Boyang Li
Lecturer at University of Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolBoyang Li is a lecturer and aerial robotics researcher with 11+ years of hands-on experience in UAV flight dynamics, control, localization, planning and field experiments. He combines academic leadership at the University of Newcastle with a strong research track record across Hong Kong, Edinburgh and Singapore, and practical industry exposure from a DJI internship to advising search-and-rescue drone products at LifeSparrow. Proficient with Pixhawk and ROS, he has translated theory into award-winning innovations, earning a gold medal at the Geneva Inventions Exhibition and first prize in a Search and Rescue Group competition. His work on Detect-and-Avoid systems and modular robotic platforms reflects a rare blend of airspace safety, systems engineering and real-world deployment experience. Always curious, he pursues new skills that bridge academic research and operational drone solutions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
English, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (32)
robotics10
px410
autopilot10
python10
mavlink10
plane10
drones10
qgroundcontrol10
rover10
raspberry-pi10
arduino10
ros10
gitbook9
kubernetes9
motion-planning9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
HKPolyU-UAV/Mini_GCS
Sep 2016 - Mar 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 2 pushes in 2 years 6 months
relayground-control-stationcommunicationstationuav
Boyang--Li/boyang--li.github.io
Mar 2018 - Apr 2025
My Personal Website
Contributions:2 PRs, 131 pushes, 4 branches in 7 years 2 months
reactnextjs
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