PX4 Developer Summit 2022: Full Schedule

June 23 - 24, 2022 | Austin, Texas
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8:00am CDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

Thursday June 23, 2022 8:00am - 6:00pm CDT
JW Grand Ballroom Foyer (Level 4)

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

9:00am CDT

Welcome & Opening Remarks: Ramon Roche, General Manager, Dronecode

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Speakers

Ramon Roche

General Manager, Dronecode

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:00am - 9:10am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

9:15am CDT

Keynote Sessions: Developer-Centric Insights & Opportunities, Hilary Carter, VP Research, The Linux Foundation

Speakers

Hilary Carter

SVP Research and Communications, Linux Foundation

Hilary Carter is SVP of Research and Communications, supporting the development of open source research projects and publications at the Linux Foundation. As a writer, researcher, and program leader, Hilary has produced decision-useful insights and world class communications that... Read More →

PX4 Developer Summit & LF Research pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:15am - 9:35am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

9:40am CDT

Keynote Sessions: Hyon Lim, CEO and Co-founder, Uvify

Speakers

Hyon Lim

CEO and Co-founder, Uvify

Hyon Lim is a cofounder and CEO of UVify, an aerial robot manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington USA with R&D and manufacturing operations in Seoul, South Korea. Hyon’s specialties range from computer vision to aeronautical engineering. He co-founded UVify in 2017 together... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:40am - 9:45am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

9:50am CDT

Keynote Session: Lorenz Meier, Founder and CEO, Auterion

Speakers

Lorenz Meier

Founder and CEO, Auterion

Dr. Lorenz Meier is Founder and CEO of Auterion and the founder of a number of important open source projects for the drone industry that include PX4, MAVLink, QGroundControl and is the creator of the Pixhawk autopilot. He is a veteran of the drone industry since 2008 with more than... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:50am - 10:20am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

10:20am CDT

Break & Networking

Thursday June 23, 2022 10:20am - 10:50am CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

10:50am CDT

Advanced HIL simulation with ROS2 - Benjamin Perseghetti & Landon Haugh, NXP Semiconductors

Benjamin Perseghetti and Landon Haugh will be presenting a multi-system-compute hardware in the loop (HIL) simulation framework with ROS2 and PX4. Based on a universal configuration node that allows for seamless transition between real world deployment and simulation testing, the simulation framework has been used and will be provided for the upcoming Hover Games, NXP Cup, and AIM competitions.

Speakers

Landon Haugh

Field Applications Engineer, NXP

Landon Haugh is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering. He currently works for NXP Semiconductors on the Mobile Robotics team. Landon oversees the technical aspect of NXP's University programs such as NXP Cup and HoverGames. He also... Read More →

Benjamin Perseghetti

Research Scientist, NXP Semiconductors

Benjamin has been using and working with PX4 since 2012. After working in the Air Force Research Labs and academia for over a decade, he formed his own business in 2014 that created the first fully autonomous indoor warehouse drones based on PX4 that were demoed at the Walmart shareholder’s... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 10:50am - 11:20am CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

10:50am CDT

Panel Discussion: Consumer vs Industrial Hardware - Leveraging the Community to Build Better Developer Products - Camilo Delgado, TDK; Jordi Munoz, mRobotics; Vince Poon, Holybro; Chad Sweet, ModalAI; Moderated by Jinger Zeng, Hackster.io

The success of PX4 as an open-source ecosystem is rooted in the community and contributors from around the world. In the PX4 community, software developers, hardware product manufacturers, solution integrators, and component suppliers all work together as a large and distributed community. DevRel, or developer relations, is a process for nurturing mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and software developers (within the company and in open-source). In other words, it’s a collection of strategies and tactics that help companies to achieve their own product advocacy and have a balanced relationship with the larger community and ecosystem. In this panel, we have panelists from consumer hardware backgrounds moving towards industrial products and also industrial component veterans diving into the robotics vertical to have a discussion on adapting and adopting open platform practice and standards, and how they are using DevRel and community practices as a go-to-market strategy to achieve their product and business goals. We will also discuss perspectives of current challenges and how they are surfing and overcoming certain supply chain crisis as hardware companies.

Speakers

Chad Sweet

CEO and Co-founder, ModalAI, Inc.

Chad Sweet is the co-founder and CEO of ModalAI®, a Blue UAS Framework manufacturer of autonomous autopilots for drones and ground robots. Sweet is highly experienced in robotics R&D, and during his 20 years at Qualcomm, led efforts in computer vision and wireless communications... Read More →

Vince Poon

CTO, Holybro

Founded in 2014, the Holybro team has provided commercial pilots and hobbyists with outstanding & innovative hardware since its inception. We continuously collaborates with UAV open-source communities, developers, end-users, and the drone industry worldwide to meet the needs of the... Read More →

Jinger Zeng

Contest Manager, Hackster.io

Jinger Zeng is currently the contest manager at Hackster.io. Prior to joining Hackster, she was the community manager of the PX4 open source drone community at Dronecode Foundation, working with PX4 maintainers, hardware manufacturers, and the larger developer ecosystem. She is an... Read More →

Camilo Delgado

Director, Product Marketing, TDK

Camilo Delgado is the Director of Product Marketing at TDK InvenSense, responsible for the vision, strategic direction, and financial performance of the industrial motion business.As an experienced business leader with more than 15 years of experience in engineering, sales, and product... Read More →

Jordi Munoz

CEO & Founder, mRobotics

Jordi Muñoz is co-founder and CEO of mRobotics and was previously the CTO of 3D Robotics. He was born in Ensenada, Mexico, and raised in Tijuana. He studied briefly at Ensenada’s Center for Technical and Higher Education before moving to southern California in 2007, where in his... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 10:50am - 11:20am CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

10:50am CDT

Robust Path Following Guidance for Flying in Strong Winds - Thomas Stastny, Auterion

Small, relatively low-speed, autonomous aircraft will inevitably encounter strong winds either approaching or possibly exceeding their nominally desired flight speeds. Such conditions may disturb mission performance and, in extreme cases, can lead to vehicle runaway. This talk will dive into the newly implemented wind-robust path following guidance on PX4 which addresses these issues at the guidance level, specifically for fixed-wing flight modes, resulting in repeatable, intuitive, and safe flight behaviors. The algorithm's various features, configurations, and performance will be presented with a focus on how users can deploy the logic on their own airframes.

