At Southwest Research Institute, Matt Robinson is the Program Manager for the ROS-Industrial Consortium – Americas, an industry-driven open source program bringing advanced manufacturing solutions for the industrial robotics community. When not supporting open source for industry Matt supports and manages numerous robotics projects within the organization. Prior to his current role, Matt was team leader for Caterpillar’s Manufacturing Technology Automation Research where he led development and deployment of automation tools to improve the performance and productivity of Caterpillar manufacturing facilities around the globe. Matt also led manufacturing value stream design initiatives that led to the deployment of over 50 robotic/automated manufacturing systems around the world. Matt holds a Master’s Degree in Welding Engineering from Ohio State University.