Auterion Blog
Multi-Hardware support for AuterionOS
Auterion envisions a future for the drone industry with standardized hardware for computing. Just like Google's Nexus phones set an example for others to follow, we developed Skynode to lead the way in drone computing hardware, and by partnering with companies like...
AuterionOS Release to Accelerate App Development for Robotics
An Auterion SDK with everything you need to develop apps for autonomous systems, featuring an enhanced developer workflow.
Doodle Labs Joins Auterion’s Growing Ecosystem
The partnership between the two companies set to expand communication capabilities for networked drone solutions
Auterion Offers More Autonomy for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Drone Operations
Law enforcement officers, first responders, and rescue operators will benefit from the improved drone autonomy and data, increasing their safety and enabling them to make better and faster decisions. MOORPARK, Calif. and ZURICH – March 16, 2023 – Auterion, the open...
Increased Autonomy for Simpler ISR Workflows
The new releases of AuterionOS and Auterion Mission Control bring significant improvements to Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/OZxy6nVD9EY Enhanced situational awareness with NextVision Raptor...
Open source drone technology experiences solid contributor growth
Auterion remaining the main contributor to PX4 and Pixhawk open source drone technologies The Dronecode Foundation has released its 2022 annual report:The Year of the Drone. Auterion contributed over half of 2022 contributions, with open source continuing to remain...
AI Running Onboard Drones
Interview with Stefan Milz about how Spleenlab is enabling autonomous processes like inspections and collision avoidance with their VISIONAIRY AI software on top of the Auterion software stack.
Watts Innovations on the Power of Open Ecosystems
We interviewed Bobby Watts, CEO of Watts Innovations, about their new PRISM Sky and their partnership with Auterion. Bobby explained the power of standardization and how it streamlined their interoperability with other ecosystem partners like Gremsy and Drone Rescue...
Delivery Anywhere with Autonomous Drones
Commercial drone deliveries are transforming the consumer industry and last-mile delivery. Several large US retailers already offer drone deliveries and, in Australia, thousands of drone deliveries are done daily. The switch to drone delivery positively impacts the...
Enabling interoperability with Open Standards
At Xponential 2022, our Engineering Manager, Claudio Micheli, sat down with Max Tubman, CTO of Alta X at Freefly Systems. Find out what they had to say about open standards.
Drones set to make the future of holiday shipping greener
Nearly all Americans view drones as more environmentally friendly than trucks We recently surveyed Americans to get their perspective on drones and found nearly all (94%) view drones as having a potential positive purpose in the world. One quarter of Americans (24%)...
Drones set to make the future of holiday shipping greener
Nearly all Americans view drones as more environmentally friendly than trucks We recently surveyed Americans to get their perspective on drones and found nearly all (94%) view drones as having a potential positive purpose in the world. One quarter of Americans (24%)...
Drone Deliveries Are Happening Now
Drones deliveries aren’t a thing of the future, they are happening already and will become more common as we move forward. Types of Drones Deliveries There are three major types of drone delivery: Public Safety: where the “drop off” location is not a precise...
Drone Deliveries Are Happening Now
Drones deliveries aren’t a thing of the future, they are happening already and will become more common as we move forward. Types of Drones Deliveries There are three major types of drone delivery: Public Safety: where the “drop off” location is not a precise...
Home Drone Delivery of Goods and Food? New Research From Auterion Dives Into American Attitudes
Package delivery remains massively popular among Americans, and 64% of those surveyed see drones becoming an option for home delivery
Turning Drones into Autonomous Systems
Skynode™ is more than a flight controller, it turns drones into connected autonomous systems. Its built-in connectivity enables automatic, real-time data transmission from the drone to the cloud. Being constructed on open standards makes Skynode flexible and extensible, allowing drone manufacturers to leverage compatible software and hardware components from our rich ecosystem.
Reimagining how users are capturing data with cloud connected drones
Payload data is an important and overlooked part of the drone industry. Data is what matters to the end user; they want to get information from the drone to the office and use it to do something useful, as fast as possible. The drone industry was built on open source...
Auterion wins the Swiss Economic Hightech Award 2022
The Swiss Economic Awards are the premier award for the leading growth companies in Switzerland. Auterion is proud to have been named one of this year’s winners in recognition of its success in building the world’s leading mobile robotics platform.
