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2nd ROSCon UK Education Workshop:
Bridging the gap between ROS education and industry requirements

Date & Time: 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM Thursday 10th October 2026

Venue: John McIntyre Conference Centre

Room: Pentland East

Overview

How do we teach ROS most effectively at an undergraduate level, and how do we ensure that graduates are leaving university with the right skills to "hit the ground running" in a robotics career?

This workshop will bring together ROS educators and industry experts to tackle the challenge of bridging these two domains. One of the outcomes of last year's Education Workshop was that a community should be established to share resources, approaches, best practices and industry requirements. A further aim of this workshop will therefore be to co-create an actionable roadmap, defining communication pipelines, and measurable milestones to sustainably grow this initiative and systematically close the industry-readiness gap.

Presenters

Presenters from both industry and academia will share their experiences, and discuss what they see as the current gaps between academic training and industry requirements.
Tom Howard
Tom Howard
The University of Sheffield
Vijay Pawar
Vijay Pawar
University College London
Mickey Li
Mickey Li
University College London
Alexander Enoch
Alexander Enoch
Robotical
Ingo Keller
Ingo Keller
The National Robotarium
Marcus Scheunemann
Marcus Scheunemann
Dexory
Gianmarco Pisanelli
Gianmarco Pisanelli
OLO Robotics
Michael Mistry
Michael Mistry
The University of Edinburgh

Outline and Goals

This workshop addresses the disconnect between undergraduate robotics curricula and the industry-relevant skills required for a robotics career. Building directly on the momentum and feedback from last year's Education Workshop (see here), this session will aim to move from high-level discussion to tangible and sustained action.

Key Aims:

  1. Identify the major gaps: Pinpoint the top 5 technical and pedagogical discrepancies between academic outputs and industry hiring requirements.
  2. Strengthen the ROS UK Education Community: Formally establish a working group, the necessary governance and identify platforms to facilitate communication and sharing of resources.
  3. Create a Roadmap: With a key aim to maintain a high level of activity within the network, set out what we plan to achieve, and some specific milestones to deliver before ROSCon UK 2027.

Intended Audience and Learning Outcomes

This workshop is for:

The above audiences can expect to take away from this workshop the following:

Workshop Schedule

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Details of Lightning Talks

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Organisers

Tom Howard
Tom Howard
The University of Sheffield
Vijay Pawar
Vijay Pawar
University College London
Mickey Li
Mickey Li
University College London
Ingo Keller
Ingo Keller
The National Robotarium

Registration

Please find more details on the ROSCon UK 26 website: https://roscon.org.uk/2026/ .