Lorenz Meier
Chief Executive Officer at PX4
Virginia, United States
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Top expert inAutonomous Robotics and Computer Vision Development
Lorenz Meier is CEO and co‑founder of Auterion and the founder of PX4, bringing 15 years of leadership in open-source robotics from his base in Virginia. He is the creator and long‑term maintainer of Pixhawk, PX4, MAVLink and QGroundControl—projects that became the industry standard under the Linux Foundation Dronecode and are used by companies such as ARM and Intel. Equally at home in board‑level firmware and high‑level systems, his hands‑on contributions span bootloaders, GPS drivers, simulators, autopilot firmware and ground‑control software, including protocol extensions like image/file transfer in MAVLink. He holds advanced degrees in visual computing from ETH Zürich and pairs rigorous academic research with product and community building. As a CEO he uniquely bridges the developer community and enterprise/government customers to turn open‑source robotics into deployable autonomous systems.
15 years of coding experience
ETH ZürichBachelor of Science (BSc), Information Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Information Engineering at Universität Konstanz
Github Skills (70)
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embedded10
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mavlink10
simulations10
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Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
mavlink/c_uart_interface_example
Aug 2012 - May 2018
Simple MAVLink to UART interface example for *nix systems
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 5 pushes in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Lorenz contributed to a bare-metal UART to MAVLink bridge example. They updated the MAVLink version, reflecting their familiarity with the MAVLink protocol and potential for working with flight control systems. The user adjusted code to use the new highres sensor message, which indicates a focus on sensor data integration and the ability to adapt to MAVLink protocol changes. The user also added an example of sending commands, showcasing an understanding of command handling within the system.
uartmavlink
mavlink/mavlink
Apr 2010 - Mar 2021
Marshalling / communication library for drones.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & API Integrator
Back-end Developer & API IntegratorContributions:22 reviews, 633 commits, 322 PRs in 11 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Lorenz contributed to the MAVLink communication library for drones, making enhancements to message definitions and API functionality. Their work involved extending MAVLink message specifications by adding support for image-related messages and updating waypoint messages. They also made several fixes, like those for protocol errors, and fixed compile warnings. The user also implemented a file transfer capability to support image-related messages.
communication-librarydronescommunicationmarshalling
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