Autoware was selected as the Best ROS Software in 2024 at the 5th ROS Awards 2024, prepared and presented by The Construct, a premium robotics career and learning platform.

The Construct team has announced the winners on their YouTube channel, and with a total of 1334 votes from the ROS community, Autoware was awarded the Best ROS Software for 2024. Autoware is the leading open source software project for autonomous driving, and it’s based on ROS2. 

Here are all contest categories at the 5th ROS Awards and the full list of finalists and winners:

🏆 Best ROS Software 2024: 🏆 

• Autoware (🌟Winner) https://autoware.org/
• Isaac Sim Simulator
• Rviz2
• BehaviorTree.CPP

🏆 Best ROS Robot 2024:🏆 

• LIMO by AgileX Robotics (🌟Winner)
• TortoiseBot by RigBetel Labs
• AMAB BOT by ihub Robotics
• TIAGo

🏆 Best ROS Developer 2024:🏆 

• Tomoya Fujita (🌟Winner)
• Kartik Soni 
• Gijs van der Hoorn
• Sai Kishor Kothakota

Tune in to the full reveal video for the Best Robot, Software, and Developer awards at The Construct’s YouTube channel 👉 https://youtu.be/wj85_CwhEbo?si=COhNTN4lui_4gu4a

We want to thank the ROS community for this award. Thank you for loving Autoware 💝