Auterion Delivers Supercomputer Performance Onboard Drones and Mobile Robots With AI Node
Turn-key solution runs AI and ML algorithms directly at the edge, processing high bandwidth sensor data on drones to support advanced applications and immediate decision-making
MAVLink Communication Protocol: the open standard
MAVLink: a communication protocol to send telemetry (drone positions and other things) from a drone to other drones or to the ground station.
Bringing PX4 to Enterprise Users
How does Enterprise PX4 differ from PX4? What are its benefits, and why did we create it in the first place?
Auterion Delivers New High Precision Mapping Capabilities and Automated End-to-End Workflows for Enterprise
Image data reach a survey-grade precision level thanks to latest platform updates, amid fully integrated control of different payloads from broad ecosystem
High precision mapping and automated workflows
With its new software release, Auterion introduces new capabilities for high precision mapping missions and automated end-to-end workflows. This is achieved through the enhancement of tightly integrated components of the Auterion platform. The ground station app,...
Leading Drone Manufacturer Acecore Technologies Releases the Zoe Drone on Auterion’s Platform
Integrating the Auterion Skynode with Acecore Zoe delivers automated, online-first capabilities including 4G connectivity, live data and video streaming
Drone Rescue Systems joins Auterion Ecosystem to provide autonomous safety systems for commercial drones
Parachute rescue solutions are enabling commercial drones to ensure the highest risk-mitigation while operating in densely populated areas
AI for Safe Autonomous Drone Operations with Technologies from Auterion and Spleenlab
Drones run AI on the edge and use machine learning to autonomously conduct infrastructure inspections and collision avoidance
Gremsy Releases Deeply Integrated Gimbal Line Up for Auterion Powered Drone Platforms
Plug-and-play integration of Gremsy innovative gimbal system on the Auterion software platform to offer the best-in-class integrated solution for enterprises
Elsight’s Multi-Network Broadband Connectivity Now Available to the Auterion Ecosystem
Ultra-reliable cellular connectivity across different carrier networks—at the same time and with real-time data—marks future of commercial drone operations, airborne autonomous mobility
The Story of What Powers Today’s Drone Industry: Pixhawk
Pixhawk boxes up the different components needed to run open source software in a drone.
Open Standards Unify the Drone Industry
industry is still catching up but open standards like MAVLink already exist and play a big role in the drone industry and its future.
How Open source Is Changing the Drone Industry
Open source eats software and it’s changing the drone industry.
Effortless and safer VTOL deployment
The latest release of the Auterion software platform makes it easier and safer to deploy VTOL drones. Operators can now define areas which are safe for the transition into forward flight directly on the GUI and the vehicle can be immediately deployed even without...
Auterion is bringing drones online to help save lives
We are enabling first responders to rapidly assess and respond to life threatening incidents from a safe distance with drones that are online and feeding real-time data back to command stations. We demonstrated our live video dashboards which enable a remote...
Future of Enterprise Drone Inspection Arrives With Auterion and Phase One Plug-and-Play Integration
Open ecosystem enables customers to scale high-precision inspections and integrate best-in-class aerial imaging, real-time data into existing apps and workflows We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Phase One, the world-leading developer and...
The Centerpiece of Your Drone Operation
With its newest release, Auterion Suite extends its support for vehicles beyond those running Auterion software onboard. Together with the new asset tracking feature, it’s easier to manage your enterprise robotics program including your inventory, system of events,...
Watts Innovations release PRISM Sky on Auterion platform
With the market for open ecosystem drones on the rise, customers benefit from NDAA compliant heavy-lift drone designed and assembled in the U.S. We are pleased to announce a new drone connected to the Auterion Suite, the Watts Innovations PRISM Sky. This heavy lift...
Sony integration driving innovation
Plug-and-play integration without requiring a single line of code. Our integration with Sony will drive innovation and opens possibilities for commercial drone industry We're pleased to announce that we have integrated Sony’s Alpha cameras into our range of drones,...