Speakers

Thomas Stastny

Lead Solution Engineer, Auterion

Thomas Stastny is currently the Lead Solution Engineer at Auterion in Zurich, Switzerland. He previously worked as a Senior Researcher in the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zurch, Switzerland, where he also completed a PhD in Robotics. He obtained a BSc. and MSc. in Aerospace... Read More →

stastny pathfollowing px4devsummit2022 pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 10:50am - 11:20am CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

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11:25am CDT

[VIRTUAL] Working with PX4 (without hardware) - Akshata Shendge, Freelance PX4 Ambassador

Speakers

Akshata Shendge

PX4 Ambassador

PX4 Dev Summit 2022 PPT pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 11:25am - 11:40am CDT
Lone Star A

Lightning Talks

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11:25am CDT

An Update on ROS 2 Humble Hawksbill - Katherine Scott, Open Robotics

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In this talk Katherine Scott, the developer advocate at Open Robotics will discuss recent software releases in the ROS community. Topics covered will include ROS 2, Gazebo, hardware acceleration, Space ROS, and a variety of recent package releases.

Speakers

Katherine Scott

Developer Advocate, Open Robotics

Katherine Scott is the developer advocate for Open Robotics, the makers of Robot Operating System (ROS) and the Gazebo simulation platform. Katherine is the former analytics lead at Planet Labs and Strateos and was a co-founder of Tempo Automation and Sight Machine. Katherine serves... Read More →

Katherine PX4 pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 11:25am - 11:55am CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

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11:25am CDT

How to Use Dronecode Open Source Projects and Computer Vision to Enable Drones with Autonomous Navigation - James Strawson, ModalAI, Inc.

In this talk, James Strawson, lead roboticist at ModalAI, will discuss how to leverage computer vision techniques to help solve a diverse set of challenges in building autonomous, aerial robots, including localization, collision prevention, and navigation. He will walk you through how to bridge the gap between several popular open source computer vision standards and open source drone platforms like PX4 using MAVLink, and how to enable small drones with computer vision.

Speakers

James Strawson

Lead Roboticist, ModalAI, Inc.

James Strawson is the lead roboticist at ModalAI, a Blue UAS Framework manufacturer of American-made, autonomous autopilots for drones and ground robots. Strawson received a Ph.D in robotics from UCSD where he also taught classes on 3D printing, mechanical design, feedback control... Read More →

How to Use Dronecode Open Source Projects and Computer Vision to Enable Drones with Autonomous Navigation pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 11:25am - 12:00pm CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

11:40am CDT

Sponsored Lightning Talk: NXP Mobile Robotics Reference Solutions - Peter Van Der Perk, NXP Semiconductors

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NXP has a proud heritage of supplying solutions for automotive and aerospace applications. Many of these solutions also apply to the rapidly evolving field of mobile robotics. Whether your system operates on the ground, under the sea or in the sky, NXP offers a complete portfolio of sensors, controllers and communications solutions. Learn more about NXP’s Mobile Robotics solutions in this Lightning Talk.

Speakers

Peter Van Der Perk

Embedded Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors

I work for NXP Semiconductors in the CTO Systems Innovations team. Where I’m currently working on a research to improve functional safety for drones. Furthermore I’m also working various products for our mobile robotics team, where work on system solutions for drones in various... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 11:40am - 11:55am CDT
Lone Star A

Sponsored Sessions

12:00pm CDT

Make a Drone Follow you Around, How Hard can it De? - Junwoo Hwang, Dronecode Foundation & Auterion

Junwoo shares the detailed process of planning, testing and developing the improved Follow-Me mode. Have you ever wanted to implement a new feature in PX4 but was overwhelmed with the complexity and size of PX4 Codebase? This talk is tailored to developers like you! Junwoo shares the deep insight into the full development cycle of a fun PX4 feature "Follow-me". Starting from algorithmical ideas, creating Simulation scripts to visualize the behavior, countless whiteboard sessions, dozens of testing and code review processes! If you also like lots of videos and simulation videos, this talk is for you as well :)

Speakers

Junwoo Hwang

PX4 Development & Community Coordinator, Dronecode Foundation & Auterion

Hi! My name is Junwoo and I am an intern for Dronecode Foundation, working at Auterion now to help improve the PX4 Community. My day to day activity includes: - Developing features for PX4 (Follow-Target is the main one I worked for, the topic of this proposal!) - Assisting Dev-Calls... Read More →

Make a Drone Follow You Around, how hard can it be Dev Summit 2022 Junwoo 1 pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

12:00pm CDT

Sponsored BoF: New TDK InvenSense High Precision Navigation Modules - Camilo Delgado, TDK

Autonomous vehicles are becoming more popular in the industrial market. Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) and inertial navigation system (INS) are commonly used to aid autonomy for applications such as utility and agricultural drones, agriculture equipment, and last mile delivery units. These devices are often exposed to harsh conditions such a high temperatures, high vibrations, and poor GPS visibility. Due to these environments, a highly accurate and robust IMU sensor must be used to get the right performance and reliability.
In this presentation, we will cover how InvenSense new 6-axis modules can help designers overcome some of the issues related to a highly accurate navigation syetem design.

Speakers

Camilo Delgado

Director, Product Marketing, TDK

Thursday June 23, 2022 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Lone Star C

Sponsored Sessions

12:30pm CDT

Lunch (Attendees on Own)

Thursday June 23, 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

2:00pm CDT

Holybro Pixhawk 6X & 6C - Vince Poon, Holybro

Vince will be presenting Holybro's all new flight controllers based on the FMUv6X and FMUv6C standard.

