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Work Groups are open to public.

Anyone who wants to connect with and contribute to the Autoware community are welcome to join.

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The diagram below summarizes the purpose and interactions of the different working groups within the Autoware Foundation:

Working Groups

Working groups within Autoware Foundation are technical groups that focus on specific components of Autoware project.

These technical working groups are open to public. To join working groups, simply add it to your calendar. Also you can track working group activities by browsing through respective GitHub Discussions pages.

Currently, the Autoware Foundation has ten working groups. More are in the works.

The cards for specific working groups listed there are arranged by the meeting times. Meaning, the nearest working group meeting card is shown first.

WORKING GROUPS CALENDAR

Open AD Kit WG

Docker containerization of Low Speed Autonomy and Privately Owned Vehicle Autonomy, TRL-6 autonomous driving stack

Thu, Oct 16, 2025
23:00 – 00:00 ⋅ Asia/Tokyo

Truck WG

Responsible for all activities related to design and development of components, systems of autonomous trucking systems in Autoware

Fri, Oct 17, 2025
17:00 – 18:00 ⋅ Asia/Tokyo

Privately Owned Vehicle WG - Slot 1

Building TRL-6 AD stack using an AI-first approach to perception and planning, targeting highway driving functionality for automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers

Mon, Oct 20, 2025
10:00 – 11:00 ⋅ Europe/Istanbul

ODD working group weekly meeting

Create a full sensing to planning testing and verification pipeline in Autoware, with scenarios for LSA, PoV and Off Road Autonomy

Mon, Oct 20, 2025
23:00 – 00:00 ⋅ Asia/Tokyo

Privately Owned Vehicle WG - Slot 2

Building TRL-6 AD stack using an AI-first approach to perception and planning, targeting highway driving functionality for automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers

Mon, Oct 20, 2025
18:00 – 19:00 ⋅ Europe/Istanbul

Software Working Group

Responsible for Code Maintenance, Library Upgrades, General Software issues, CI pipeline, and developing new APIs

Tue, Oct 21, 2025
07:00 – 09:00 ⋅ UTC

Simulation WG

Simulation scenario creation for Low Speed Autonomy, Privately Owned Vehicle Autonomy and Off Road Autonomy

Wed, Oct 22, 2025
14:00 – 15:00 ⋅ Europe/Warsaw

Reference Design WG

Enabling turn-key deployment of OpenAD Kit based, Low Speed Autonomy, Off-road Autonomy, and Privately Owned Vehicle Autonomy Stacks

Wed, Oct 22, 2025
13:00 – 14:00 ⋅ UTC

Low Speed Autonomy Working Group

Developing TRL-6 AD stack built on Autoware Core and PoV AI stack to enable Low Speed Autonomous driving for use-cases such as warehousing, cargo and logistics

Wed, Oct 22, 2025
23:00 – 00:00 ⋅ Asia/Tokyo

Off-road WG

Building new technologies to support off-road AD use-cases ranging from agriculture and mining to space exploration with a focus on E2E autonomous driving

Thu, Oct 23, 2025
08:00 – 09:00 ⋅ America/Los_Angeles

Safety Assurance WG

Developing the safety case to support TRL-6 autonomous driving for Low Speed Autonomy and Privately Owned Vehicles.

Tue, Oct 28, 2025
23:00 – 00:00 ⋅ Asia/Tokyo