Introduction to ROS: Building Robotics Applications with the Help of a Great Community

By Christian Henkel of Bosch (ROS)
Time: 14:30 Room: S6

Abstract

The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a widely adopted platform for building robotics applications due to its modular and distributed architecture.
In this talk, we will introduce ROS and explore its core components and functionalities.
We will also highlight the role of the ROS community in supporting and enhancing the platform, and discuss the benefits of working within a collaborative and open source community.
The components of ROS include a middleware that allows for the communication between the robots components.
We will also highlight the development tools and processes for the building and distribution of ROS software and outline some of the most important packages that are available.
Many business units of Bosch contribute to ROS today.
We will describe how and why Bosch makes use of this powerful open source platform and what can be learned from this.

Biography

Christian Henkel received the M. Sc. Degree in mechatronics from the University of Stuttgart in 2015. He is working towards a doctoral degree from the Technical University of Berlin in the field of Multi Agent Pathfinding. He worked for Fraunhofer IPA and for Pilz Automation in the field of cyberphysical systems, motion planning for industrial manipulators and mobile robotics. At Bosch Research he works in robotics deliberation and is responsible for ROS platform topics.