summer camp 2024

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Event Report

Event Announcement

The 14th RT Middleware Summer Camp will be held for five days from August 19 to August 23 at the AIST Tsukuba Center (with a hybrid online format). Under the guidance of instructors highly experienced in RT Middleware and robot development, participants will be provided with opportunities to experience various robot system development projects using RT Middleware over the course of five days. Various lectures are planned, including programming methods using RT Middleware, practical applications to robot systems, and winning strategies for the RT Middleware Contest. Through intensive collaborative development experiences with fellow participants, attendees will be able to acquire more practical robot system construction skills.

Overview

This summer camp provides participants with opportunities to experience various robot system development projects using RT Middleware and ROS under the guidance of instructors who are highly experienced in RT Middleware and robotics development. Through intensive collaborative development experiences with fellow participants, the goal of this program is to help attendees acquire more practical robot system construction skills.

Organizers

  • Industrial CPS Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
  • RT System Integration Committee, SI Division, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
  • Japan Robot Association / Robot Business Promotion Council

Date and Venue

  • August 19 (Mon.) – August 23 (Fri.), 2024
  • Hybrid Event
    • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Central Complex 1, Tsukuba Headquarters, Information Technology Collaborative Research Building 1F, Network Conference Room
    • Online (using Teams/Zoom, etc.)

Eligibility Requirements

Participants must have attended an RT Middleware workshop previously or possess equivalent experience. If you have never attended a workshop before, you may satisfy the participation requirements by self-studying the following tutorials.

Participation Fee

Free

Implementation Overview

Participants, either individually or in groups, will develop a robot system or tool and give a成果 presentation and demonstration on the final day. If possible, participants are encouraged to enter their developed works into the RT Middleware Contest held at SI2024. Participants are expected to set clear objectives, define a project theme through individual or group discussions, conduct requirements analysis and system analysis using SysML, estimate development tasks, assign development responsibilities, and proceed with development accordingly.

In the IT field, there are gatherings commonly known as “mokumoku-kai,” where individuals gather and quietly focus on coding independently; this camp is envisioned in a similar style. However, during development activities and final presentations/demonstrations, participants may gather and work together within the limits permitted by their affiliated universities or companies, while taking precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Additionally, we will conduct interviews in advance regarding grouping and development themes, and PCs, simple sensors, and small robots can be loaned upon request.

Please refer to the following links for examples of previous summer camps.

Program

Monday, August 19 Day 1
13:00-13:05 Opening Remarks Kenichi Ohara
(Meijo University)
13:05-13:30 RT Middleware Summer Camp Guidance Kenichi Ohara
(Meijo University)
13:30-14:20 Self-Introductions and Statement of Goals -
15:00-15:50 Lecture: Robot Development Using SysML

Lecture Materials:RTM_SC_2024_GA.pdf
SysML Model Example:SysML Model Example.pptx		 Takeshi Sakamoto
(Global Assist)
16:00-17:30 RT System Modeling Workshop Participants will model the systems to be developed in groups.
18:00- Networking Event -
Tuesday, August 20 Day 2
9:30-10:10(Possibly subject to change) TBD Yuki Kan
(Sugar Sweet Robotics)
10:20-11:00 Introduction to RT Middleware Tools 1:
About Using rtshell		 Yoshiaki Ando
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
11:10-11:50 Introduction to RT Middleware Tools 2:
About Available RT Components and Tools

Lecture Materials:2024SummerCamp-03.pdf		 Nobuhiko Miyamoto
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Robot System Development and Modeling Takeshi Sakamoto (Global Assist)
15:00-16:00 Development Target System Presentations Each group will present the system they plan to develop.
16:00-18:00 RT System Development Workshop 1 Participants will work on actual system development.
18:00-22:00 Evening Session Participants who wish may continue development work.
Wednesday, August 21 Day 3
09:00-16:30 RT System Development Workshop 2 -
16:30-17:00 Progress Reports from Each Team -
17:00-22:00 Evening Session Participants who wish may continue development work.
Thursday, August 22 Day 4
09:00-16:30 RT System Development Workshop 3 -
16:30-17:00 Progress Reports from Each Team -
17:00-22:00 Evening Session Participants who wish may continue development work.
Friday, August 23 Day 5
09:00-12:00 RT System Development Workshop 4 -
15:00-17:00 Final Presentation Session -
17:00-17:10 Closing Remarks
17:10-18:00 Cleanup
18:30-20:00 RT Middleware Information Exchange Meeting (BOF Meeting) -

※The deliverables (projects and slides) and presentation videos from this summer camp will be published on the website.

Organizing Committee

Executive Chair Kenichi Ohara Professor, Robot System Design Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University
Secretary Nobuhiko Miyamoto Researcher, Industrial CPS Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Committee Member Yoshiaki Ando Chair, RT Middleware Working Group, Japan Robot Association / Robot Business Promotion Council
Director, Research Planning Office, Information Technology and Human Factors Domain, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Committee Member Saburo Takahashi Chair, RT System Integration Committee, SICE SI Division
Committee Member Yuki Kan SUGAR SWEET ROBOTICS Co., Ltd.
Committee Member Tetsuo Kotoku AIST Solutions Co., Ltd.
Committee Member Takeshi Sakamoto Global Assist Co., Ltd.

Final Presentation and Submission Materials

Participants are requested to prepare the following deliverables and present them at the final presentation session.

  • Presentation Slides → Submit via Slack
    • Please create them using PowerPoint or similar tools. Since the materials will eventually be published on this page, include only information that can be publicly disclosed.
  • System Source Code and Binaries → Upload to your project page
    • Please create a project page on this website and upload the following items:
    • Self-developed RTCs: source code and binaries
      • It is strongly recommended that source code be hosted in each participant’s GitHub repository whenever possible
    • Reused RTCs: information on where they were obtained and binaries
      • Please clearly indicate the origin of reused RTCs and provide links
  • Manuals and Documentation → Upload to your project page
  • If SysML, UML, or other models were created, submit the model data as well → Upload to your project page
    • If modeling tools were used, please upload the original model data
    • Alternatively, including the models in the final presentation materials is also acceptable

Development Results

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Group 1

  • Theme: Tag Game
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  • Result Presentation

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Group 2

  • Theme: Automatic Parking Robot
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Group 3

  • Theme: Remote Management System for Autonomous Mobile Robots
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  • Result Presentation
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Group 4

  • Theme: A Robot That Can Automatically Escape from a Maze
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  • Result Presentation
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Scenes from the Summer Camp