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Welcome to
the Autoware Foundation.

The Autoware Foundation is a non-profit organization supporting open-source projects enabling self-driving mobility. The Autoware Foundation creates synergies between corporate development and academic research, enabling autonomous driving technology for everyone. Your contribution is essential.

AUTOWARE

STORY

Autoware.AI was started in 2015 by Shinpei Kato at Nagoya University.
Today, Autoware.AI is supported by the largest autonomous driving open source community with 2300+ stars on GitHub and 500+ accounts on Slack (10/2018).
Autoware.AI has found widespread and international adoption as it is used by more than 100 companies and runs on more than 30 vehicles in more than 20 different countries.
Courses using Autoware are offered in 5 countries.
Automotive OEMs are using Autoware for Mobility as a Service (MaaS) development.
Autoware is qualified to run on driverless vehicles on public roads in Japan since 2017.
Now we are taking Autoware to the next level.

AUTOWARE

PROJECTS

AUTOWARE.AI

The original Autoware project built on ROS 1. Launched as a research and development platform for autonomous driving technology.

AUTOWARE.IO

An interface project for Autoware to be extended with proprietary software and third-party libraries in a reliable manner. Examples include device drivers for sensors, by-wire controllers for vehicles, and hardware-dependent programs for SoC boards.

AUTOWARE.AUTO

Autoware reimagined. Based on ROS 2. Autoware.Auto is managed by an open source community manager, applies best-in-class software engineering practices, and is based on a redesigned architecture.

WHY JOINING AUTOWARE

PROMOTE YOUR

SOLUTION

Actively contribute to the best open source software
for autonomous driving
Start new Autoware projects with other member companies
Network with global leaders in Autonomous Driving
Steer of the future direction of Autoware and
Autonomous Driving technology
Facilitate the interoperability between Autoware projects

AUTOWARE

MEMBERS

PREMIUM

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INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT

U.S. Department of Transportation

Federal Highway

ACADEMIC & NON-PROFIT MEMBERS

AUTOWARE

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS

ACADEMIC &

NON-PROFIT

Facilitate cross organizational collaboration with other research teams.

Propose project activities to the Autoware TSC.

$2,000

INDUSTRY &
GOVERNMENT

Influence strategic direction and business, technical priorities for Autoware.

Propose project activities to the Autoware TSC.

$10,000

PREMIUM

Drive strategic direction and business, financial, technical priorities for Autoware.

One voting seat on the Technical Steering Committee.

$50,000

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AUTOWARE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shinpei Kato

The University of Tokyo - Tier IV, Inc.

Jan Becker

Apex.AI, Inc. -

Stanford University

Yang Zhang

Linaro 96Boards - Chinese Academy of Science AiRiA

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TECHNICAL STEERING COMITTEE

Shinpei Kato

Autoware Board representative

Esteve Fernandez

Apex.AI, Inc.

Geoffrey Biggs

Autoware TSC manager

Yang Zhang

Linaro 96Boards - Chinese Academy of Science AiRiA

Matt Spencer

ARM

Seonman Kim

LG

Kenji Funaoka

Tier IV, Inc.

Cheng Chen

AutoCore

Brian Holt

Parkopedia

Lee Baldwin

AutonomouStuff

Antonis Skardasis

StreetDrone

Stephane Strahm

Kalray

Masaki Gondo

eSOL

James Kuffner

TRI-AD

Justin Zhao

Huawei

Takao Shigaki

ITD Lab

AUTOWARE

ADVISOR

Brian Gerkey

Open Robotics

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