During the 2020 pandemic, members of the reddit & discord r/robotics community rallied to organize an online showcase for members of our community. What was originally envisioned as a small, intimate afternoon video call turned out to be a two day event of participants from across the world. The 2021 and 2022 events showcased a multitude of fantastic projects from the r/Robotics Reddit community, as well as academia and industry.

This year’s event features many wonderful robots including…

• Acrobot, the acrobatic robot!
• A large pneumatic spider covered in flowers, The Flower Spider!
• One of the best DIY arms you’ve ever seen, CM6
• An autonomous Sailboat from the aptly named Oshen!

Program

All times are recorded in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4. Check out the full program in our website for more details.

Saturday, 10th of June
Session 1: Robot Arms
10:00 – 11:00 KUKA Research and Development
11:00 – 11:30 Harrison Low – Juggling Robot
11:30 – 11:45 Jan Veverak Koniarik – Open Source Servo Firmware
11:45 – 12:00 Rafael Diaz – Soft Robot Tentacle
12:00 – 12:30 Petar Crnjak – DIY 6-Axis Robot Arm
Lunch Break

Session 2: Social, Domestic, and Hobbyist Robots
14:00 – 15:00 Eliot Horowitz (CEO of VIAM) – The Era of Robotics Unicorns
15:00 – 15:30 Niranj S – Mini Humanoid Robot
15:30 – 15:45 Tommy Hedlund – Interactive Robot with ChatFPT
15:45 – 16:00 Emilie Kroeger – ChatGPT Integration for the Pepper Robot
16:00 – 16:15 Matt Vella – Retrofitting an Omnibot 2000 with a Raspberry Pi
16:15 – 16:30 Keegan Neave – NE-Five Mk3
16:30 – 17:00 Dan Nicholson – Open Source Companion Robot

Sunday, 11th of June
Session 1: Autonomous Mobile Robots
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote TBD
11:00 – 11:30 Ciaran Dowdson – “Sailing into the Future: Oshen’s Mini, Autonomous Robo-Vessels for Enhanced Ocean Exploration”
11:30 – 12:00 James Clayton – Giant, Walking Spider Suit with Real Flowers
12:00 – 12:15 Jacob David Cunningham – SLAM by Blob Tracking and Inertial Tracking
12:15 – 12:30 Carl Draper – Mobile UGV Platform Based on ROS2
12:30 – 12:45 Daniel Strabley – Nightcrawler Tactical Robot
12:45 – 13:15 Saksham Sharma – Multi-Robot Path Planning Using Priority Based Algorithm
Lunch Break

Session 2: Startup & Solutions
14:00 – 15:00 Carter Schultz (AMP Robotics) – The Reality of Robotic Systems
15:00 – 15:15 Jakub Matyszczak – MAB Robotics
15:15 – 15:45 Daniel Simu – Acrobot, the Acrobatic Robot
15:45 – 16:00 Luis Guzman – Zeus2Q, the Humanoid Robotic Platform
16:00 – 16:30 Kshitij Tiwari – The State of Robotic Touch Sensing
16:30 – 16:45 Sayak Nandi – ROS Robots as a Web Application
16:45 – 17:00 Ishant Pundir – Asper and Osmos: A Personal Robot and AI-Based OS

Links

• YouTube livestream.
• Reddit Robotics subchannel.
• Reddit Robotics blog.

Once again the global robotics community rallied to provide a unique opportunity for amateurs and hobbyists to share their robotics projects alongside academics and industry professionals. Below are the recorded sessions of this year.

Industrial / Automation
Keynote “Matt Whelan (Ocado Technology) – The Ocado 600 Series Robot”

• Nye Mech Works (HAPPA) – Real Power Armor
• 3D Printed 6-Axis Robot Arm
• Vasily Morzhakov (Rembrain) – Cloud Platform for Smart Robotics

Mobile Robots
Keynote “Prof. Marc Hanheide (Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems) – Mobile Robots in the Wild”

• Julius Sustarevas – Armstone: Autonomous Mobile 3D Printer
• Camera Controller Hexapod & Screw/Augur All-Terrain Robot
• Keegan Neave – NE-Five
• Dimitar – Gravis and Ricardo *Kamal Carter – Aim-Hack Robot
• Calvin – BeBOT Real Time

Bio-Inspired Robots
Keynote “Dr. Matteo Russo (Rolls-Royce UTC in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology) – Entering the Maze: Snake-Like Robots from Aerospace to Industry”

• Colin MacKenzie – Humanoid, Hexapod, and Legged Robot Control
• Halid Yildirim – Design of a Modular Quadruped Robot Dog
• Jakub Bartoszek – Honey Badger Quadruped
• Lutz Freitag – 01. RFC Berlin
• Hamburg Bit-Bots
• William Kerber – Human Mode Robotics – Lynx Quadruped and AI Training
• Sanjeev Hegde – Juggernaut

Human Robot Interaction
Dr. Ruth Aylett (The National Robotarium) – Social Agents and Human Robot Interaction”

• Nathan Boyd – Developing humanoids for general purpose applications
• Hand Controlled Artificial Hand
• Ethan Fowler & Rich Walker – The Shadow Robot Company
• Maël Abril – 6 Axis Dynamixel Robot Arm
• Laura Smith (Tentacular) – Interactive Robotic Art

Thanks sincerely on behalf of the RRS22 committee to every applicant, participant, and audience member who took to time to share their passion for robotics. We wish you all the best in your robotics endeavors.

