Yang Zhou: "Rust for Robotics: Safer, Faster Systems for Autonomous Applications" | RustConf 2025

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Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ayk41ju8vEruFrZMDrEcoczQ0B03WaQF/view?usp=drive_link Abstract: This talk distills key insights from the ICRA25 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation) workshop, presenting a comprehensive overview of how Rust is addressing critical pain points in robotics development. The robotics community is at an inflection point, seeking alternatives to traditional languages that struggle with memory safety and concurrency issues. This session provides a timely exploration of Rust’s potential to revolutionize how we build autonomous systems, offering attendees practical guidance on adoption pathways and highlighting real-world success stories. By bridging the academic research presented at ICRA with practical industry applications, this talk offers unique value to those interested in systems programming for safety-critical applications. Presenter: Yang Zhou is a Roboticist specializing in autonomous aerial vehicle systems, with a focus on multi-robot collaborative perception. As the main organizer of the ICRA25 Rust-for-Robotics workshop, Yang works at the intersection of safe programming languages and autonomous systems, advocating for more reliable development practices in the robotics community.