Courses and events
Where to learn more and whom to meet. We link out and describe; we don’t run these. Dates are checked when the weekly job runs, but always confirm on the organiser’s site.
Conferences and workshops
- Automate 2027
A large North American automation show covering robots, machine vision, motion control and industrial AI, with conference sessions beside the exhibition. The 2027 edition moves from Chicago to Las Vegas.
- automatica 2027
A trade fair for industrial and service robotics, assembly, handling and machine vision, run alongside the munich_i high-tech platform. Good for seeing many robot makers' current products in one place.
- IEEE CASE 2027 (International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering)
One of the three flagship conferences of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, focused on automation research across industries. The paper deadline is 1 March 2027.
- CoRL (Conference on Robot Learning)
A research conference on machine learning for robots, from imitation learning to sim-to-real transfer. The MABEL bimanual robot and FlexiTac tactile sensor were released there in 2026.
- European Robotics Forum 2027
The main meeting of the European robotics community, mixing researchers, companies, investors and policy makers. The programme combines workshops, a scientific track, awards and lab tours.
- IEEE-RAS Humanoids 2026 (International Conference on Humanoid Robots)
The 25th edition of the yearly IEEE-RAS conference on humanoid robots, held since 2000. It covers mechatronics, control, perception, planning, learning and human-robot interaction for humanoids.
- ICRA 2027 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation)
The flagship conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, covering every area of robotics research. Alongside the papers there are workshops, a community day and an industry exhibition.
- IROS 2027 (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems)
A broad robotics research conference with papers, workshops and tutorials, sponsored by IEEE and the Robotics Society of Japan. The 2027 theme is human-centric robots for sustainable life.
- ROS-Industrial Conference Europe 2026
Two days of talks on putting ROS 2 into factories, from robot drivers to motion primitives, with lab tours. Consortium members get free seats and other tickets are sold.
- ROSCon Global 2027
The annual developer conference for ROS 2, Gazebo and the tools around them. Talks are recorded and published after the event, so it is worth following even if you cannot attend.
- RSS 2027 (Robotics, Science and Systems)
A research conference on the science and algorithms of robotics, now in its 23rd edition. The programme includes keynotes, workshops, the RSS Pioneers early-career workshop and a Test of Time award.
University and online courses
- Modern Robotics specialisation (Northwestern University on Coursera)
Six courses on kinematics, dynamics, motion planning and control of robot arms and mobile robots, built on screw theory and the product of exponentials. Enrolment is free and the series is part of Coursera Plus.
- Programming for Robotics - ROS (ETH Zurich)
A short ROS 2 course for students covering nodes, topics, packages, rclcpp, Gazebo and RViz. The full 2026 course material is free to download.
- Hugging Face Robotics Course
A free course that goes from classical robotics to learning-based control using the LeRobot library. You can follow it in simulation with public datasets, without buying hardware.
- Robotic Manipulation (MIT)
Working notes for an MIT course on perception, planning and control for robot manipulation. Lecture videos are on YouTube and a PDF version of the notes is available.
- Underactuated Robotics (MIT)
Working notes for an MIT course on control algorithms for walking, running, swimming, flying and manipulation. Lecture videos are on YouTube.
- Introduction to Robotics (Stanford CS223A)
Recorded lectures and handouts from Stanford's introductory robotics course. It covers kinematics, Jacobians, dynamics and control of manipulators and needs only matrix algebra.
Platform training and certification
- ABB Robotics training
Free online e-learning and tutorials for ABB robots, plus teacher-led courses at local training centres. Contact the local centre for dates.
- FANUC robot training (FANUC America)
Courses on programming, vision, safety and electrical and mechanical maintenance for FANUC robots and cobots. FANUC Europe runs its own FANUC Academy.
- NVIDIA Physical AI learning path
Free self-paced courses on Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, Isaac ROS and OpenUSD. One course trains an SO-101 arm from simulation to the real robot.
- ROS-Industrial training
Hands-on ROS 2 workshops on real robot cells, aimed at industrial developers. The Stuttgart workshops cost 250 EUR per slot and are free for consortium members.
- ROS 2 Jazzy tutorials
The official step-by-step tutorials, ordered from beginner command-line tools and client libraries through intermediate and advanced topics to demos. Work through them in order.
- Universal Robots Academy
Free e-learning modules for programming UR cobots, including PolyScope X. Paid in-class, simulator-based and virtual courses are run by certified trainers.
Webinars and talks
- Gazebo Community Meeting
A monthly online meeting with Gazebo project news and a talk from a team using the simulator. The November 2026 session covers how OTTO by Rockwell Automation simulates fleets of industrial AMRs.
Community
- ROS groups on Meetup
A directory of local ROS groups on Meetup. Useful for finding an evening talk or hack night near you.
- ROS meetups and local user groups
Local ROS user groups announce meetups and workshops here. The weekly ROS News post on the same forum also lists upcoming meetups worldwide.
- ROSCon Belgium 2026
The first ROSCon in Belgium, held in English. One of a growing set of regional ROSCons that run between the global editions.
- ROSCon UK 2027
A regional ROS conference for the UK community, held for the third time in 2027. The page linked here covers the 2026 edition and carries the sign-up for 2027 news.