We see many interesting tends like GeoIT GeoIoT SLAM Robotics based on ROS, GeoIT LBA with UWB and AR in Mobile, new Geowebinfrastructure initivatives and much more. After the PC/GIS, Internet Geowebinfrastructure, Mobile/Location Based Apps the current GeoIT age is the GeoIoT age. Internet of Things gets spatial aware and even executable and it this case drivable. In the opening of the GeoIT Wherecamp 2018 Conference the indoor vacuum cleaner showed with SLAM and all the known sensors, but also with robotics a new trend. Navigation reaches a new step from human to automatic execution. Other examples of autonomous navigations are drones with PX4 and Baidu Apollo.auto for cars. Restaurants use GeoIT Robotics to deliver their guests and answer the staff shortage. The acceptance of guests is very high.
Both are based on a middle ware called Robot Operation System (ROS). Baidu Apollo.auto optimized this middle ware for big data and near real-time information logistics with its CyberRT. The ROS foundation, www.ros.org, represents also a strong and common basis community. Because GeoIT and Robotics use similar or even the same sensors and concepts it’s time to look deeper into these concepts. It has the potential for many new startups and a new technology wave for GeoIT.
The GeoIT SLAM Workshop will be hosted by our vice president Prof. Dr. Michel Deriaz in Geneva on June 22/23 Thursday afternoon, evening with Pizza and Beer and Friday morning. We are guest at the “TaM”– the Travelling and Mobility R&D team from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, and the University of Geneva.
Our society offers the hardware ROS Turtlebot as an open and educational platform. But also, the Simultaneous Location and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms and concepts with be discussed.
The level is a beginner level and it’s time to learn something new: the driveable execution of geoinformation with GeoIT GeoIoT robotics. We are all beginners.
The workshop will be free of charge – including pizza & beer for a hackable night.