Workshop organized by

Amina Gojak, Cognibotics AB, Sweden, Sandra Collin, Cognibotics AB, Sweden, Philip Olhager, Cognibotics AB, Sweden.

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Workshop type

Full-day workshop.

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Focus

Industrial automation is undergoing a structural transformation driven by increasing system complexity, demand for flexibility, integration of artificial intelligence, and shorter product life cycles. Traditional PLC and vendor-specific robot programming languages are often limited in expressiveness, composability, and scalability, making it difficult to design adaptive and software-defined production systems. Juliet & Romeo, developed by Cognibotics AB, represent a next-generation approach to industrial automation software. Juliet is an expressive, high-level programming language designed for event-driven automation and motion control. Romeo is a deterministic real-time runtime that guarantees predictable execution required in industrial environments. The workshop will explore how event-driven paradigms can unify motion programming, machine coordination, and reactive industrial workflows within a single coherent architecture. Particular focus will be given to deterministic execution, concurrency models, integration with robotics platforms, and industrial deployment. Demonstrations inspired by real deployments (including SPS exhibition scenarios) will show how expressive automation logic can coexist with real-time guarantees. The session will stimulate discussion on how modern programming language design can influence future factory automation systems aligned with Industry 5.0 goals. Participants will gain both conceptual understanding and practical insight into how expressive languages can modernize industrial control systems while preserving predictability and reliability.

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Topics under this workshop include:

• Event-driven automation design,
• Deterministic scheduling models,
• Robotic motion coordination,
• Integration with industrial platforms,
• Scalable automation architectures,
• AI integration pathways, and
• Research-to-industry transfer.