Auterion and Workswell Partner to Supercharge Open Standards Integration for Drone Imaging
Open Standards Integration for Drone Imaging to Reduce Time-to-Market Across Industries We are pleased to announce out partnership with thermal imaging leader Workswell to provide state-of-the-art bispectral cameras on drones across industries. By offering an open...
Auterion and NTT e-Drone Technology announce strategic alliance
Building a comprehensive partnership to produce next-generation drones that transform smart farming and infrastructure management We are pleased to announce a strategic alliance with NTT e-Drone Technology to accelerate drone use that helps tackle major social...
Delivering Frictionless Support
When technology fails us, it can be hard to get proper support from the manufacturer. The frustration grows when the product runs on a closed system that doesn’t provide any information about the failure or how to fix it. Time and resources have to be spent to...
Raising the industry bar for faster drone deployment
With every improvement of our software platform we keep two things in mind: Simplicity and efficiency. With the ultimate goal of making the lives of all our users easier. The latest release of the Auterion software platform addresses this on different levels:...
We’ve Partnered With Mars-Exploring Maxon to Galvanize the Drone Industry
We are excited to announce our partnership with drive and motor specialist maxon — whose precision systems are enabling the autonomous helicopter Ingenuity and rover Perseverance to explore Mars. Our strategic partnership with Maxon will offer industry-changing...
Made in the U.S. vs. NDAA compliance
The term “NDAA compliant” is widely used in the drone industry to refer to drones that are “safe to use” by government agencies and enterprises. However, this does not mean that drones made in the U.S. are automatically ok to be used by the U.S. government. Much more...
Redefining Utility Inspections With Drones
Utility companies oversee massive critical infrastructure networks, consisting of transmission towers, distribution poles, and substations that are all connected by power lines. In the past, inspecting these critical assets that could span hundreds of miles was...
What is open source and why does it matter?
Imagine a world where each appliance you bought had a different outlet connector. It would be exhausting, expensive, and frustrating. That’s why your country, and possibly its neighbors, agreed on standardized power outlets. That’s what open standards are. If...
Auterion and C2 Group partner to drive US made drone adoption
Auterion is pleased to announce a partnership with C2 Group, a full-service program, project, and construction management firm, to power the use of drones for inspection, mapping and emergency/disaster response across the utilities and critical infrastructure...
Situational awareness for public safety
The main focus of our first release in 2021 is to help public safety drone operators with increased situational awareness. New features allow them to share locations with teammates, easily track moving objects and get the accurate position of a point of interest....
Auterion led PX4 contributions in 2020
The shift towards open source development is no longer exclusive to IT companies, but is permeating across nearly every industry today. Open source technologies are dramatically changing how products and services are developed and delivered, which is positively...
Romeo Durscher joins Auterion
Romeo Durscher joins Auterion as VP of Public Safety to bring the power of open standards to first responders https://youtu.be/Wd6X3T6WFxc We are thrilled today to announce the appointment of Romeo Durscher as Auterion’s new Vice President of Public Safety with the...
Auterion Welcomes Errol Farr as VP of Government Business Development
Today we are excited to announce the appointment of Errol Farr as Auterion’s Vice President of Government Business Development. Errol join’s us from AeroVironment, where he held the role of Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development. Prior to joining...
As the industry looks for alternatives to DJI, when it comes to enterprise, open beats closed.
As companies look to replace their fleet they need a provider that has a large shelf space, not just individual vehicles. Auterion is the only viable choice for enterprise customers looking to replace an entire fleet. Nobody gets fired for buying IBM, is a common...
Auterion driving ROS 2 adoption for flying robots
Auterion announces a comprehensive Skynode integration with open source robotic libraries and middleware at ROS World 2020 The Robotic Operating System (ROS) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. ROS features include...
Cynthia Huang joins Auterion as VP of Enterprise Business Development
Today we are excited to announce the appointment of Cynthia Huang as Auterion’s Vice President of Enterprise Business Development.
Simplifying operator workflows with the new Auterion release
The new release of Auterion Enterprise PX4, the on-board software platform of drones powered by Auterion, and Auterion Mission Control, the ground control software controlling drone operations is out. All highlights of the last release in 2020 are focused around...
