Roberto Navoni
President at OpenStreetMap
Lombardy, Italy
Summary
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Top SchoolRoberto Navoni is a veteran electronics and robotics entrepreneur who has led Laser Navigation since 2004, architecting embedded systems, firmware and 16/32-bit microcontroller platforms for GPS navigation, fleet management, UAVs/UGVs and video surveillance. He combines hardware design with AI-driven autonomy—his recent work applies neural networks and digital-twin concepts to enable autonomous robotic processes and mission-optimized drone fleets. Founder of the VirtualRobotix community and co‑founder of multiple research and drone-focused ventures, he bridges open-source collaboration (including early Dronecode/APM work) with industry partnerships like OpenStreetMap and Italian environmental agencies. Fluent across Android, Linux embedded and Windows CE stacks, he also experiments with smart contracts and LLM technologies, reflecting a rare blend of low-level electronics, systems integration and cutting-edge AI research. Based in Lombardy, Italy, Roberto pairs decades of hands-on R&D with institutional leadership—from federation building to managing applied research labs.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Learning Computer Vision nano degree - Advanced Computer Vision & Deep Learning Intelligenza artificiale, Learning Computer Vision nano degree - Advanced Computer Vision & Deep Learning Intelligenza artificiale at UdacityDapp UniversityUniversity of MilanNoble Work FoundationUdemy AlumniLiceo Scentifico Don Bosco Treviglio
English, Italian
Github Skills (90)
pls10
streaming10
aac10
ipcamera10
sdp10
obs-studio10
preload10
rtcp10
rtsp-server10
rtp10
golang9
screeps9
audio9
srt9
mpeg-dash9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
virtualrobotix/sophyai.space
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:2 reviews, 81 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
virtualrobotix/ardupilot_wiki
Mar 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
wikiardupilotinfrastructure
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