TIER IV Open Sources End to End Autonomous Driving AI Models for Autoware

TIER IV announced in a press release the development and open source release of several end to end autonomous driving AI models for Autoware. The models support configurations that range from cameras alone to systems using LiDAR, radar and high definition maps. They are built for Autoware 2.0, the next generation Autoware architecture that TIER IV leads.

Alpamayo 2 Edge, a NVIDIA model, uses camera images to generate driving trajectories and has 2 billion parameters. TIER IV has completed its integration with Autoware and is optimizing it for real vehicles.

AutoE2E, led by the Autoware Foundation and TIER IV, has 79.9 million parameters and supports cameras, LiDAR and radar on computing platforms beyond NVIDIA hardware. Its reactive model is released, while its world and reasoning models remain in development. METEOR, developed by TIER IV, has 16 million parameters, supports one to eight cameras with optional LiDAR and radar, and runs on NVIDIA and Renesas platforms without high definition maps.

OnePlanner combines perception and motion planning, using LiDAR data, maps, route information, traffic signals and vehicle states to generate trajectories for the next six seconds. LatentDrive uses camera video, route information and vehicle states to generate trajectories for four seconds without high definition maps. OnePlanner is integrated with Autoware, while work continues on LatentDrive integration and in vehicle validation.