We are pleased to invite you to our first Shocklab Seminar for 2026, which will held online on Wednesday, 11 February at 16h00 (UTC+2). Asma Basly from the Open Organic Robotics (OORB) Studio will be presenting about Containerized Robotics: Accelerating Research from Prototype to Production.
 

Title: Containerized Robotics: Accelerating Research from Prototype to Production
Speaker: Asma Basly (OORB Studio)
Date: Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Time: 16:00-17:00 (GMT +2)
Virtual Meeting Link:  https://url.za.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/UzQuCMjKp1S5ywXJxsWs6I8cY9v

 
Abstract: 
Robotics development today is plagued by extreme fragmentation-dozens of simulation tools, multiple versions of ROS, incompatible CAD workflows, and countless dependency conflicts that vary across operating systems and hardware configurations. Research teams spend more time wrestling with toolchains than actually building and testing robotic systems. In this talk, we'll first explore the depth of this fragmentation problem, how teams lose weeks to environment setup, and why collaboration across institutions remains challenging. We'll then examine how containerization and cloud infrastructure can fundamentally solve these issues.
Bio:
Asma Basly is the co-founder and COO of OORB. She a Software Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and AI/ML systems. Her background includes computer vision work at Enova Robotics, deploying MLOps pipelines at CERN, and building RAG systems for production applications.
 

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