ROS By-The-Bay April 2026 @ Beckhoff

ROS By-The-Bay is the Bay Area's only meetup exclusively for Robot Operating System (ROS) users!

We're holding a special edition of ROS By-The-Bay with our friends at Beckhoff Automation. This event will be held at the Beckhoff Innovation space at: 2665 N First St Suite #310, San Jose, from 6-9pm on Thursday, April 16th.

Our guest speakers and events for this meetup include:

• Vignesh Anand -- co-founder of Innate. Innate is a robotics startup and recent YC grad building the MARS mobile manipulation platform. They'll talk about their prototype development process and how they took their MARS platform from zero to one.
• Oscar Avatare -- co-founder of Saphira. Saphira is a recent YC grad that helps robotics companies address critical safety and cybersecurity documention requirements like ISO 26262. "This talk explores how robotics teams can move from simulation to real-world deployment while navigating safety standards such as HARA, FMEA, and emerging AI-focused frameworks. Using ROS 2-based systems and scenario-driven simulation, we’ll show how safety risks can be identified, structured, and traced to system behavior—and how AI-assisted workflows can support, rather than replace, engineering judgment in building certifiable robotic systems

Pizza and beverages will be provided. Free parking will be available! The location is easily accessible from the 101 and regional transit.