As a volunteer run endeavour in it’s second year, there is still plenty of room for improvement. On reflection, this year’s event had greater enthusiasm and participation from the community, despite a smaller audience during the livestream. The RRS committee is aware of this, and will be making strategy changes to ensure that RRS2023 justifies the effort put in by everyone. I will note that the positive feedback this year has been wonderful, a few people went out of their way to express how much they enjoyed this year’s event, the variety of speakers and the passion of the community. We’re confident that next year’s event we will be able to iron out the kinks and run a brilliant event for an audience worthy of the talent on display.

This post shows the proceedings for the 2nd annual Reddit Robotics Showcase! We’re delighted to once again offer an event for robotics enthusiasts of all ages and abilities from across the world to share their passion and their projects.

This year, we are planning an event which anticipates the enthusiasm we’ve had from our community, continuing to provide a unique opportunity for roboticists around the world to share and discuss their work, regardless of age or ability. The primary purpose of this event is to showcase the multitude of projects underway in the r/Robotics Reddit community. Topics range across all focuses of robotics, such as simulation, navigation, control, perception, and mechatronic design. We will use this showcase to present discussion pieces and foster conversation between active members in the robotics community around the world. The showcase will feature invited roboticists in research and industry to discuss what they see as technical challenges or interesting directions for robots.

The showcase is free and online, and is to be held on July 30th & 31st 2022, livestreamed via the Reddit Robotics Showcase YouTube channel. For more information, please check out the official website.

2022 Program

All times are recorded in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), UTC-4.

Saturday, 30th of July
Session 1: Industrial and Applied Robotics
10:00 – 11:00 Matt Whelan (Ocado Technology) – The Ocado 600 Series Robot
11:00 – 11:15 Nye Mech Works (HAPPA) – Real Power Armor
11:15 – 11:30 3D Printed 6-Axis Robot Arm
11:30 – 12:00 Vasily Morzhakov (Rembrain) – Cloud Platform for Smart Robotics
12:00 – 12:15 Bridging the Gap Between Physical and Digital with BOTSZY
12:15 – 12:45 Advoard – Autonomous Fleet Robots for Logistics
Lunch Break

Session 2: Mobile Robots
14:00 – 15:00 TBC
15:00 – 15:30 Julius Sustarevas – Armstone: Autonomous Mobile 3D Printer
15:30 – 15:45 Camera Controller Hexapod & Screw/Augur All-Terrain Robot
15:45 – 16:15 Keegan Neave – NE-Five
16:15 – 16:30 Dimitar – Gravis and Ricardo
16:30 – 16:40 Kamal Carter – Aim-Hack Robot
16:40 – 16:55 Calvin – BeBOT Real Time

Sunday, 31st of July
Session 1: Bio-Inspired Robots
10:00 – 11:00 Dr. Matteo Russo (Rolls-Royce UTC in Manufacturing and On-Wing Technology) – Entering the Maze: Snake-Like Robots from Aerospace to Industry
11:00 – 11:10 Humanoid, Hexapod, and Legged Robot Control
11:10 – 11:25 Halid Yildirim – Design of a Modular Quadruped Robot Dog
11:25 – 11:35 Hexapod as Robot Pet
11:35 – 12:05 Jakub Bartoszek – Honey Badger Quadruped
12:05 – 12:20 Lutz Freitag – 01. RFC Berlin
12:20 – 12:35 Hamburg Bit-Bots
12:35 – 12:50 William Kerber – Human Mode Robotics – Lynx Quadruped and AI Training
12:50 – 13:00 Sanjeev Hegde – Juggernaut
Lunch Break

Session 2: Human Robot Interaction
14:00 – 15:00 Dr. Ruth Aylett (The National Robotarium) – Social Agents and Human Robot Interaction
15:00 – 15:30 Senmag Robotics – High Fidelity Haptics Made Accessible
15:30 – 15:40 Hand Controlled Artificial Hand
15:40 – 16:10 The Shadow Robot Company
16:10 – 16:25 Maël Abril – 6 Axis Dynamixel Robot Arm
16:25 – 16:35 Control 4WD Raspberry Pi Robot Car Using Hand Gestures
16:35 – 17:05 Tentacular – Interactive Robotic Art

During the pandemic, members of the reddit & discord r/robotics community rallied to organize an online showcase for members of our community. What was originally envisioned as a half-day event with one mildly interesting guest speaker turned out to be a two day event with an incredible roster of participants from across the world. You can watch last year’s showcase here.

