# ROS Aerial Robotics Community Interest Group


## Meeting Notes - June 19th, 2025

Forum Post: https://discourse.ros.org/t/aerial-robotics-meeting-june-19th-2025/44181

**Hosts**
* Kimberly McGuire
* Ramón Roche

**Attendees**
* Erin Linebarger
* Yassine cherni
* Kevin Medrano
* Pierre Kancir
* Leonardo Rossetti
* Sai Aravind
* Mayank Joneja
* Abdalrahman Essam
* Sujoy K Biswas
* _27 people at max_

## Agenda

* Announcements
* 2 Ardupilot ROS GSoC Presentations
* Discussion (if time)
* Announcement next meeting

### Announcements

* Kilted Kaiju is Released
* ROSCON deadlines
* ROSCon FR + DE deadline on July 18
* ROS 1 end of life (EOL) 31th of May
* New Simulator: Isaac Drone Racer
* https://github.com/kousheekc/isaac_drone_racer
* Isaac Sim is now Open Source ➡️ [github link](https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacSim)
* Planned changes on ROS discourse
* Aerial will be moved to [community groups](https://discourse.ros.org/c/community-groups/89)
* PX4 + ROS2 Workshop Accepted at ROSCon 2024!
* Current and upcoming events
* 8 July - [Zephyr + Dronecode Meetup MEXICO!](https://dronecode.org/dronecode-zephyr-meetup-guadalajara-mexico/)
* CFP open + Free Registration
* 28 Jul - [IEEE SMC-T/SCC 2025](https://2025.smcit-scc.space)
* 25-27 Aug - Open Source Summit Europe (Amsterdam)
* 5-7 Sep - Ardupilot Conference ([Online only](https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/ardupilot-developer-conference-2025-september-5th-7th-in-yorkshire-uk/128501)):
* 15-17 Sep - ROSCon UK (Edinburgh)
* 27-29 Oct - ROSCon (Singapore)
* 31 Oct - [SGL + Dronecode Meetup KOREA!](https://elisa.tech/event/elisa-project-dronecode-foundation-meetup/)
* CFP open + Free Registration
* More aerial related events on the [aerial robotics landscape](https://ros-aerial.github.io/aerial_robotic_landscape/events/)

### Support question help?

* Robotics Stack Exchange: UAV Graph-Based Exploration Planner for ROS 2 Humble 👉 [link](https://robotics.stackexchange.com/questions/116744/uav-graph-based-exploration-planner-for-ros-2-humble)
* Multicopter velocity tuning help: OSRF discord 👉 [link](https://discord.com/channels/1077825543698927656/1377221967790211175)

### Presentation

#### Object Tracking and Follow ME in ArduPilot based Quadcopters

by [Asif Khan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/asif-khan14/?originalSubdomain=in)

**Resources**:
* [ArduPilot Discourse Blog](https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/gsoc-2024-wrapping-up-visual-follow-me/123232)
* [GazeboSim test video](https://youtu.be/nAJtsQlVhWg)
* [Hardware test video shared on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/asif-khan14_ardupilot-opensource-gazebosim-activity-7330484616379695104-okKn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACv_lFwB6YiI5oZd-_lAsn2opDrTe7slpUE)

#### Transformer-based visual positioning and optimisation framework for GPS-denied high-altitude navigation using ROS2

by [Sanket Sharma](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanket-sharma-2002/)

**Resources**:
* [Ardupilot Discourse Blog](https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/transformer-optimization-based-high-altitude-gps-denied-fusion/134181)
* [Slides, Tests & Results](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b56R-2z3ugznOFh0eGdAsLse-CPwvn1SP6duzull80o/edit?usp=sharing)

### Discussion

* No time :smiling_face_with_tear:

**Add your name on top of the notes!**

### Next meeting

We will have a summer break! Next meeting will be in September (18th)!

Add the [ROS community event calendar ](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=c_[e-mail]&ctz=UTC)to your calendar to see our planned meetings.
We also post an announcement [Aerial Vehicles category](https://discourse.ros.org/c/aerial-vehicles/14) on ROS discourse with the [wg-aerial-robotics tag](https://discourse.ros.org/tag/wg-aerial-robotics) about one week before the meeting starts.

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### Want to nominate someone/yourself for a presentation?

Send us a message on the #aerial-robotics channel channel (link below) we are always looking for cool open source projects to spotlight.

**👉 Reach out to Kim / Ramón.**

### Handy Links
* [ROS Discourse wg-aerial](https://discourse.ros.org/tag/wg-aerial-robotics)
* [ROS Aerial Community Github](https://github.com/ROS-Aerial)
* [#aerial-robotics Discord Channel (Open Robotics Server)](https://discord.gg/open-robotics-1077825543698927656)
* [Aerial Robotic Landscape](https://ros-aerial.github.io/aerial_robotic_landscape/)