Speakers

Vince Poon

CTO, Holybro

Holybro New Pixhawk Controllers pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

2:35pm CDT

Exploring Future Aviation Operations at NASA using MAVLink, PX4, and QGroundControl - Robert McSwain & Mike Politowicz, NASA LaRC Research

Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are actively conducting sUAS flight operations to develop/evaluate advanced technologies, concepts of operation, and human roles for the envisioned future of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and emergency response. Open-source PX4 technologies, driven by the innovation of the PX4 community, have become core components within this research environment. This talk covers NASA technologies built with PX4 capabilities (QGroundControl) and NASA technologies developed to integrate with PX4 capabilities (MAVLink, PX4). The areas of research being studied with these technologies include human factors, BVLOS/remote operations, and advanced automation. NASA researchers are interested in future collaborations with the open-source community.

Speakers

Mike Politowicz

Research Aerospace Engineer, NASA LaRC Research Directorate, Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch

B.S.E. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. Serves as the Co-Activity Lead for the Human-Autonomy Teaming (HAT) Foundational Research Activity under the Transformational Tools & Technologies (TTT) – Autonomous Systems (AS) sub-project. This research activity... Read More →

Robert McSwain

Aerospace Engineer, NASA LaRC Engineering Directorate, Aeronautics Systems Engineering Branch

Bachelor of Science from the University of Washington William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics College of Engineering. Serves as the Advanced Air Mobility High Density Vertiplex Flight Operations Lead. This project is researching advanced concept of operations... Read More →

Thursday June 23, 2022 2:35pm - 3:05pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

2:35pm CDT

Federated PX4 - Ian Dougherty, Kittyhawk Corporation

To support a more distribute avionics architecture, we worked on investigating and implementing a variant of the PX4 software stack that allowed us to link multiple execution domains running on either separate cores, or discrete processors using the RTPS bridge and a parameter database synchronization interface. This allowed us to flexibly allocate various modules and drivers to different execution domains to compose a complete PX4 flight stack. This has many benefits, including better risk isolation, more efficient compute resource utilization, and being able to run safety/latency critical routines in a RTOS environment, while keeping the higher-level routines in a linux/posix environment.

Speakers

Ian Dougherty

Sr. Software Engineer, Kittyhawk Corporation

Before joining Kittyhawk in 2021, Ian Dougherty has held software and systems engineering roles at companies across the aerospace, medical, and defense industries at Honeywell, Philips, and Raytheon Technologies. He has also had a passion for flight and drones since an early age... Read More →

PX4 Developer Summit 2022 federated px4 ian dougherty pptx

Thursday June 23, 2022 2:35pm - 3:05pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

3:10pm CDT

Adding Yaw Offsets in Orbit Flight Mode - Godfrey Nolan, RIIS LLC

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In this session we show how to create a custom version of QGroundControl to make the Orbit Flight Mode more user friendly. We walk through the implementation step by step on how to make these changes on a Herelink. The new code replaces the altitude/yaw joystick with sliders, so we can use the yaw slider to control an offset (+-15 degrees) when in orbit mode. We also added the ability to create an orbit centered around drone’s current position. And finally we display the radius of the orbit flight path.

Speakers

Godfrey Nolan

President, RIIS LLC

Godfrey Nolan is President of RIIS LLC, a mobile and web development company based in Michigan, USA. RIIS specializes in custom drone software and hardware. He is the author of 6 books on mobile development and security. Godfrey is also an adjunct professor teaching mobile development... Read More →

YawSlidersOrbitMode pptx

Thursday June 23, 2022 3:10pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

3:10pm CDT

PX4 Integration and the Role of Secure GNSS - Gustavo Lopez & Seppe Geuens, Septentrio

With increasing automation and robotization in many aspects of society, from mapping to delivery drones, reliance on accurate yet robust integrated navigation systems is increasing. Having this technology fully compatible with ecosystems as PX4 is a key element. Drones rely on GPS or GNSS, benefitting from the ubiquity of absolute accuracy and from orientation and it is important to understand its PX4 integration. GNSS, which is built on processing of external signals, is vulnerable to the influence of destroying signals (jamming) or fake signals created to mislead the GNSS receiver. This has come in the news in a spectacular experiment where a Tesla is misled to take the wrong exit from a highway. There are also increasing unfortunate reports of jamming & spoofing happening near conflict zones as seen in now in easter Europe and Scandinavia. This presentation will provide a view on the integration of GNSS with PX4 and explain how positioning/orientation can be best used within PX4, provide the background on the different errors that affect GNSS, describe the techniques in the GNSS receiver to overcome those , and illustrate how a careful choice of the right GNSS receiver can crucially contribute to the robust, accurate and specially safe performance of an integrated UAV system.

Speakers

Seppe Geuens

Autopilots expert intern, Septentrio

Seppe is Belgian young motivated man with studies at Media Technology at Karel de Grote University College and who was on an exchange program in Denmark where he studied IT Technology, He studied electronics since 2014 and have always been interested in robotics, drones, embedded... Read More →

Gustavo Lopez

Market Access Manager, Septentrio

Gustavo Lopez is Market Access Manager at Septentrio, a leading company in bringing high-end GNSS technology where accuracy and reliability matters. Gustavo, since joining the company, has held different technical R&D and product management roles and has been involved in some of the... Read More →

PX4 Integration and the Role of Secure GNSS v2 NOT FINISHED pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 3:10pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

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3:10pm CDT

Sponsored BoF: Build a Connected Supercomputer in the Sky - James Strawson, Chad Sweet, Lauren Young & Eric Katzfey, ModalAI & Andrew Wilkins, Ascend Engineering

How do you get the most utility out of your flying supercomputer? As the drone industry advances, we are witnessing a shift towards interoperability between open source applications and intelligent autopilot platforms amongst leading robotics innovators. Join ModalAI and Ascend Engineering for a riveting, open discussion on the latest autopilot technology andhow to activate autonomy with open source applications.

Speakers

James Strawson

Lead Roboticist, ModalAI, Inc.

Chad Sweet

CEO and Co-founder, ModalAI, Inc.

Andrew Wilkins

CEO, Ascend Engineering

Andrew is the CEO and an engineer at Ascend Engineering, a drone software engineering consulting firm. He has been developing software over the past twelve years and has always had a passion for avionics. Andrew is responsible for leading the Ascend mission, software, and technology... Read More →

Lauren Young

Product Marketing Manager, ModalAI, Inc.

