Tomaso De Ponti
PhD Candidate In Fault Tolerant Control
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolTomaso De Ponti is a PhD candidate in fault-tolerant control at TU Delft and a control engineer with seven years’ experience designing robust flight-control systems for rotorcraft and UAVs. He co-founded AerogridUAV and contributes to the prominent open-source Paparazzi autopilot project, where he improved core modules like the Oneloop controller, EKF2 and INS integration. His work spans automatic take-off/landing, INDI controller tuning for competition aircraft, and sensor-driven optimization of embedded control code—reflecting a strong focus on efficient computation and reliable sensor fusion. Proven across academia, industry and defense, Tomaso thrives in international teams after living in five countries and combines rigorous academic results with practical field-tested solutions.
7 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Ef academy oxfordTU DelftMinor, ENGINEERING, 89%, Minor, ENGINEERING, 89% at RMIT University
Github Skills (9)
c1710
embedded10
c1110
autopilot10
sys10
telemetry9
navigationbar8
navigation-drawer8
navigationview8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paparazzi/paparazzi
Jun 2021 - Jun 2021
Paparazzi is a free and open-source hardware and software project for unmanned (air) vehicles. This is the main software repository.
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation Engineer
Embedded Systems Engineer / Automation EngineerContributions:82 reviews, 1 commit, 32 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Tomaso primarily contributed to the core software of an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) project, focusing on the Oneloop controller, an autopilot component for rotorcrafts. They implemented features to enhance and integrate ADC sensor data within the system. Additionally, the user made improvements to the EKF2 and INS modules, addressing initialization issues and refining data handling related to external pose information. Further contributions include updates to state machine, telemetry messages, and the integration of command-based actuator control.
pprzpaparazziairdroneshardware
tmldeponti/rot_wing_drone
Nov 2021 - Feb 2023
Contributions:65 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 3 months
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