Top Software Engineers in

Autonomous Robotics and Computer Vision Development

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Autonomous robotics and computer vision development focuses on creating technologies for self-operating machines that can perceive and interpret their surroundings using visual data. This field utilizes advanced algorithms and machine learning to enable applications such as self-driving cars, drone navigation, and robotic vision, relying heavily on image processing, 3D modeling, and simulation technologies.

Ranks are based on the open source contributions and reassessed every 30 days

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1

Alexander Alekhin
Software Engineer at Yadro
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Russian Federation
Rock Star
15 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 8086 commits in 9 years 7 months
opencv/opencv_contrib
Opencv_contrib: 1215 commits in 8 years 8 months
opencv/opencv_extra
Opencv_extra: 514 commits in 9 years 3 months
Top skills
Score
opencv
10
deep-learning
10
c-plus-plus
10

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2

Andrew Tridgell
Systems Lead at ArduPilot
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Australia
Rock Star
13 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
tridge/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 16359 commits in 10 years 2 months
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 15188 commits in 11 years 6 months
ceph/samba
Samba: 11127 commits in 16 years 8 months
Top skills
Score
autopilot
10
ros
10
plane
10

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3

Peter Barker
Employed at e0
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Australia
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 8695 commits in 7 years 8 months
Silvanosky/ardupilot_test
Ardupilot_test: 676 commits in 1 year 6 months
xianglunkai/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 660 commits in 3 years 10 months
Top skills
Score
mavlink
10
autopilot
10
ros
10

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4

Vadim Pisarevsky
Computer Vision Expert at Huawei, OpenCV tech leader
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China
Rock Star
24 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 2212 commits in 9 years 9 months
vpisarev/ficus
Ficus: 561 commits in 3 years 7 months
opencv/opencv_contrib
Opencv_contrib: 351 commits in 6 years 8 months
Top skills
Score
opencv
10
deep-learning
10
image-processing
10

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5

Lorenz Meier
CEO Auterion - Creator of Pixhawk and Founder of PX4 - MIT'35 at Auterion
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Switzerland
Rock Star
16 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot: 9194 commits in 9 years 2 months
mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Qgroundcontrol: 1522 commits in 8 years 9 months
Trof/qgroundcontrol
Qgroundcontrol: 673 commits in 1 year 10 months
Top skills
Score
px4
10
drones
10
ros
10

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6

Randy Mackay
ArduPilot UAV software developer at Japan Drones
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Japan
Rock Star
29 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 6389 commits in 11 years 6 months
rmackay9/rmackay9-ardupilot
Rmackay9-ardupilot: 4525 commits in 9 years 11 months
davidbuzz/ardupilot-mega-buzz
Ardupilot-mega-buzz: 4109 commits in 4 years
Top skills
Score
ros
10
mavlink
10
plane
10

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7

Daniel Agar
Software Developer at Freelance
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United States
Rock Star
17 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot: 5524 commits in 8 years 2 months
jn89b/afrl_px4
Afrl_px4: 3176 commits in 5 years 9 months
bluecat1997/Firmware
Firmware: 2418 commits in 3 years 4 months
Top skills
Score
px4
10
drones
10
ros
10

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8

Ilya Lavrenov
AI Frameworks Architect at Intel Corporation
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Russian Federation
Rock Star
12 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 935 commits in 9 years 2 months
openvinotoolkit/openvino
Openvino: 724 commits in 2 years 8 months
openvinotoolkit/openvino_contrib
Openvino_contrib: 97 commits in 2 years 2 months
Top skills
Score
computer-vision
10
deep-learning
10
opencv
9

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9

Maksim Shabunin
Employed at Itseez, Inc.
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Russian Federation
Rock Star
10 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 879 commits in 8 years 6 months
opencv/opencv_contrib
Opencv_contrib: 149 commits in 8 years 3 months
cbachhuber/opencv-wiki
Opencv-wiki: 113 commits in 4 years 1 months
Top skills
Score
opencv
10
deep-learning
10
image-processing
10

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10

Alexander Smorkalov
Principal Engineer – Xperience AI at Xperience Ai
/
Cyprus
Rock Star
14 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 834 commits in 10 years 7 months
GreenWaves-Technologies/FaceReID
FaceReID: 116 commits in 11 months
asmorkalov/opencv
Opencv: 81 commits in 10 years 5 months
Top skills
Score
opencv
10
deep-learning
10
image-processing
10