Lauren Young is product marketing manager at ModalAI where she has launched three next generation autopilots, including the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G platform and VOXL 2, to accelerate the growth and development of the drone industry. Prior to joining ModalAI, Young was at Qualcomm working... Read More →

Eric Katzfey

Chief of Software, ModalAI, Inc.

Eric Katzfey is the Chief of Software at ModalAI, Inc. During his time at ModalAI, he has successfully developed the software architecture for two generations of Blue UAS framework autopilots, enabling credit-card-size PCBs with dense supercomputer and autonomous capabilities. Prior... Read More →

Build a Connected Supercomputer in the Sky pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 3:10pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star B

Sponsored Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

3:40pm CDT

Break & Networking

Thursday June 23, 2022 3:40pm - 4:10pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

4:10pm CDT

Autonomous Exploration of Unknown Areas - Logan Elliott, Southwest Research Institute

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technologies to enable an unmanned aerial system (UAS) to autonomously explore and map unknown environments. This presentation will summarize the development of simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), world modeling, and exploration-based planning algorithms and subsequent exhibition event. SLAM is applied by leveraging the Google Cartographer software suite on input lidar data to generate a high-fidelity 3-dimensional voxel map and odometery estimate. The world model framework includes an obstacle layer to support near-field navigation and obstacle avoidance and a frontier layer that identifies and models regions that are ripe for further exploration. The planning framework incorporates a global exploration planner that selects frontiers to explore and a local planner that generates collision-free paths to the frontiers. The session also includes a summary of experiments conducted at the European Robotics Hackathon (EnRicH) 2021. This event was held at the AKW Zwentendorf nuclear power plant in Zwentendorf Austria. During this event SwRI’s UAS autonomously navigated and mapped the interior of the power plant and detected several live radiation sources.

Speakers

Logan Elliott

Engineer, Southwest Research Institute

Mr. Elliott is an Engineer for Southwest Research focused on developing multipurpose drone platforms using the PX4 open source flight stack. His goal is to leverage open source software to accomplish high level autonomy behaviors.

Dev Conference Presentation pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 4:10pm - 4:40pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

4:10pm CDT

Building Autonomous Aerial Agents with PX4 and Microsoft AirSim - Paul Stubbs, Microsoft

How can we incorporate greater autonomy into the next generation of uncrewed aircraft systems, drones, and advanced aerial mobility platforms? Aerial agents are moving from manual to increasingly autonomous operations and missions. Microsoft AirSim is a simulation platform that enables you to build increased autonomy into your aerial agent’s missions. With AirSim you can use Unreal Engine or Unity to simulate your drone’s environment, physics, sensors with PX4 for flight control. In this session you will learn about how to get started with AirSim and PX4.

Speakers

Paul Stubbs

Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Paul Stubbs is a Principal Program Manager for Microsoft, focusing on autonomous systems, such as aerial vehicles, drones, industrial robotics, and simulators. As an FAA certified remote drone pilot, Paul works on building tools, services, AI, and simulations for autonomous drone... Read More →

AirSim PX4 Overview pdf

Thursday June 23, 2022 4:10pm - 4:40pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

4:10pm CDT

Jobs Theater

Are you looking for a career change or a new position? Bring your resume, and mark this session on your schedule. Prominent companies from the drone industry will be presenting any open positions in their companies on stage and talking with developers. You will have the opportunity to show your resume to their engineering teams directly and discuss any options.

Thursday June 23, 2022 4:10pm - 4:40pm CDT
Lone Star C

Jobs Theater

4:45pm CDT

Closing Remarks: Ramon Roche, General Manager, Dronecode

Speakers

Ramon Roche

General Manager, Dronecode

Thursday June 23, 2022 4:45pm - 4:55pm CDT
Lone Star A

Keynote Sessions

5:00pm CDT

Sponsor Reception

Thursday June 23, 2022 5:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Lone Star Ballroom A/B/C Foyer

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

9:00pm CDT

Drone Light Show Viewing Party sponsored by The Dronecode Foundation & UVify

Join us near the Texas School for the Deaf (south of the Congress Ave. Bridge) for a 300-drone light show as we celebrate open source and drones!

The light show will be best viewed from the tops of nearby parking garages, marked here.

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:00pm - 9:30pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

9:30pm CDT

After Party Sponsored by Auterion

Celebrate the incredible drone light show with friends and peers! Thanks to Auterion for the drone light show and the after-party!

Thursday June 23, 2022 9:30pm - 11:30pm CDT
The Eleanor 307 W 5th St, Austin, TX 78701

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

8:00am CDT

Registration & Badge Pick-up

Friday June 24, 2022 8:00am - 1:00pm CDT
JW Grand Ballroom Foyer (Level 4)

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

9:00am CDT

Welcome Back & Remarks: Ramon Roche, General Manager, Dronecode

Speakers

Ramon Roche

General Manager, Dronecode

Friday June 24, 2022 9:00am - 9:15am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

9:15am CDT

Keynote Sessions: Brian Behlendorf, General Manager, OpenSSF

Speakers

Brian Behlendorf

General Manager, Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF)

Brian Behlendorf is the General Manager for the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), an initiative of the Linux Foundation, focused on securing the open source ecosystem. Brian has founded and led open source software communities and initiatives for more than 30 years, first... Read More →

Friday June 24, 2022 9:15am - 9:35am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

9:40am CDT

Keynote Session: Auterion's Role in the PX4 Community - Markus Achtelik, Vice President, Engineering, Auterion

Auterion brings the incredible work of a global open source developer community around PX4, MAVLink, and other projects and puts them into a productized form that we maintain for end users so they can focus on their business. By making open source software as easy to adopt as a commercial product, it removes barriers for the enterprise users.

The Open Ecosystem enables a symbiotic relationship between developers and the enterprise, bringing the best out of both worlds. A lot of Auterion’s work flows back into the open source community and enables those developers and technologists to make the next move: to build a rover, a VTOL or a more interesting drone configuration.

Join Markus Achtelik as he explains Auterion's role in the PX4 community and provides details on key initiatives.

