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Vehicle and System#

The vehicle-system image supplies vehicle actuation and system diagnostics. Deployments run these responsibilities as separate containers from the same image.

Vehicle Services#

  • Vehicle actuation and state reporting
  • Steering, throttle, brake, gear, and turn-signal conversion
  • Vehicle dimensions, limits, and kinematic parameters
  • Launch file: tier4_vehicle_launch/vehicle.launch.xml

System Services#

  • Health monitoring and heartbeat management
  • Diagnostic aggregation
  • Minimum Risk Maneuver emergency handling
  • CPU, memory, and process monitoring
  • Launch file: tier4_system_component.launch.xml
Vehicle System
Purpose Communicates with real or simulated vehicle hardware Monitors the Autoware stack
Outputs Actuation commands and vehicle state Diagnostics, health, and emergency state
Typical configuration Vehicle model and interface Monitor enablement and run mode