Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA

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Events

Training / April 14, 2026 - April 16, 2026

ROS2-Industrial Training

Discover the latest advancements with Robot Operating System (ROS) Version 2, now optimized for industrial applications. This training program will guide you through the fundamentals of using ROS 2 with mobile robots and demonstrate how to effectively implement Behavior Trees to enhance robot behavior management. Elevate your skills and harness the full potential of ROS 2 in industrial environments!

Content

ROS 2 Basics
ROS 2 Control
Behaviour Trees
ROS 2 Navigation

Benefit for the Costumer

Learn how to use the robot operating system to build your own advanced robotics applications.

Target Group

Robot and robot application developers

Time

April 14 + 15 + 16, 2026: From 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Event details

Costs

Non-ROS-Industrial Consortium Members: 2000€
Full Member: 2 Seats for free
Associate Member: 1 Seat for free

Location

Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
Nobelstr. 12
70569 Stuttgart

Date

April 14, 2026 - April 16, 2026

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Agenda

Tuesday, 14.04.2026

Morning

08:00 – 08:15 Welcome
08:15 – 09:00 PC setup / General presentation at IPA
09:00 – 09:30 Linux Hands-on and ROS 2 Introduction
09:30 – 10:00 File system and creating new packages
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 ROS 2 CLI and tools (RViz) with exercises on Turtlesim

Afternoon

13:00 – 13:30 Overview of supported languages (small example); Docker
13:30 – 14:00 Python basics
14:00 – 14:30 Simple Node (Pub/Sub)
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 15:30 Services and Actions
15:30 – 17:30 Exercises on TurtleBot4

Wednesday, 15.04.2026

Morning

08:00 – 09:00 Introduction to URDF
09:00 – 09:30 Introduction to TF
09:30 – 10:30 Broadcaster & Listener
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Examples from open-source robots
11:30 – 12:00 Introduction to Gazebo

Afternoon

13:00 – 15:00 Basic ros2_control
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:30 Introduction to MoveIt 2
16:30 – 17:30 Live demo on real robot manipulators

Thursday, 16.04.2026

Morning

08:00 – 09:00 TurtleBot4: Exercises from the first two days
09:00 – 09:30 Teleoperation with TurtleBot
09:30 – 10:00 Introduction to SLAM & Mapping
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Introduction to Navigation2

Afternoon

13:00 – 14:00 Introduction to Behaviour Trees (BT)
14:00 – 15:00 Exercises with BT and Groot
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 17:00 Groot, BT, Nav2 and TurtleBot: Obstacle run, keep-out zones and collision monitor
17:00 – 17:30 Wrap-up

Contact

Contact Press / Media

Vishnuprasad Prachandabhanu

Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
Nobelstr. 12
70569 Stuttgart

Phone +49 711 970-1350

Send email
vishnuprasad.prachandabhanu@ipa.fraunhofer.de

Contact Press / Media

Philipp Autenrieth

Event Management

Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung IPA
Nobelstr. 12
70569 Stuttgart

Send email
event@ipa.fraunhofer.de