The Los Angeles community showed up. Hosted with our friends at NEROS in El Segundo, this joint Dronecode and ROS meetup brought together contributors working across autonomy, robotics, and aerospace. Over the course of the evening, we shared lightning talks, ran live flight demos inside a secure test cage, and met new collaborators from across Southern California.
Lightning Talks
Short and focused. Each talk ran about 15 minutes and aimed to share something concrete the audience could take home.
ROS Updates (Kat Scott, Developer Advocate for ROS)
A fast tour of what landed recently in ROS 2 and what is coming next. Kat also pointed folks to the right working groups, weekly ROS News, and where to start contributing.
Dronecode Updates (Ramón Roche, Linux Foundation)
A snapshot of what is new across the Dronecode stack and how to get involved. Highlights included recent PX4 releases, improvements in simulation and docs, and a reminder to submit talks for the PX4 Developer Summit in Atlanta this November.
Introducing Bagel: The Open Source AI Robotics Toolchain (Arun Venkatadri and Shouheng Yi)
Bagel lets you ask questions of your robot logs instead of writing one-off scripts. It already works with ROS 2 bags, ROS 1 bags, and PX4 ULogs, and can surface events like hard landings from IMU data. The team ran live queries and shared how to try it.
NEROS Technologies (Olaf Hichwa, CTO)
An inside look at NEROS and how they build, test, and iterate on autonomous systems in El Segundo. Olaf walked through the on-site test cage setup and invited attendees to connect about open roles.
Live Flight Demos
We wrapped talks with hands‑on demos in the NEROS test cage. Attendees saw PX4‑powered vehicles up close and had time for Q&A with the teams running the demos.
Thank You, NEROS
Big thanks to NEROS for hosting us in El Segundo and for sponsoring food and drinks. Events like this happen because local partners open their doors and share their space with the community.
Get Involved
Want to keep the momentum going? Join us in the Dronecode and ROS communities:
- Dronecode Foundation: https://dronecode.org/
- Dronecode Discord: https://chat.dronecode.org/
- PX4 Discussions: https://discuss.px4.io/
- OSRA: https://osralliance.org/
- OSRF Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/RtJeHT8mXQ
- ROS Discussions: https://discourse.openrobotics.org
Looking Ahead
We are lining up the next set of meetups now. If your team wants to host or present, reach out to us. You can also keep an eye on our blog for upcoming dates.
PX4 Developer Summit
November 10-11, 2025, Atlanta, Georgia. Registration is open. Learn more and register: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/px4-developer-summit/
