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PX4 Developer Summit 2023

October 20-21, 2023 | New Orleans, Louisiana
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9:20am CDT

Keynote Session: An Open Standard for UTM Integration: Enabling Safe, Standards-compliant BVLOS and Other Advanced Drone Operations - Hrishikesh Ballal, Co-Founder and Lead Developer, Openskies Aerial Technolog... Celestin ABCHrishikesh Ballal

9:45am CDT

Keynote Session: Where is OpenCV 5? - Satya Mallick, CEO, OpenCV.org Celestin ABCSatya Mallick

10:05am CDT

Keynote Session: Accelerate Computer Vision Assisted Flight on the PX4 Development Drone Powered by VOXL 2 - Chad Sweet, CEO and Co-founder, ModalAI, Inc. Celestin ABCChad Sweet

10:15am CDT

Keynote Session: ROS 2: From the Iron Age to the Jazzy Age - Chris Lalancette, ROS 2 Technical Lead, Intrinsic Celestin ABCChris Lalancette

11:00am CDT

Attachable Vision Based Piloting for PX4 Vehicles - Kerry Snyder, KEF Robotics Celestin AKerry Snyder PX4 on the NXP IMXRT1176 1 Ghz MCU - Peter van der Perk, NXP Semiconductors Celestin CPeter Van Der Perk

11:35am CDT

MAVLink on Modern Network Topologies - Thomas Debrunner, Auterion Celestin CThomas Debrunner Understanding UAV Communication: Exploring Protocols, Innovations, and Best Practices - Kalyan Sriram, University of Wisconsin - Madison & Vincent Wang, Purdue University Celestin AKalyan Sriram • Vincent Wang

12:10pm CDT

An L-Band EMI Analysis of a UAV System Sustained by a PX4 Autopilot - Dobrea Dan-Marius, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iași Celestin BDobrea Dan-Marius Demystifying Drone Development: A Journey from Classroom to Cloud - Maria Ashby, Kubeshop & Michael Hogan, USC Senior Design Project Advisor Celestin CMaria Ashby • Michael Hogan

2:10pm CDT

AI Using XRCE-DDS and PX4 - Farhang Naderi, University of Rhode Island Celestin AFarhang Naderi Integrating I2C/SPI C++ Sensor Driver for PX4 - Gary Leung Celestin CGary Leung

2:30pm CDT

An Alternative uORB Implementation for Improved Compatibility and Security by TII/SSRC - Jukka Laitinen, Technology Innovation Institute Celestin BJukka Laitinen Use of Drones in Latin America with SAP And IA Challenges to Implement - Jorge Royon, DL Consultores Celestin AJorge Royon

3:05pm CDT

A Stochastic Compound Failure Model for Testing Resilience of Autonomous Fixed-Wing Aircraft: Formulation and Simulation - Thelonious Cooper & Sai Ravela, Earth Signals and Systems Group Celestin AThelonious Abraham Cooper • Sai Ravela Finding your Bearings: How to Choose the Right Heading Source for your Next PX4 Platform - Mathieu Bresciani, Auterion Celestin CMathieu Bresciani How To Fly a Figure 8 Using ROS2 on the New Starling PX4 Autonomy Dev Kit - James Strawson, ModalAI, Inc. Celestin BJames Strawson

4:05pm CDT

Concept and Design of Intelligent Swarm for Distributed Mission - Wilfried Yves Hamilton Adoni, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf - Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology & Center for Advanced Systems... Celestin CWilfried Yves Hamilton Adoni Hack Our Drone Workshop - Ronald Broberg & Rudy Mendoza, Dark Wolf Solutions Celestin ARudy Mendoza • Ronald Broberg

10:30am CDT

Keynote Session: PX4's Pulse: Powering the Next Wave of Aerial Evolution - Robert Cheek, Chief Operating Officer, UVify Celestin ABCRobert Cheek

11:00am CDT

Keynote Session: Holybro: PX4 Source-Powered Avionics and Development Kits - Vince Poon, CTO, Holybro Celestin ABCVince Poon

11:55am CDT

Exploring the Integration of Open-Source UTM Service Provider (USSP) with QGCS: Unveiling Recent Trends and Overcoming Integration Challenges in the UAS-UTM Ecosystem - Govind Singh, TII ( Technology Innovation... Celestin AGovind Singh PX4 Simulator: Unlocking Drone Development and Testing Capabilities - Godfrey Nolan, RIIS LLC Celestin CGodfrey Nolan

12:30pm CDT

Enabling PX4 to Run on a Qualcomm QRB5165 SoC - Eric Katzfey, ModalAI, Inc. Celestin BEric Katzfey Return to Launch, From Stratosphere - Junwoo Hwang, R2Home Celestin AJunwoo Hwang Zenoh on PX4 for Multicast Distributed Networking Between PX4 and ROS2 Nodes - Peter van der Perk, NXP Semiconductors Celestin CPeter Van Der Perk

2:30pm CDT

How Cloudline was Built on Top of Open-source Projects - Henry Kotze, Cloudline Celestin CHenry Kotze Object Tracking and Following with a Drone Using Pixhawk and ROS2 with XRCE-DDS - Farhang Naderi, University of Rhode Island Celestin BFarhang Naderi

2:50pm CDT

Machine Learning Attitude Control Using Next Generation Reservoir Computing - Daniel Gauthier & Nicholas Biederman, Rescon Technologies Celestin ADaniel Gauthier • Nicholas Biederman Open Source Nano-UAVs - Design, Applications, and Potential - Fernando Cladera Ojeda, University of Pennsylvania - Devster Celestin BFernando Cladera Powered by PX4: Learned UAV Gust Rejection with Fast, Hot-Wire Flow Sensors - Nathaniel Simon, Princeton University Celestin CNathaniel Simon

3:25pm CDT

BlueOS: A Modular, Robust, and Efficient Platform for Managing a Vehicle From its Onboard Computer - Patrick José Pereira, Blue Robotics Celestin BPatrick José Pereira Removing the Pilot with AI - Vision Based Safe Precision Landing - Benjamin Lewandowski & Sukumar Karthigeyan, Spleenlab.ai Celestin CBenjamin Lewandowski • Sukumar Karthigeyan Taking off with PX4: A User-focused Tutorial for Bringing Up Flying Vehicles - Matthias Grob & Silvan Fuhrer, Auterion Celestin AMatthias Grob • Silvan Fuhrer

4:15pm CDT

Debugging PX4 - Niklas Hauser, Auterion AG Celestin ANiklas Hauser Providing UTM/U-space Service Access to QGCS Users and Enabling Safe Operations - Thorsten Lang, HHLA Sky Celestin BThorsten Lang