Speakers

Markus Achtelik

Vice President. Engineering, Auterion

TBD

Friday June 24, 2022 9:40am - 9:55am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

10:00am CDT

Keynote Session: Michael Blades, Senior Director, Platform, DroneUp

Speakers

Michael Blades

Senior Director, Platforms, DroneUp

Mike is a retired U.S. Air Force pilot with over 21 years of active service. He has accumulated nearly 2,500 flight hours in various aircraft including the KC-135 Stratotanker, E-3 AWACS and C-21 learjet. Mikecommanded sorties supporting Operations Northern Watch, Southern Watch... Read More →

PX4 Keynote Michael Blades pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 10:00am - 10:20am CDT
Lone Star B/C

Keynote Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

10:20am CDT

Break & Networking

Friday June 24, 2022 10:20am - 10:50am CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

10:50am CDT

[VIRTUAL] UWB and Mobile Robotics - Loïc Fredric Fernau, NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH

NXP mobile robotics team is focused on open source HW concepts for PX4 and Mobile Robotics. Get an overview of how UWB can be used for Indoor Navigation, landing, localization, tracking, and interaction. See our UWB Precision Landing demonstration and learn about what UWB can do.

Speakers

Loïc Fredric Fernau

Working Student, NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH

Studying Electrical Engineering. Was involved in building an electric Racecar @e-gnition. Started at NXP working on Mobile Robotics projects. Got into UWB applications for Drones eg landing a Drone on a Mobile Platform. Currently working on a Bachelor's Thesis on UWB and Mobile R... Read More →

Friday June 24, 2022 10:50am - 11:20am CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

10:50am CDT

Open Standards and Hardware Integration Workshop - Thomas Debrunner, Auterion

Integrating new hardware components and adding board support can be a challenge. In this workshop, we will explore how using pixhawk standards accelerates hardware and software integration. We will look at the different pixhawk autopilot standard as well as the new pixhawk payload bus standard. We will also go through the basics of the PX4 driver architecture and show a hands-on demonstration on how to implement a driver for a new hardware component.

Speakers

Thomas Debrunner

Embedded Team Lead, Auterion

Open standards & hardware integration workshop pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 10:50am - 12:30pm CDT
Lone Star B

Workshops

Session Slides Attached Yes

10:50am CDT

PX4 Fundamentals Workshop - Junwoo Hwang, Dronecode Foundation & Auterion

Have you struggled with getting started in PX4 Development? Did you ever get stuck after running the example in the user doc and couldn't develop what you wanted? This workshop explains all the essential concepts and knowledge you need to get started with PX4 Autopilot Development!

In this workshop, you will learn the core concepts in PX4 like NuttX, Modules, Drivers, uORB, and Parameters. We will show you how to set up a development environment using Docker and program a small custom module, compile it, and test using SITL (Software-In-The-Loop Simulation) to verify its behavior and intuitively understand how a module works.

We will also construct a more advanced module that will require more advanced concepts like Work Queue, Scheduling, MAVLink, and more. With this process, you will gain tangible insight into constructing a proper module that does more than one task. Finally, we will demonstrate uploading the custom modules into actual Hardware.

We will also share tips and tricks that will make your PX4 development experience more pleasant, and we will stick around to answer as many questions as possible in the time we have.

Speakers

Junwoo Hwang

PX4 Development & Community Coordinator, Dronecode Foundation & Auterion

PX4 Fundamentals Workshop Junwoo pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 10:50am - 12:30pm CDT
Lone Star A

Workshops

Session Slides Attached Yes

11:25am CDT

Hardware Design with PX4 in Mind - Vatsal Joshi, The University of Texas at Arlington

This work discusses a minimal hardware design for a flight controller that can run PX4. The Microcontroller used in the example is a Raspberry Pi RP2040. This MCU is not supported by PX4. Thus, this work also discusses how to develop support for the PX4 base layer for a specific microcontroller. However, this work assumes that the microcontroller being used is already supported by Nuttx RTOS. This work also discusses common challenges that one may come across while developing the hardware.

Speakers

Vatsal Joshi

PhD Candidate, The University of Texas at Arlington

Vatsal Joshi is a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Arlington in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department. He finished his masters from UTA as well. His research interests include modern control methods, estimation theory, embedded systems and GPGPU computing using... Read More →

presentation pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 11:25am - 11:55am CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

12:00pm CDT

[VIRTUAL] RAPTOR: Rapid Aerial Pickup and Transport of Objects by Robots - Arman Raayatsanati & Erik Bauer, Soft Robotics Lab

This talk will give an overview of rapid aerial grasping tools that utilize the dynamic picking up and placing of objects by robots. Rigid grippers traditionally used in aerial manipulators require very high precision and specific object geometries for successful grasping. We propose RAPTOR, a quadcopter platform combined with a custom Fin Ray gripper that passively adapts its shape to objects, leveraging the properties of soft materials to enable a more robust grasping of objects with different geometries and allow dynamic high-speed pickup maneuvers.

Speakers

Erik Bauer

Student, Soft Robotics Lab

Erik has been a student at ETH Zurich since 2019. Studying electrical engineering and information technology, he began working on the RAPTOR project at the Soft Robotics Lab in 2021 with the goal of advancing interactive aerial robotics. His main research interest centers around vision... Read More →

Arman Raayatsanati

Student, Soft Robotics Lab

Arman has been studying electrical engineering and information technology at ETH Zurich since 2019. He joined the Soft Robotics Lab in 2021, working on the RAPTOR project. His research topics include the intersection of robotics, machine learning, computer vision, optimization, and... Read More →

RAPTOR pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 12:00pm - 12:15pm CDT
Lone Star C

Lightning Talks

Session Slides Attached Yes

12:15pm CDT

Sponsored Lightning Talk: Towards a Secure, Resilient, and Safer PX4 Autopilot System Using RISC-V Processor and SOC Security Capabilities - Tintu Jose & Govind Singh, TII

Secure Systems Research Center at TII is researching on Zero Trust Secure and Resilient Autonomous systems – where a swarm of hierarchical connected drones are managed by Secure Flight and Mission operations autonomously. In this class of system, the zero-trust edge drone platform is based on opensource PX4 and Nuttx software stack, as well as RISC-V platform. In this summit, we will describe PX4 Autopilot software ported along with enablement of SoC infra security and improvement in NuttX and PX4 stacks to enable security features. The hardware platform is currently based on COTS SOC with RISC-V application-grade CPU cores and is capable of running multiple operating systems ("NuttX, sel4, Linux") in parallel. Furthermore, the hardware platform integrates hardware-accelerated cryptography on a single SoC. TII/SSRC uses this platform to support E2E security and resilience in this class of autonomous systems.

