Lorenz Meier

ETH Zürich
Universitätstrasse 6
CH-8092 Zürich

Department of Computer Science
Computer Vision and Geometry Group
CAB G 86.3

lm@inf.ethz.ch

About Me

I'm a PhD student working on onboard localization and mapping on micro air vehicles. I started the PIXHAWK project [ http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/lomeier/pixhawk/ ] in 2009 as a master student.

Open Source

I maintain and contribute to a number of open source projects. SEE THE VIDEOS BELOW!.

QGroundControl [ http://qgroundcontrol.org/ ] - an user interface (GUI) to small unmanned aerial vehicles. Main developer / maintainer
MAVLink [ http://qgroundcontrol.org/mavlink/ ] - communication library for small-to-large robotic vehicles. Main developer / maintainer
MAVConn [ http://github.com/pixhawk/mavconn/ ] - Linux/Unix/Posix middleware for micro air vehicles, uses MAVLink as message format. Main developer / maintainer
OpenPilot [ http://openpilot.org/ ] - Open source autopilot. Contributor

Awards

2008 - ETH Excellence and Opportunity Award - two year full scholarship for master studies and a personal research project (PIXHAWK [ http://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/lomeier/pixhawk/ ]).
2009 - 1st Place EMAV 2009 Indoor Autonomy with the PIXHAWK Team
2010 - 2nd Place IMAV 2010 Indoor Autonomy, Rotary Wing with the PIXHAWK Team
2011 - ABB Research Prize for master thesis "Fast and Robust Localization and Mapping on Micro Air Vehicles"

Videos

Interactive, autonomous PIXHAWK Demo at the European Computer Vision Conference (ECCV'10) [ http://www.youtube.com/embed/SgXCTl__N7E ]

Autonomous flight at IMAV 2010 [ http://www.youtube.com/embed/b6CJK5_xb3g ]

QGroundControl Operator Control Unit [ http://www.youtube.com/embed/K1ad91kBxkw ]

PIXHAWK at EMAV 2009 [ http://www.youtube.com/embed/PM0R_Nrw9DM ]
PIXHAWK won the 1st place in the Indoor Competition at EMAV 2009, Delft, Netherlands.

Student Theses

I consider students an important part of research activities and try to be a good adviser. With more than 40 students in the PIXHAWK team over five semesters the project has a successful track of student theses. Students can do master theses, semester theses, bachelor theses and research in computer science projects with us. We're welcoming computer science, robotics, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering students with a focus in computer vision, robotics, control and electronics design.

Current theses

We're currently drafting the HS2011 / FS2010 theses, please get in touch via email.

Past theses

Past theses since FS 2011

QGroundControl [ http://qgroundcontrol.org/ ] - an user interface (GUI) to small unmanned aerial vehicles. Main developer / maintainer
MAVLink [ http://qgroundcontrol.org/ ] - communication library for small-to-large robotic vehicles. Main developer / maintainer