2025

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Event Report

Thanks to the tremendous efforts of Professor Ohara of Meijo University, as well as the support of many special lecturers and staff members, we were once again able to successfully organize this year’s summer camp together with more than 10 participants. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone involved. Through face-to-face design discussions and distributed development activities, participants were able to reaffirm the advantages of middleware, while also working toward solving their own technical challenges and improving their skills. We hope that the成果 of this training camp will be presented at the RT Middleware Contest.

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

  • Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Information Technology and Human Factors Domain, 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

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

  • Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Information Technology and Human Factors Domain, 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

Eligibility Requirements

Participants must have attended an RT Middleware workshop previously or possess equivalent experience.

Alternatively, please participate in the online workshop below.

  • https://connpass.com/event/361075/

If you have never attended a workshop before, you may satisfy the participation requirements by self-studying the following tutorials.

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. 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.

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Program

Preliminary Study Please watch these materials before the summer camp begins.
Lecture: SysML Workshop
Lecture Materials
・YouTube video links will be shared via Slack		 Takeshi Sakamoto
(Global Assist)
Monday, August 25 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_2025_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 26 Day 2
9:30-10:10 Building Robot Systems with Robot Middleware Yuki Kan
(Sugar Sweet Robotics)
10:10-10:50 Introduction to RT Middleware Tools 1:
How to Use rtshell

Lecture Materials:rtshell_2025.pdf		 Yoshiaki Ando
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
10:50-11:30 Introduction to RT Middleware Tools 2:
Available RT Components and Tools

Lecture Materials:2025SummerCamp-04.pdf		 Nobuhiko Miyamoto
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
11:30-12:30 Lunch Break
12:30-13:10 What Is the Distributed Simulation Hub “Hakoniwa”?
Lecture Materials: Z137XP-hakoniwa-simulation-hub
Takashi Mori
(Hakoniwa Lab LLC)
13:10-15:10 Robot System Development and Modeling Takeshi Sakamoto
(Global Assist)
15:10-16:00 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 27 Day 3
9:00-16:30 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.
Friday, August 29 Day 5
9:00-15:00 RT System Development Workshop 4 -
15:00-17:00 Final Presentation Session -
17:00-17:10 Closing Remarks
17:10-18:00 Cleanup

(Names omitted honorifics)

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

  • RaspberryPi Mouse (Up to 15 units)


  • Approximately 10 units are also equipped with LiDAR
  • https://rt-net.jp/mobility/products/raspberry-pi-mouse
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbfV2R64yP4&feature=youtu.be
  • Turtlebot Burger (Up to 10 units)


  • https://www.besttechnology.co.jp/modules/onlineshop/index.php?fct=photo&p=192
  • G-ROBOT (Up to 10 units)


  • G-ROBOT
  • Can also be used in combination with the sensor devices listed below
  • Phidget sensors + RaspberryPi + expansion board set (4 sets)
    • Expansion boards are pre-installed on the RaspberryPi
    • http://cgi3.win-ei.com/wordpress/?page_id=135
    • Phidget sensors: pressure, temperature, light (LCD), joystick, magnetic, slider, touch (capacitive)
    • https://www.google.com/search?q=phidget+%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5&rlz=1C5CHFA_enJP882JP882&sxsrf=ALeKk03gjJ3-w72H8-//T3eiaYobupVJyVfw:1596525505946&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiphqD9gIHrAhUy7GEKHbPmAuEQsxh6BAgMEE4&biw=1632&bih=1326
  • micro:Bit + sensor kit (4 sets)


  • micro:Bit and a 37-type sensor kit
  • https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07QD558NQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AWD3NUTTSH82N&psc=1
  • obniz (4 sets)


  • https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B082MDPRWZ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2SZAQLZSFR347&psc=1
  • myCobot


  • https://www.switch-science.com/catalog/7141/
  • Kobuki


  • https://www.tegakari.net/2016/10/kobuki/
  • Intel RealSense Depth Camera D415


  • https://www.switch-science.com/catalog/3632/

LEGO Mindstorms EV3


  • https://afrel.co.jp/product/ev3-introduction/
  • myAGV


  • https://www.switch-science.com/products/8581?srsltid=AfmBOoqYqkpZ4pnahBUUMmcwFKBTd1TdV6uI3L_DvWBkUH4sQE9fZqii
  • CRANE+


  • https://rt-net.jp/products/cranev2/
  • Leap Motion
  • Kachaka


  • https://kachaka.life/

Organizing Committee

Executive Chair Kenichi Ohara Professor, Robot System Design Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University
Secretary Nobuhiko Miyamoto Researcher, Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Information Technology and Human Factors Domain, 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, Intelligent Systems Research Institute, Information Technology and Human Factors Domain, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Committee Member Shoji Suzuki 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

Lecture Materials

  • Preparing

Development Results

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Group 1

  • Theme: Pet Robot “PonPon” – Welcome Home, Master! (＞ω＜)
  • Result Presentation
  • Demo Video

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Group 2

  • Theme: Heterogeneous Hardware Teleoperable Dual-Arm System
  • Demo Video

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Group 3

  • Theme: Voice-Driven Manipulation System
  • Demo Video

Scenes from the Summer Camp






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