Speakers

Tintu Jose

Executive Director, TII - Technology Innovation Institute

Tintu Jose is the Director for the Secure Autonomous Simulation and Test Facility at the Secure Systems Research Center at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center. She is responsible for setting up, maintaining and running the... Read More →

Govind Singh

Embedded IoT , Autonomous & Wireless Systems SW Architect, TII - Technology Innovation Institute

Conversant embedded professional having experience in the area of embedded software development in the area of mobile computing devices,multimedia and medical devices.I have got proficiency in Device drivers,firmware,Algorithm and application development in different Os/Non Os en... Read More →

TII PX4Summit 2022 pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 12:15pm - 12:30pm CDT
Lone Star C

Sponsored Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

12:30pm CDT

Lunch (Attendees on Own)

Friday June 24, 2022 12:30pm - 2:00pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

2:00pm CDT

Auterion's AiNode - Adding Super Computer Performance to your FMU - Markus Achtelik, Auterion

The Industry demands more and more autonomy and automation tasks from drones. Thus, more computation intensive problems have to be considered to be solved onboard, especially with high throughput data rates. AI algorithms like object recognition or tracking are increasingly used with drones by public safety, security or wildlife conservation teams. To quickly enable development in such areas, Auterion presents an additional companion computer module tailored for these demands The AI Node from Auterion adds supercomputer performance to your Skynode™, right at the edge onboard your drone. It is equipped with the NVIDIA® Jetson Xavier™ NX system on a module, the world’s smallest AI supercomputer for embedded and edge systems. With up to 21 TOPS of accelerated computing, the AI Node delivers the required resources for compute-heavy algorithms, to run modern neural networks in parallel and process data from multiple high-resolution sensors. Embedded in an enclosed unit with fast accessible extended memory, wide input voltage range and a variety of interfaces, the AI Node enables immediate development and prototyping. Apps can be efficiently optimized with the NVIDIA® libraries and easily deployed using the Auterion developer tools.

Speakers

Markus Achtelik

Vice President. Engineering, Auterion

TBD

Friday June 24, 2022 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

2:00pm CDT

PX4 on the S32K3 Automotive ASIL D Functional Safety Ready Hardware Platform - Peter van der Perk, NXP Semiconductors

In this presentation we present our CANHUB-K3 reference platform capable of running PX4 on a high safety integrity level ready MCU. We present the functional safety features that the S32K3 includes such as a lockstep core, ECC Memories, advanced watchdog (with the Safety FS26 System Basis Chip) and fault collection monitoring. The CANHUB-K3 reference platform is a versatile platform to explore different applications with S32K3 family such as High integrity FMU, Safety controller, CAN & Ethernet gateway and motor control. We want to particularly highlight what the S32K3 brings in as High Integrity FMU by showing PX4 running on the platform with a demonstration of the S32K3 safety features. Furthermore we want to introduce the concept of a safety executive where the high integrity part monitors the system and introduces fault tolerance in case of a failure of the main Flight Management Unit (FMU).

Speakers

Peter Van Der Perk

Embedded Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors

Friday June 24, 2022 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

2:00pm CDT

Sponsored BoF: Model-based Control in PX4 and High(er) Fidelity Simulation - Gabriel Bousquet, Kittyhawk

PX4 provides an incredible environment for getting in the air quickly with your new drone with minimal prep work — in part thanks to a solid PID, model-free philosophy. But have you ever wanted to extract the last bit of performance from your flying vehicle, whether in terms of pushing the boundaries of the flight envelope, agility, precision, or capability to fly unconventional vehicles? If yes, join us for an open discussion on model-based control in PX4!

Speakers

Gabriel Bousquet

Sr. Control Engineer, Kittyhawk

For over a decade, Kittyhawk has been pushing the boundaries of EVTOL (electrical vertical takeoff and landing) technology for human flight, and created a suite of industry-leading aircraft: Flyer, Cora, Heaviside.Gabriel Bousquet work lies at the interface of control engineering... Read More →

Friday June 24, 2022 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Lone Star A

Sponsored Sessions

2:35pm CDT

PX4 and the art of Custom MAVLink Messages - Hamish Willee, Auterion

MAVLink is the communications protocol that PX4 uses to communicate with QGroundControl (and other ground stations), MAVSDK, and MAVLink enabled peripherals including cameras, gimbals, OSD goggles. This presentation works through the main things you need to do in order to design a new MAVLink message, add it to PX4, and verify that it is sent and received.

Speakers

Hamish Willee

Senior Technical Writer, Auterion

Hamish Willee is PX4 Dev Team maintainer for Dronecode documentation sets, including PX4, MAVLink and QGroundControl. I'm interested in technical writing and documentation tools, and working with communities to reduce the barriers to participation. I'm based in Melbourne, Australia... Read More →

PX4 DeveSumt2022 HamishW CustomMAVLink pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 2:35pm - 3:05pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

2:35pm CDT

Real-world Commercial and Defense Use Cases of the PX4 Ecosystem and the Benefit of its Open Source Nature and Inherent Transparency. - Ryan Johnston , Applied Aeronautics

Real-world use cases utilizing the PX4 ecosystem in the commercial and defense space highlighting the rapid adaptability of the open source framework and its inherent transparency.

Speakers

Ryan Johnston

CEO, Applied Aeronautics

Ryan's professional career is as distinguished as it is diverse. He has worked in both the finance and natural resource sectors with a focus on Oil and Gas as well as Iron Ore Mining. As CEO of Applied Aeronautics, Ryan fuses his lifelong passion for aviation with his educational... Read More →

Friday June 24, 2022 2:35pm - 3:05pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

2:35pm CDT

How to Build a Web Based GCS - Dan Nix, Nixworks

Traditionally QGroundControl has been the primary ground control station (GCS) software for drone development. This is in large part due to the up front cost of developing a desktop based GCS. In recent years the performance of web browsers has increased significantly to keep up with modern consumer needs. This has been accompanied by easier methods to create websites, huge investment into open source web libraries, and many front end, back end, and full stack developers who can work with this architecure. In this session we will briefly discuss our web application architecture and REST APIs before creating front end and back end servers able to display a simple web page that can arm, takeoff, land, and disarm a drone in the Gazebo (or JMavSim) simulator.

