“ArduPilot Developers Conference”Japan’s first international conference for drone engineers will be held in Kaga from October 25th to 27th.

~Japan’s first international conference to present and discuss drone autonomous control technology where top drone open source (ardupilot) engineers from 20 countries around the world gather in Kaga City~

Drone Japan Co., Ltd. (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President, COO: Kiichiro Katsumata) has been running the “Drone Engineer Training School”, a human resource development project for domestic drone open source (ardupilot) engineers, for eight years since May 2016, with Randy Mackay (representative lead engineer of *ardupilot.org).
ardupilot.org and Drone Japan (organizer) will hold the “ArduPilot Developers Conference,” an international conference that brings together ardupilot engineers who are contributing to the creation of drone technology in various countries, from October 25th to 27th. The event will be held in Kaga City (co-sponsor and mayor: Riku Miyamoto).
*Drone engineer training school (https://www.drone-j.com/project/engineer_training/)
*ardupilot.org（https://ardupilot.org/）

  1. What is “ArduPilot Developers Conference”?
    This is arduPilot.org’s most important event of the year, providing an opportunity to present the latest drone autonomous control technology and exchange opinions.
    In 2024, we will hold the first international conference for drone engineers in Japan, where about 100 engineers and partners from 20 countries will gather in Japan, in co-host Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture.
  2. overview

    Sponsored by: ardupilot.org & Drone Japan
    Location (co-sponsor): Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture
    (Related URL:https://www.city.kaga.ishikawa.jp/soshiki/innovation/chiikidigital/puresu/index.html)

    Supporting Sponsor Partners: (in ABC order)

    Event date: October 25th (Friday) to 27th (Sunday), 2024
    Participants: Approximately 100 ArduPilot engineers and partners from 20 countries around the world

  3. Meeting content

    A conference to present the technology of the drone control program developed by the participating engineers and the drone equipped with it, as well as a presentation of its demonstration navigation and driving.
    The following topics are planned as the main technical areas.
    Further details of the presentation and demonstration will be announced separately at a later date.

    • Self-location estimation
    • Obstacle collision avoidance
    • Autonomous control in non-GPS (indoor) environments
    • Stable navigation for land and water navigation
    • Aircraft security measures
    • Redundancy measures


Drone Japan Co., Ltd.
President, COO: Kiichiro Katsumata

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