Autoware Auto AVP Demo

[dylan-gonzalez]

Autoware Auto AVP setup tutorial

Follow the steps to get the Autoware Auto AVP sim demo working. You will have to figure out how to use it with another simulator (not LGSVL as they describe which is discontinued).

• [ ] install Autoware Auto [guide]

  • [x] install ADE
    • [x] install docker
    • [x] install invidia-container-toolkit
    • [x] install and setup ADE itself
  • [ ] source Autoware Auto

• [ ] try installing lgsvl given the discontinuation issues

  • [x] install a previous version without the WISE dependencies
  • [ ] try the WISE alternative linked in the comment below
  • [ ] use of another sim will require us to obtain vector map and associated data (can find this in the og autoware auto repo)

• [ ] follow instructions to get the sim running

Note: I've imported the autoware auto gitlab into our github organisation (this issue is attached to it). But I couldn't import all the large files (e.g. pointcloud maps) as Github makes you pay for large files. So probably just use the gitlab and if it works well, then you can try to use this repository.

[AbBaSaMo]

The latest version of LGSVL requires the web interface to run which is currently not running due to being discontinued. The repo README.md however claims we could possibly fork their sim and run it locally by removing dependencies with the web interface.

[AbBaSaMo]

An attempt at re-implementing the WISE web interface can be found here [link to repo]as well as an attempt at removing the WISE dependency here

2020.6 version of LGSVL seems to also not depend on the WISE interface as per this comment on an issue

[AbBaSaMo]

This tutorial also seems promising

[AbBaSaMo]

Note: when installing AutowareAuto repo, use the avp-demo release and not 1.0.0

[dylan-gonzalez]

11-12-23

@AbBaSaMo to work on sensing from now on, don't bother with this issue @m076em to work on sd_vehicle_interface I will try have a go myself

[AbBaSaMo]

https://husarion.com/tutorials/ros2-tutorials/autoware-auto-sim-demo/

[dylan-gonzalez]

https://husarion.com/tutorials/ros2-tutorials/autoware-auto-sim-demo/

Probably good to first set up a docker container with Ubuntu 22.04 and any other ADE dependencies

[AbBaSaMo]

ADE itself is a containerisation tool built on top of docker. Would it be necessary to do this? We only need docker itself so ADE actually works given it uses it under the hood.

edit: haha can we even run docker containers inside a docker container? docker-ception