Atlanta delivered! The community delivered! And this summit showed once again that open-source robotics is advancing faster than anyone expects, driven by developers who show up ready to build!
This year, we brought nearly 200 developers, researchers, integrators, and industry partners together at the Omni Hotel in Centennial Park. Before the main program even opened, maintainers met to align roadmaps, identify pain points, and set priorities for the next cycle. Coordination was the core theme this year, and the outcome already shows in early planning for upcoming releases.
Then came two days packed with PX4 architecture talks, autonomy research, ROS 2 integration, GNSS and navigation tech, hardware platforms, middleware work, developer tools, and a pile of sessions that would have been impossible to fit into a multi track event. The single track format kept the entire community focused in the same room, which made discussions sharper and more collaborative. Partners brought serious work to Atlanta too. From computer vision to advanced autonomy to flight ready payload integrations, these demos made it clear that PX4 is not a hobbyist playground. It is a production grade stack for companies shipping robots today.
Below is a recap, plus photos, videos, and the traditional post-event highlight reel.
Watch the Talks
All talks are now available on the event schedule. We’re publishing recordings gradually to boost visibility on the PX4 YouTube channel, but you can access everything through the link below.
Photo Album
Browse the full gallery to see Atlanta in action, from hallway debates to live demos to the moments between sessions.
What You Missed
Here is the yearly video tradition. Short, sharp, and good enough to make anyone who skipped Atlanta reconsider their life choices.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
This event exists because sponsors believe in the value of open source robotics and are willing to back that belief with actual support. A sincere thank you to every company that helped us bring the summit to Atlanta.
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Ascend Engineering, CUAV, Firestorm, FlyingBasket, Holybro, ModalAI, RIIS, Roboto.AI, UVIFY
Your presence helped fund the venue, the AV team, the recording crew, the badges, the signage, and everything else that keeps the summit looking polished instead of improvised.
Media Partners
Thanks to our media partners for amplifying the message, covering the event, and helping new developers discover the PX4 ecosystem.
Autonomy Global, Commercial UAV News, Weekly Robotics
The Linux Foundation Events Team
A major shoutout to the LF Events crew. They handled registration, logistics, AV, speaker coordination, and a hundred quiet details that no one sees but everyone benefits from. They were flawless. If this event felt smooth, it is because they executed perfectly.
See You in 2026
If you missed Atlanta, don’t worry, 2026 gives you two chances to make it right. Next year the PX4 community joins the Open Source Summit events in North America in May and Europe in October. Bigger stage, bigger crowd, and a perfect excuse to block your calendar early. We’re bringing our developer focused energy to the wider Linux world, and it’s going to be a good time to show up, learn, share, and brag a little about what you’re building.
If you were in Atlanta, thank you for being part of it.
If you missed it, see you next time.
