Will a small open-source effort from Japan disrupt the autonomous space?
The article “Linux Beat IBM, will open-source software beat Waymo and Tesla ?” introduced the power of the open-source organizational model and explored its application in the space of autonomous systems. “Open Source AVs: The story of AV Development in Estonia,” detailed a project by the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) which built a functioning AV Shuttle in only a year using open-source infrastructure. What did Taltech use to achieve this impressive result? An open-source solution called Autoware which was built by a small team in Japan.