Speakers

Dan Nix

Owner/Developer, Nixworks

Dan Nix is a full stack engineer and roboticist who got his BS in Physics and Computer Science, and MS in Robotics at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. After graduation he attempted his own robotics startup in partnership with SDSMT. Then he spent two years at the Los... Read More →

px4 conf how to build a web based gcs pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 2:35pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star C

BoF Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

3:10pm CDT

The New Dynamic Mixing System of PX4 - Beat Küng & Silvan Fuhrer, Auterion AG

Vehicles vary in actuation properties such as geometry, motors/propellers, ESC protocol and availability of aerodynamic surfaces. "Mixing" is the process of linking the generic controller to the specific actuation. PX4 is in the process of replacing the static, file-based mixing system with a parameter-based implementation accompanied with a configuration UI. The talk highlights the benefits of that for end-users, including ease-of-use, support for new types of vehicles, actuator testing, reversible motors and actuator failure to name a few. For developers, the architecture is presented, with updated uORB topics, modules, driver interface and the dynamic QGC user interface.

Speakers

Silvan Fuhrer

Flight Control Engineer, Auterion

Flight control engineer focussing on fixed-wing VTOL applications.

Beat Küng

Software Engineer, Auterion AG

Software Engineer at Auterion with a focus on PX4 system aspects.

Control Allocation Dev summit 2022 1 cut pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 3:10pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

3:10pm CDT

Sponsored BoF: Come Build a Drone With Us & Discuss Drone Hardware - Vince Poon, Holybro

Tired of all the presentations? Come and build drones with us. We will have many X500 v2 Drone kits we can build together. In the meantime, we will also have drone hardware related discussions on topics such as Drone kits, Flight Controller, RTK GPS, GPS, Telemetry Radio, ESC, etc. You can also check out our lineup of drone hardware and tell us what you like or dislike. We will also be giving away some of these drone kits at the end of the PX4 Dev Summit!

Speakers

Vince Poon

CTO, Holybro

Friday June 24, 2022 3:10pm - 3:40pm CDT
Lone Star B

Sponsored Sessions

3:40pm CDT

Break & Networking

Friday June 24, 2022 3:40pm - 4:10pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

4:10pm CDT

Mapping in the Mountains with Fixed Wing Autonomy - Jaeyoung Lim, ETH Zurich

Capable of covering large areas and flying long distances, fixed wing/VTOL type vehicles have become a crucial tool for mapping and remote sensing applications. However, due the constrained maneuverability, operating such vehicle types safely in confined or steep terrain can be challenging, often requiring careful planning prior to the mission. Moreover, mapping results can be compromised due to the environmental effects such as wind or nonuniform ground sampling distances due to complex terrain geometry. In this talk, we look into the challenges of operating fixed wing vehicles in challenging terrain, specifically focusing on the use case of mapping avalanches in mountainous environments. The challenges can be broken down into safely navigating the terrain, efficiently mapping the environment and dealing with failures. We argue that these challenges can effectively dealt with advanced autonomy, with ongoing work in the [Avalmapper Project](https://avalmapper.ethz.ch/), an ongoing research project at ETH Zurich, and discuss further what is needed to enable such use cases in the PX4 ecosystem.

Speakers

Jaeyoung Lim

PhD Candidate, ETH Zurich

Jaeyoung Lim is currently a PhD student in the Autonomous Systems Laboratory, at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He is working on solving information gathering problems with fir long endurance unmanned aerial systems. He is currently part of the Avalmapper project, which aims to autonomously... Read More →

2022PX4DevSummit pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 4:10pm - 4:40pm CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

4:10pm CDT

Moving Towards ROS 2 on Safety Critical Systems - Tully Foote, Open Robotics

ROS has been used onboard drones with PX4 for many years. However it has generally been used outside of the safety critical subsystems. As drones get more complex with more advanced capabilities being integrated into the safety critical systems the value of leveraging ROS inside those systems is increasing. To better support this use case there are several current, ongoing, and future efforts to enable ROS. This talk will cover those efforts and how they relate to the PX4 community.

Speakers

Tully Foote

ROS Platform Manager, Open Robotics

Tully worked on autonomous cars for the DARPA Grand Challenges through undergraduate and graduate school, reaching the finals of all three events. Following that he worked on ROS at Willow Garage and later Open Robotics in many different roles. He has worked on a large variety of... Read More →

ROS 2 For Safety Critical Systems pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 4:10pm - 4:40pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

4:45pm CDT

Distributed Smart Battery Management System for Redundant PowerSupply - Peter van der Perk, NXP Semiconductors

A Smart Battery Management System (BMS) provides features such as state of health and state of charge and communicates those to your Flight Controller and ground station. But what if the battery fails, it might catch fire and is a single point of failure therefore your vehicle can become uncontrollable. In this lighting talk we present the concept of a distributed BMS solution where multiple BMS's communicates with each-other to simplify setting up a redundant power supply, but also provides features to safely turn off a single battery when it's sensors show there's a problem i.e. cell failure, overtemperature or more.

Speakers

Peter Van Der Perk

Embedded Software Engineer, NXP Semiconductors

Friday June 24, 2022 4:45pm - 5:00pm CDT
Lone Star B

Lightning Talks

4:45pm CDT

How Not to Bankrupt your PX4 Project - Andrew Wilkins, Ascend Engineering

What does a successful PX4 project look like, and what do the companies look like that own these projects. Andrew Wilkins is an engineer (and CEO) at Ascend Engineering, a drone software engineering consulting firm. Over his tenure at Ascend Engineering, Andrew and his team have consulted for a wide range of companies that are integrating drones into delivery, security, infrastructure, military, etc... Over time, it has become apparent what works for these projects, and what doesn't. What decisions have been made that has allowed them to make quick progress, and what decisions have been costly mistakes. This talk will cover what successful projects do (which OS they choose, how they tune their drone, how they treat their engineers), and what failed projects do (will have to attend talk to hear these) all from an engineering perspective. Take 30 minutes to jump start your next PX4 based project!

