RAISE 2025

International Summer School on Robotics & Artificial Intelligence in Systems Engineering

🎯 AI-Empowered Robotics for Smart Agriculture

14-16 July 2025
ENET'Com-Sfax, Tunisia
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Summer School Overview

RAISE 2025 condenses the essentials of modern robotics and AI into an intensive three-day boot camp that blends theory, hands-on practice, and a team challenge. This year's unifying theme is "AI-Empowered Robotics for Smart Agriculture."

Participants learn to design mobile robots that diagnose plant-health conditions with computer vision and Large-Language-Model (LLM) reasoning, then recommend – or autonomously execute – remedial actions.

ROS 2 Foundations

Master ROS 2 for field robots, navigation, and mobile manipulation in agricultural environments.

AI & Computer Vision

Implement YOLO-based vision pipelines and integrate LLMs for plant diagnostics and multimodal reasoning.

Smart Agriculture

Prototype end-to-end agri-robot solutions for crop monitoring, plant disease detection, and autonomous actions.

Target Audience & Prerequisites

🎓 Student Track

Intended for: BSc / MSc students in EE, CS, Mechatronics

Entry Skills: Basic Python + linear algebra

🔬 Academic / PhD Track

Intended for: Researchers & lecturers

Entry Skills: Intro ROS/AI helpful

🏭 Industrial Track

Intended for: Engineers & developers

Entry Skills: C++/Python & Linux basics

Technical Requirements

A laptop with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Docker installed, and 20 GB free disk space is required. All extra hardware is provided on-site.

Registration & Fees

Secure your spot at the International Summer School RAISE 2025 by completing the registration form below.
Deadline: July 10, 2025

Student

400 TND

All sessions, coffee breaks, challenge kit, certificate

  • All workshops & hands-on labs
  • ExamGPT assessments
  • Competition participation
  • Coffee breaks & challenge kit
  • Certificate
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Academic / PhD

500 TND

All student benefits + digital proceedings

  • All student benefits
  • Digital proceedings
  • Advanced networking sessions
  • Research collaboration opportunities
  • Priority support
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Industrial

700 TND

All academic benefits + networking dinner & sponsor booth access

  • All academic benefits
  • Networking dinner
  • Sponsor booth access
  • Industry partnership opportunities
  • Premium support
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Resources Included

📚 Pre-school Pack: GitHub repository, Docker images, reading list, and VM snapshot delivered by July 1, 2025.
🤖 On-site Hardware: Jetson Nano robot kits with depth cameras, Li-Po batteries, and QR-coded plant stands.
🛠️ Support: Slack workspace + nightly office hours for troubleshooting and technical guidance.

Daily Program

Day 1

ROS 2 Foundations for Field Robots

Day 1 Presentation: Introduction to ROS2 Fundamentals
09:00 – 12:00
Morning Session
  • Understanding the ROS 2 computation graph and communication
  • Exploration of topics, services & actions in ROS 2
  • Publishing velocity commands using geometry_msgs/Twist
  • Mastering frame transforms and odometry concepts
  • Implementing reactive obstacle avoidance
  • Demonstration: Navigating a robot between crop rows
13:00 – 16:00
Hands-On Lab

Hands-on exercise: Fork a pre-written GitHub repository and complete missing nodes & launch files to:

  1. Drive a simulated robot within the Gazebo environment
  2. Deploy your code on a Turtlebot-like platform operating inside a mini-greenhouse
Repository: github.com/aniskoubaa/raise2025
ROS2 Commands: Command Line Reference
Workspace Setup: Package Creation Guide
16:15 – 17:00
Assessment

ExamGPT Mini-Quiz #1 (auto-graded). Scoring ≥ 70% awards the Level-1 Certificate.

Day 2

AI & Computer Vision for Plant Diagnostics

09:00 – 12:00
Morning Session
  • Evolution of AI: From AlexNet to Generative and Agentic AI
  • Introduction to vision-language models: OpenAI GPT-4o and Google Gemini
  • YOLOv10 pipeline for real-time plant disease detection
  • Prompt engineering with large language models for symptom classification
13:00 – 16:00
Hands-On Lab
  1. Train and fine-tune YOLO model on a supplied tomato-leaf disease dataset
  2. Utilize Gemini-Vision API to label and classify leaf ailments
  3. Integrate detection results and language model outputs into a ROS 2 diagnostic topic
Repository: github.com/aniskoubaa/raise2025
16:15 – 17:00
Assessment

ExamGPT Mini-Quiz #2. A score ≥ 70% grants the Level-2 Certificate.

Day 3

Integrated Challenge & Awards Ceremony

09:00 – 09:30
Opening Ceremony

Welcome address and overview of the day's integrated challenge and award proceedings.

09:30 – 12:30
International Summer School RAISE Competition

Teams will compete in various robotics challenges designed to test their skills and knowledge acquired over the first two days.

09:30 – 12:30
Parallel Sessions

Track A: Industrial Presentations & Poster Exhibitions — Industry partners showcase innovations and research posters.

Track B: PCB Workshop covering:

  • Session 1: Basics of Electronics for PCB Prototyping
  • Session 2: Principles of PCB Design
  • Session 3: Practical PCB Design Exercises
  • Session 4: Visit to the CRNS PCB Prototyping Lab
12:45 – 13:30
Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks

Recognition of competition winners, distribution of certificates, and closing speeches to celebrate participants' achievements and the event's success.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of RAISE 2025, participants will be able to:

Deploy ROS 2 stacks for mobile manipulation and navigation
Implement YOLO-based vision pipelines tailored to agricultural crops
Integrate LLMs for multimodal (image + text) reasoning in ROS ecosystems
Prototype end-to-end agri-robot solutions within tight time-frames
Collaborate cross-disciplinarily under competition pressure

Assessment & Certification

ExamGPT Quizzes

Two short, auto-graded MCQ/short-answer tests at the end of Days 1 & 2.

Certificates
  • Certificate of Completion: ≥70% on both quizzes plus active challenge participation
  • Certificate of Participation: All other attendees
Competition Focus

The International Summer School RAISE Competition will test participants' skills in AI-empowered robotics for smart agriculture, combining ROS 2 navigation, computer vision, and LLM integration in agricultural scenarios.

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Our Partners

Organization

General Chair

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Omar Cheikhrouhou

ENET'Com, Sfax, Tunisia

Technical Program Lead

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Anis Koubaa

Alfaisal University/ScaleX Innovation

Scientific Committee

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Hatem Bentaher

ISGIS, University of Sfax

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Houssam Chouikhi

ISSIG, University of Gabès

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Nidhal Ayadi

University of Sfax

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Mohamed Bahloul

Alfaisal University

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Yassine Bouteraa

Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University

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Amira Echtioui

ENSTAB, University of Carthage

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Mohamed Kharrat

University of Sfax

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Manel Boujelben

ENET'Com, University of Sfax

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Adem Ghorbel

IPEIS, University of Sfax

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