Mateusz Sadowski
Robotics Developer Relations
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolMateusz Sadowski is a robotics-focused developer-relations lead and founder with 12 years of hands-on experience building and integrating embedded systems, autopilots, and drone software. Based in Warsaw, he now represents Foxglove while independently running Weekly Robotics, a widely read technical newsletter he publishes weekly to 5,600+ subscribers. He combines deep low-level expertise (C, C++, Python) and ROS/ROS 2 proficiency with practical product delivery—having contributed sensor drivers and rangefinder integrations to major open-source autopilot projects like ArduPilot and PX4. As a consultant and contractor he’s delivered 50+ projects across UAV platforms and industrial automation, emphasizing robust provisioning, modular codebases, and production-ready testing. Beyond technical depth, he brings systems-level thinking from grant evaluation and consortium work, plus a knack for turning niche sensor problems into reliable integrations used by widely adopted flight stacks.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
AGH UniversityNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Polish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (21)
c-language10
px410
autopilot10
drones10
i2c10
iot10
driver10
sys10
embedded10
cprogramming-language10
iot-devkit10
serial-communication9
autonomy8
robotics7
ntdll6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
PX4/PX4-Autopilot
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
PX4 Autopilot Software
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 15 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Mateusz primarily contributed to the `px4-autopilot` project by modifying and refactoring driver code related to rangefinders. Their contributions involved adapting the driver to support the TeraRanger Evo sensor and its different operational modes, including 600Hz support. The user's work also included fixing codestyle issues and reverting code changes, demonstrating a focus on code quality and sensor integration.
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ArduPilot/ardupilot
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
ArduPlane, ArduCopter, ArduRover, ArduSub source
Role in this project:Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 4 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Mateusz primarily focused on enhancing and integrating proximity sensor capabilities within the ArduPilot ecosystem, specifically for the TeraRanger Tower Evo sensor. Their contributions include renaming and adapting code for the TeraRangerI2C rangefinder. They added support for the TeraRanger Tower Evo, and fixed sensor order issues during initialization of the proximity data. They addressed initialization sequences, and handled data acquisition from the sensor through the serial port.
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