter- und Assistenzsysteme<br>
Nobelstrasse 12, D-70569 Stuttgart (Germany)<br>
Phone +49(0)711-970-1046,<br>
Fax +49(0)711-970-1008<br>
</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><a href="http://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/" title="http://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">http://www.ipa.fraunhofer.de/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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