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11

Beat Küng
Senior Software Engineer at Auterion
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Switzerland
Rock Star
14 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot: 2685 commits in 6 years 10 months
jn89b/afrl_px4
Afrl_px4: 1267 commits in 5 years 8 months
bluecat1997/Firmware
Firmware: 1258 commits in 3 years 5 months
Top skills
Score
px4
10
drones
10
ros
10

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12

Liangliang Zhang
Autonomous Driving at Zelos
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United States
Rock Star
11 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ApolloAuto/apollo
Apollo: 4264 commits in 1 year 7 months
HuangCongQing/apollo_note
Apollo_note: 1021 commits in 1 year
lgsvl/apollo-3.0
Apollo-3.0: 619 commits in 10 months
Top skills
Score
autonomous-driving
10
autonomy
10
self-driving-car
10

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13

Julian Oes
Drone Software Consultant at Self Employed
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New Zealand
Rock Star
13 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
mavlink/MAVSDK
MAVSDK: 3359 commits in 6 years 5 months
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot: 2188 commits in 10 years 2 months
jn89b/afrl_px4
Afrl_px4: 758 commits in 5 years 8 months
Top skills
Score
mavlink
10
px4
8
drones
8

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14

Peter Hall
/
United Kingdom
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
IamPete1/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 2403 commits in 4 years 10 months
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 1534 commits in 4 years 10 months
xianglunkai/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 285 commits in 1 year 11 months
Top skills
Score
ros
10
mavlink
10
plane
10

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15

Dmitry Kurtaev
Software Engineer at Yadro
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Russian Federation
Rock Star
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
opencv/opencv
Opencv: 379 commits in 5 years 7 months
opencv/opencv_extra
Opencv_extra: 132 commits in 3 years 2 months
dkurt/open_model_zoo
Open_model_zoo: 124 commits in 3 years 3 months
Top skills
Score
deep-learning
10
opencv
10
image-processing
10

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16

Lucas De Marchi
Graphics Software Engineer at Intel Corporation
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United States
Rock Star
11 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
lucasdemarchi/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 1567 commits in 7 years 7 months
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 1328 commits in 7 years 5 months
git-pile/git-pile
Git-pile: 536 commits in 4 years 10 months
Top skills
Score
mavlink
10
ros
10
robotics
10

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17

Xiangquan Xiao
exGoogle, exBaidu, exXpeng at Xpeng Inc.
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United States
Rock Star
10 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ApolloAuto/apollo
Apollo: 2983 commits in 3 years 4 months
HuangCongQing/apollo_note
Apollo_note: 512 commits in 11 months
lgsvl/apollo-3.0
Apollo-3.0: 332 commits in 10 months
Top skills
Score
autonomous-driving
10
autonomy
10
self-driving-car
10

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18

Andy Piper
Vice President Of Engineering at Diffblue
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United Kingdom
Rock Star
30 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
ArduPilot/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 1241 commits in 7 years 7 months
andyp1per/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 1080 commits in 3 years 9 months
xianglunkai/ardupilot
Ardupilot: 138 commits in 11 months
Top skills
Score
mavlink
10
autopilot
10
plane
10

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Thomas Gubler
Software for Robots @ Hexagon | Passionate about Entrepreneurship, Drones, Robotics, and Engineering Management at Hexagon
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Switzerland
Rock Star
12 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
PX4-Autopilot: 1523 commits in 6 years 10 months
mavlink/qgroundcontrol
Qgroundcontrol: 172 commits in 6 years 2 months
ethz-asl/rotors_simulator
Rotors_simulator: 74 commits in 2 months
Top skills
Score
mavlink
10
drones
10
ros
10

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20

Radu Rusu
Employed at OPEN PERCEPTION INC
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United States
Rock Star
18 years of coding experience
TOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROJECTS
PointCloudLibrary/pcl
Pcl: 3616 commits in 9 years 4 months
playerproject/player
Player: 62 commits in 2 years 6 months
PointCloudLibrary/blog
Blog: 33 commits in 7 months
Top skills
Score
pcl
10
point-cloud
10
computer-vision
10

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