Thomas Goetschmann joins Auterion as Chief Operating Officer
Today, we are very excited to announce that Thomas Goetschmann, has joined Auterion as the Chief Operating Officer. Thomas will be driving Auterion’s finance, operations, manufacturing and sales ops globally. Thomas Goetschmann has over 14 years experience helping...
Meet the team: Flight test engineer, Luke Walker
As a flight test engineer at Auterion, Luke configures and tests aircraft and other hardware before delivery to our customers. As part of the team in our U.S. office, when Luke is not testing he can be found demonstrating technology to customers and working with...
Meet the team: Program manager, Casey Barrett
Today, as a Program Manager at Auterion, Casey works with customers, suppliers, and a variety of teams across the company to help drive product strategy and establish critical processes that support delivering product into our customers hands. “On any given day,...
Esri Announces New Security Enhancements through Integration of US Government-Approved Drone and Cloud Deployment to the European Union
PDF - Site Scan Security Enhancements - October 6 2020Download in PDF format Global Users Facing Restrictions on Drone Hardware or Drone Data Now Have a Complete, End-to-End Solution for Planning, Executing, and Processing Data REDLANDS, Calif.—October 6, 2020—Esri,...
Esri and Auterion partnership provides the most comprehensive mapping workflow for enterprise on a secure U.S. made UAS system
We are proud to announce our partnership with Esri to enable security-conscious U.S. organizations to be able to use Site Scan, Esri's unmanned aerial systems flight planning and processing solution, to plan and execute missions with drones powered by Auterion, which...
Freefly and Auterion announce the release of Astro
Los Angeles, California – 30 September – Freefly Systems, leading drone manufacturers and Auterion, the largest open source drone software platform
Improved inspection and mapping experience with new Auterion software releases
he newest releases of Auterion Enterprise PX4, the software that controls drones powered by Auterion…
Creating a camera ecosystem that gives enterprise and operators choice and flexibility
In a move to extend our camera ecosystem to give greater choice and flexibility to the end use…
“One Company Could Transform U.S. Drone Industry” – Forbes
Forbes has named Auterion as the company that could transform the U.S. Drone industry in a recent article by Aerospace & Defense columnist David Hambling.
The DIU standardizes on PX4 and MAVLink for small commercial drones
The Government’s decision to standardize on PX4 and MAVLink as part of the Blue sUAS architecture is solidifying open-source software as the standard for drones.
Die DIU standardisiert auf PX4 und MAVLink für kleine kommerzielle Drohnen
Die Entscheidung der US-Regierung, als Teil der Blue sUAS Architecture auf PX4 und MAVLink für kleine unbewaffnete Aufklärungsdrohnen zu standardisieren (Artikel von Verge), festigt Open-Source-Software als Standard, um die Drohnenprodukte von DJI zu ersetzen....
Drones in 2020 are Software-defined
Auterion is building an ecosystem where drones are not just defined by the hardware components …
Auterion at the PX4 dev summit 2020
Auterion was the main sponsor this year and contributed presentations from ten Auterion engineers
Higher safety and more efficiency for VTOL operations with the new Auterion software releases
We are excited to announce the next releases of Auterion Enterprise PX4 as well as Auterion Mission Control.
NXP and Auterion collaborate to develop integrated hardware and software solutions
NXP® Semiconductors and Auterion announce a collaboration to develop integrated hardware and software solutions for the unmanned aerial systems industry.
Downtown VTOL flight delivering COVID-19 samples to a laboratory
Auterion Partner Quantum-Systems to deliver COVID-19 samples to a laboratory
Auterion announced as finalist for AUVSI XCELLENCE awards
Auterion named as a finalist in the XCELLENCE Awards by AUVSI.
Auterion Launches Skynode to Accelerate the Development of Enterprise-Ready Products for Drone Manufacturers
Skynode unifies flight controller, mission computer, and wireless connectivity. GE Aviation provides a configuration with enhanced high reliability.
Bringing a Pilotless Future and Autonomous Delivery One Step Closer to Reality
If you’re watching Westworld Season 3, you’re seeing a vision
The upcoming American Security Drone Act
What the upcoming American Security Drone Act could mean for your business
Enabling BVLOS missions for the African Drone Forum
The Lake Kivu Challenge event promotes the safe implementation of electric cargo.
