A worldwide specialist in heavy-industry autonomy and retrofitting technologies, ABD Solutions has joined the Autoware Foundation as a Premium Member! 🚜🌍✨

ABD Solutions, a UK-based company within the AB Dynamics Group, specializes in enabling autonomous operation for existing vehicles across mining, construction, and industrial sectors. The team’s expertise lies in rapid robotic and drive-by-wire retrofitting for both new and legacy fleets, alongside safety-critical testing and validation — providing the bridge between open-source autonomy and real-world deployment.

As part of their membership, ABD Solutions plans to:

🔹 Position Autoware as their core autonomy software stack across retrofit projects

🔹 Provide a hardware bridge between Autoware members and platforms traditionally restricted by OEM CAN-bus access 

🔹 Explore rFpro integration to enable native digital-twin testing and simulation capabilities for Autoware

🔹 Collaborate on low-speed, off-road, and safety-assurance working groups and reference designs

Through this partnership, ABD Solutions aims to connect Autoware’s open ecosystem with new industrial domains — advancing the use of open-source autonomy beyond on-road mobility and into heavy-duty real-world applications.

Welcome aboard, ABD Solutions! 🚀