FOSDEM 2026 Robotics and Simulation Devroom
PAST
January 31-February 1, 2026
Location:
Brussels, Belgium
Venue:
ULB Brussels, room UB2.147
Summary:
Excellent for robotics software ecosystem intelligence, especially around open-source tooling and developer practices rather than commercial booths. Particularly useful for ROS 2, simulation, localization, logging, Rust robotics and deployment workflows.
The FOSDEM 2026 Robotics and Simulation Devroom was an open-source developer track dedicated to robotics software, simulation, ROS 2, robot localization, data calibration, containerization, cloud-connected robot systems and open robotics tooling. It ran inside FOSDEM, one of the largest open-source developer conferences.
Previous Edition:
FOSDEM 2025 also had a Robotics and Simulation Devroom; the 2026 devroom continued that open-source robotics track.
Tags:
open-source robotics; ROS 2; simulation; developer tools; localization; robotics software; FOSDEM robotics; robotics simulation; open source robotics; ROS 2 Rust; rclrs; robot localization; robot calibration; robot data; robot containers; Apptainer robotics; robot mapping; cloud robotics; robot developer tools; PlotJuggler; Copper-rs; Brussels robotics; open-source robot software; robotics conference; automation conference; robotics expo; automation expo; industrial automation; AI robotics; physical AI; embodied AI; robotics event; robotics trade show; automation trade show; robot suppliers; automation suppliers; robotics startups; systems integrators; robotics networking; robotics speakers; robotics innovation; robotics market intelligence
Speakers:
Arnaud Taffanel - opened the Robotics and Simulation devroom. | Stef Dillo - presented on turning a commercial vacuum cleaner into an open-source mapping tool. | Roland Meertens - co-presented tools and methods for high-quality robot data calibration. | Sam Pfeiffer - co-presented robot data calibration methods. | Guillaume Binet - presented Copper-rs and systems programming for robotics. | Malte Schrader - presented Apptainer containerization for robotics.
Source:
Official FOSDEM 2026 Robotics and Simulation schedule, verified May 17, 2026
