FZI Live
Second RimA Summer School 2026
Towards Walking Robots in Domestic Environments: Robotics Summer School
In 2026, the FZI Research Center for Information Technology will host a summer school for the second time, in collaboration with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The summer school will focus on testing walking robots for domestic environments, using 3D mapping, semantics, ML, ROS 2, and behavior trees for unknown and dynamic environments.
Target audience
PhD Students or last-year M.Sc. with programming experience in C++ and/or Python
Program
- Presentations by top robotics researchers from the University of Bonn, FZI, ETH Zurich and KIT on machine learning, behavior trees, perception and control for mobile walking robots
- Group-based software challenges in Python / C++ in ROS/ROS 2, each focusing on a typical domestic problem such as clothes and shoes as obstacles on the floor
- Practical integration and evaluation of software on the walking robots Unitree Go2 and Boston Dynamics Spot with arm for navigation, perception and manipulation tasks
- Evaluation in a final competition in which each group presents their developed approaches in a course modeled on a typical domestic environment
- Social and networking program with barbecue and drinks in the evening
Cost
Participation is free of charge (including lectures, lunch, access to robots, refreshments, welcome drinks, farewell drinks, and the social program).
However, you will need to take care of and pay for your own travel and accommodation.
Further information
The summer school is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) through the Transfer Center for Robots in Everyday Life (RimA) project.
Dates
Application opens
Application deadline
Start of Summer School
End of Summer School