Auterion leads contributions to PX4
Auterion, with over 51% of contributions is leading the charge in the progress of PX4.
Introducing Auterion 1.2
Auterion 1.2 has a major focus on further improving the safety of flight operations.
One step forward in autonomous air delivery
With rapid technological advances in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capable drones, aerial delivery and cargo transportation within urban areas and remote locations are rapidly becoming a reality.
Enabling navigation with limited or no GPS signal
As part of the next Auterion Enterprise PX4 release, our autonomy team developed an integrated visual information system, as an additional data source, for positioning in limited or no GPS signal environments.
Auterion and Avy collaborate on BVLOS VTOL
Auterion and Avy teamed up to develop the Avy Aera, an advanced long-endurance VTOL drone, designed specifically for medical delivery, public safety, sustainable logistics, and wildlife conservation operations.
Smarter autonomous UAV missions
This past month, Auterion’s autonomy team focused on improving one of the core safety features of our flight control software: not colliding into obstacles that are on the flight path, to give pilots more confidence when flying.
Enabling long-range VTOL with GE
Earlier this year, we teamed up with GE Aviation to integrate the Auterion Enterprise PX4 operating system into GE Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft System avionics platform. Today we are bringing to market the first long-range VTOL in our product portfolio.
InterDrone 2019 Summary
InterDrone 2019 was a success. Our co-founder Lorenz Meier held a keynote and three software engineers held technical sessions on software development, hardware reference designs, and insights on how automatic flight log analysis can improve the reliability of UAVs.
MAVLink Fuzz Testing
To ensure the robustness and security of PX4, and the whole ecosystem around MAVLink, we applied fuzz testing against the MAVLink library.
Introducing MAVSDK
MAVSDK is a set of libraries in different programming languages that provide a high-level API to MAVLink, providing easy to learn programmatic access to vehicle information and telemetry, and other operations.
PX4 Developer Summit 2019
On June 20 – 21 2019, the first-ever PX4 Developer Summit took place at ETH Zurich. Over 200 developers flew from all over the world to meet the largest drone community in the world.
Former AeroVironment VP Joins Auterion as US GM
We are very excited to welcome David Sharpin as our GE General Manager to support growth in North America.
Auterion Enterprise PX4 Release 1.1
The latest Auterion Enterprise PX4 release 1.1. enables cargo drones, industrial inspections, and intuitive camera control.
Red Hat’s SVP Joins Auterion’s Board of Directors
We are very excited to announce that Marco Bill-Peter, SVP at open source company RedHat has joined Auterion’s Board of Directors.
Open Source Development as Public Good
Open standards and open source are the foundation of modern software development – including the Internet. However, the Internet did not happen by itself.
2nd and 3rd Place Winners at AUVSI Xponential 2019
Awarded the 2nd and 3rd place for best fleet management software and detect and avoidance solutions respectively.
$2M Contract with DIU and Teaming Agreement with GE Aviation
The respective commitments show the increased trust of U.S. Gov and major corporations in the open source PX4 ecosystem.
Auterion Enables Impossible Aerospace to Launch New US-1 Drone
The US-1 drone will be running Auterion Enterprise PX4 and will support the aerial imaging needs of law enforcement agencies and first responders.
Drone Workflows in 2019
Real-time work tools have transformed how enterprises get things done – at Auterion we believe that drone workflows for drone operators make drones safer and more reliable.
Contribution Rankings to PX4
In 2018 Auterion was responsible for at least one-third of the total contributions to the PX4 ecosystem. Have a read at the technology improvements that Auterion brought to the community.
A summary of InterDrone 2018
InterDrone was the chance to present our product, announce the closing of our seed investment and show the work done in the last months for our customers and for the PX4 community.
Auterion Launches OS for Commercial Drones
InterDrone, Las Vegas, NV, Sep. 4, 2018 – Auterion, today launched its enterprise drone operating system and announced that the company raised $10m in seed funding from leading investors.
The View of the Drone Industry from Zurich
The drone industry is going through a transformation. A diverse and open ecosystem can dynamically respond to the demand for commercial solutions.
The History of Pixhawk
A decade ago, little did I know that my student project at the Computer Vision and Geometry Lab at ETH Zurich would end up becoming the standards for the drone industry.
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