People

Christoph Hellmann Santos

ROS-Industrial Europe

Christoph Hellmann Santos manages the ROS-Industrial Consortium Europe where he aims to foster adoption of open source software in industry. He joined Fraunhofer IPA in 2016, after finishing his studies of mechanical engineering at Karlsruhe Insititue of Technology and his diploma of engineering at Arts et Métiers ParisTech. At Fraunhofer IPA, he has been working in different research and technology transfer projects (ROBOTT-NET, ROSIN, agROBOfood and others). Since 2019, he manages the research group software engineering and system integration and in 2020 he took over the position of ROS-Industrial Consortium Europe Project Manager.

Levi Armstrong

ROS-Industrial Americas

Mr. Armstrong is the Technical Lead for the ROS-Industrial Consortium Americas and a Lead Engineer in the Adaptive Technologies Section at SwRI. Armstrong has developed technical knowledge in optimization-based motion planning, meshing, collision detection and calibration to develop custom automation solution for industry. Prior to his current role, Armstrong was an engineer at Bell Textron focusing on low-cost composite manufacturing to leverage automation in the areas of drilling, routing, deburring, machining, and heat treatments to meet aerospace engineering specifications. He holds a B.S. and M.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Matt Robinson

ROS-Industrial Americas

Mr. Robinson is the Program Manager for the ROS-Industrial Consortium – Americas, in his current role he is tasked with setting the strategy and vision to align the open source development community with industry needs. Prior to his current role, Mr. Robinson was team leader for Caterpillar’s Manufacturing Technology Automation Research. Here, Mr. Robinson led development and deployment of automation tools to improve the performance and productivity of Caterpillar manufacturing facilities around the globe. Mr. Robinson, during this time, also led manufacturing value stream design initiatives that led to the deployment of over 50 robotic/automated manufacturing systems around the world. Mr. Robinson has a Master’s Degree in Welding Engineering from Ohio State University.