Device driver for radars#
Interface for radar devices#
The radar driver converts the communication data from radars to ROS 2 topics. The following communication types are considered:
- CAN
- CAN-FD
- Ethernet
Software Interface#
Autoware support ros-perception/radar_msgs/msg/RadarScan.msg and autoware_auto_perception_msgs/msg/TrackedObjects.msg for Radar drivers.
ROS driver receive the data from radar devices.
- Scan (pointcloud)
- Tracked objects
- Diagnostics results
The ROS drivers receives the following data from the radar device.
- Time synchronization
- Ego vehicle status, which often need for tracked objects calculation