This year, we are planning an event which anticipates the enthusiasm we’ve had from our community, continuing to provide a unique opportunity for roboticists around the world to share and discuss their work, regardless of age or ability.

A small selection of last year’s robot’s.

We are delighted to receive support from Wevolver, Robohub, The National Robotarium, and the IEEE-RAS Soft Robotics Podcast, who are helping us to reach more people from academia industry, and ensure we are proactive with our representation of diversity.

“It’s great to see the reddit showcase is happening again! I presented last year, and it was a pleasure to see hobbyists, professionals, academics and students all together in one place sharing their passion for robotics. It’s important to see a diverse community, so I really encourage everyone to apply!

– Sabine Hauert, President of Robohub –

The showcase is free and online, and is to be held on July 30th & 31st 2022, livestreamed via the Reddit Robotics Showcase YouTube channel.

We extend an open invitation to those keen to share their robotics with the world. Please apply via this online form link. Successful applicants will be offered a timeslot of 10, 15, or 30 minutes, which includes both presentation and Q&A time. The committee will form presentation categories based on the applications. If you wish to register your interest as a keynote speaker, please email RRS chair Olly Smith directly.

This is not a formal academic conference, and alongside academic and industry professionals we encourage hobbyists, undergraduates, early career academics etc to apply, even if their work is still in progress. To that end, speakers are recommended to present their work in a public friendly manner.

To apply, please submit an application via this link before the deadline of April 30th.

The Aim

The primary purpose of this event is to showcase the multitude of projects underway in the r/Robotics Reddit community. Topics range across all focuses of robotics, such as simulation, navigation, control, perception, and mechatronic design. We will use this showcase to present discussion pieces and foster conversation between active members in the robotics community around the world. The showcase will feature invited roboticists in research and industry to discuss what they see as technical challenges or interesting directions for robots. We will focus on the following topics and showcase some of the amazing work being done by amateurs and academics, students and industry professionals alike.

• Autonomous Ground Vehicle (AGV – Mobile Robots)
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV – Drones)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV – Submarines, Sailboats)
• Legged Robots (Bipeds, Quadrupeds, Hexapods)
• Manipulation (Robot Arms, Grippers, Hands)
• Simulation (Physical, Virtual, AI)
• Multi-Agent & Swarm Robotics
• Navigation, Path Planning, & Motion Planning
• Localisation & Mapping
• Perception & Machine Vision
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
• Social Robots & Human Robot Interaction
• Domestic & Consumer Robots
• Commercial & Industrial Robotics
• Search & Rescue

The first Reddit Robotics Showcase will take place online this weekend (31st July – 1 August). Multitude of projects underway in the r/robotics reddit community will be showcased. There will be nearly 30 presentations from members of the r/robotics community, ranging from hobbyists, professionals, academics, industrial, students, etc. across four different categories: simulation, mobile robots, manipulation, and legged robots. The showcase will be livestreamed via the Reddit Robotics Showcase YouTube channel, and you will be able to pose questions to the participants.

Keynote Speakers

Saturday, 31st of July
Simulation: Brian Gerkey – Open Robotics – 10:00 EDT (15:00 BST, 23:00 JST)
Mobile Robots: Mark Emerton – UKRI – 14:00 EDT (19:00 BST, 03:00 JST)

Sunday, 1st of August
Manipulation: Rich Walker – Shadow Robot Company – 10:00 EDT (15:00 BST, 23:00 JST)
Legged Robots: Shamel Fahmi – Italian Institute of Technology – 14:00 EDT (19:00 BST, 03:00 JST)

For more information and the full programme, please visit the website.

The reddit r/robotics subreddit is a global online community of 138,000 users, ranging from hobbyists and students to academics and industry professionals. This year, we have invited our community to share their work as part of an online showcase. No matter how big or small, all projects are welcome, and a work in progress is valid. The showcase is as much about people sharing their robotics experiences as their projects, hence this is not a formal conference or symposium.

The showcase date is planned for the weekend of July 31st. On the day, successful applicants will join a video call on the official discord and to give a brief presentation (5 or 10mins) about their work, followed by a short question and answer session. Presentations will be livestreamed To Robohub’s YouTube channel, to allow for larger audience participation, and to create a publication (arXiv) of the showcase, available for everyone. If you would like to find out more about the event, click here.

So with that being said, we are looking for potential keynote speakers, to give a 20-40 minutes public friendly presentation, followed by a Q&A. It could be of your own research, or an overview of the research lab of business that you work for.

If you are interested in giving a keynote presentation, please email Olly Smith at olly.smith1994@gmail.com