Speakers

Andrew Wilkins

CEO, Ascend Engineering

How NOT to Bankrupt your PX4 Project pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 4:45pm - 5:15pm CDT
Lone Star C

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

4:45pm CDT

[VIRTUAL] From Datacenter to Drone - Erik Kokalj, Luxonis

The transition of AI from requiring huge compute to being embeddable into a small, lightweight, low-power device - coupled with real-time spatial sensing and computer vision - enables untold potential in autonomy and micro-autonomy. DepthAI is the first open source solution in the world targeted at enabling engineers to harness this power of embedded, performant, spatial AI and CV without the years and millions previously required. Come learn about the DepthAI ecosystem of open-source hardware, firmware, software, AI training, and simulation frameworks - which enable you to embed this super power in hours, not years.

Speakers

Erik Kokalj

Director of Applications Engineering, Luxonis

I am a software engineer with an electrical engineering backgroundOpen-source enthusiast from SloveniaMy programming language of choice is C#, followed closely by Python and JS

Friday June 24, 2022 4:45pm - 5:15pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

5:00pm CDT

The Issue Sharing at The Client Fields and Proposal of The Super Easy UI for Indoor Flight - Ryosuke Matsushima, Aerosense lnc.

Remember. How scared you were when you flew your drone for the first time in your life. When adapting a drone to work in an environment with many obstacles such as building inspection, it is necessary to coddle with technology users in order to use it with peace of mind. Here are some ideas that were born with the hope that anyone can easily drone in an environment with many obstacles. Would you like to develop an operator-friendly UI together as an open source project?

Speakers

Ryosuke Matsushima

Softwear Engineer, Aerosense Inc.

Ryosuke Matsushima is a UAV softwear engineer at Aerosense lnc since 2021. Ryosuke Matsushima received his Undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering from the Nihon University. He focused on the research about control engineering especially nonlinear dynamics. His published papers include... Read More →

The Issue Sharing at The Client Fields and Proposal of The Super Easy UI for Indoor Flight pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 5:00pm - 5:15pm CDT
Lone Star B

Lightning Talks

Session Slides Attached Yes

5:20pm CDT

Insights into Manufacturing, Maintaining, and Deploying Drone Light Shows - Tony Samaritano, Verge Aero

In this session, we will outline the various lessons learned, best practices, and challenges involved with manufacturing, maintaining, and deploying large scale fleets of quadrotors specifically designed for drone light shows. As operators of large fleets of drones, our main objective is to guarantee the safety of the general public, as well as our fleet operators, while providing high entertainment value. The PX4 community, in addition to the broader commercial drone industry, can learn from the many complexities involved in working with large homogenous fleets of small aircrafts. We hope to present the challenges and opportunities we have identified, to share how we have overcome many of these challenges, and to discuss the paths the PX4 community and industry can take to collaborate for solutions.

Speakers

Tony Samaritano

Co-Founder, Verge Aero

Tony Samaritano is an electrical and computer engineer and co-founder of Verge Aero. Tony completed his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rowan University in 2012 and 2018, respectively. Interested in aerospace and robotics from a very young age, Tony sought... Read More →

Friday June 24, 2022 5:20pm - 5:50pm CDT
Lone Star A

Breakout Sessions

5:20pm CDT

Simulate and Deploy UAV Applications with Hardware-in-the-Loop Workflows - Mihir Acharya & Ronal George, MathWorks

Drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are safety critical systems where simulation and testing are essential for verifying control performance before conducting test flights. With the addition of expensive sensors and autonomous flight capabilities to the drones, simulation have become an important part of the aerial system design workflow. Integrating autopilots and onboard computers with simulations of plant models in various scenarios allow for early verification and validation of aerial system behavior and performance, which also reduces risk in latter flight-testing phases. This session will introduce workflows with MATLAB and Simulink to design flight controllers and autonomous algorithms and verify them in software-in-the-loop (SITL) to hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) simulations using PX4 autopilots and onboard computers, incorporating UAV plant dynamics, sensor models, and visualization using 3D simulators. The workflow will explain how SITL and HITL simulation cab be utilized to evaluate UAV characteristics along with autonomous algorithm performance prior to flight testing.

Speakers

Ronal George

Robotics Application Engineer, MathWorks

Ronal George is an application engineer for robotics and autonomous systems at MathWorks. Prior to joining MathWorks in April 2019, Ronal worked as an inside sales engineer at SPX Transformer Solutions and as an electrical design engineer at WindLabs. Ronal has a master’s degree... Read More →

Mihir Acharya

Product Manager, MathWorks

Mihir Acharya supports robotics and autonomous systems applications at MathWorks, focusing on UAVs and autonomous navigation solutions. Prior to MathWorks, Mihir worked at ABB Corporate Research where he designed robot end effectors for pick-and-place. Mihir also worked with Omron... Read More →

PX42022 Simulate and Deploy UAV Applications with SIL and HIL pdf

Friday June 24, 2022 5:20pm - 5:50pm CDT
Lone Star B

Breakout Sessions

Session Slides Attached Yes

5:55pm CDT

Closing Remarks: Ramon Roche, General Manager, Dronecode

Speakers

Ramon Roche

General Manager, Dronecode

Friday June 24, 2022 5:55pm - 6:05pm CDT
Lone Star A

Keynote Sessions

7:00pm CDT

PX4 Developer Summit After Party, Hosted by Guinn Partners

Join us at the PX4 Developer Summit After Party, Hosted by Guinn Partners at
Capital Factory
701 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78701

Friday June 24, 2022 7:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Capital Factory

Breaks / Networking / Special Events

10:00am CDT

OPTIONAL: Center for Autonomous Robotics Tour (Transportation provided from JW Marriott) - Click to sign up

Sign up for the tour and transportation - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfMrWlPL7nlA87WvC1aihZh_Qs_vNxmtvyU_Dntlt657AkXDQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Saturday June 25, 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT

Breaks / Networking / Special Events