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ABOUT AUTOWARE
Autoware is an open-source software autonomous driving application with all the necessary features required for fully autonomous driving. Tier IV has been a leader in the development of Autoware and has implemented autonomous driving systems based on Autoware across the world. Autoware runs on Linux OS and ROS (Robot Operating System) Middleware, and performs all the required functionality.
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AS APLATFORM
Autoware is designed to run on wide variety of hardware platforms. There is no other autonomous driving software that can be applied to as many types of ECU, sensors and vehicles as autoware. We offer various services such as integration, risk management and fleet operation.
SENSING
Data is collected from Lidar, Camera, GNSS, IMU, and other sensors mounted on the autonomous vehicle.
LOCALIZATION
Sensor data, along with high precision map data, is used to determine the precise location and orientation of the autonomous vehicle.
PERCEPTION
Detaction, recognition and tracking the movement of objects such as vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, as well as the identification of traffic signals and signs.
PLANNING
Calculates the path of the autonomous vehicle along desired route using perceptual information to avoid any objects and/or obstacles.
CONTROL
Planning information is converted into precise vehicle controls (steering angle, braking, acceleration) and sent through the Vehicle Interface.
VEHICLE INTERFACE
Convert the control signals into commands according to various vehicle characteristics.
MAP DATA
Utilize high-precision 3D mapping to provide information about the environment.
AS ACOMMUNITY
Autoware is community that develops inetelligent vehicles for any environment.
The Autoware community of companies, institutions, and individuals are supporting each other to develop intelligent vehicles localized to specific operating environments all over the world. Through this community, Autoware is bringing together more partners and accelerating the development process to realize real world intelligent vehicle implementations. TIER IV is committed to providing leadership to achieve the common goals of the Autoware community.
AUTOWARE HISTORYOpen-source is the only way to revolutionize how we live by autonomous driving technology.
The original version of Autoware, Autoware.AI was developed and launched as an open source project in 2015 by Dr. Shinpei Kato at Nagoya University. That same year, Tier IV was founded to seek oppotunities across autonomous driving market segments. Autoware.AI was based on ROS1 and was intended as an R&D platform for researchers who were interested in autonomous driving.
Motivated by the potential of an open-source ecosystem that everyone can access, in 2018, Tier IV transferred all rights for Autoware to the newly formed Autoware Foundation (AWF) along with Tier IV, founding members of the AWF.
Today, Autoware hosts the world’s largest autonomous driving open-source community. We continue to take Autoware to the next level with our partners around the world.
Motivated by the potential of an open-source ecosystem that everyone can access, in 2018, Tier IV transferred all rights for Autoware to the newly formed Autoware Foundation (AWF) along with Tier IV, founding members of the AWF.
Today, Autoware hosts the world’s largest autonomous driving open-source community. We continue to take Autoware to the next level with our partners around the world.