While I agree, I would also say that "tangibly" is open to interpretation. "used normally" in this case really means "can it be built into a reasonable SDV architecture", which is mostly in the domain of automotive manufacturers and suppliers rather than individual enthusiasts. AutoSD's prevalence in SOAFEE and Eclipse SDV is definitely tangible in community terms, but you cant really put your hands on it or make smoke come out. For the latter, a larger community effort would be necessary. That said, if someone in the community wants to use it for something fun, I'd be glad to help hunt for resources to support such an effort.
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On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 11:07 AM Neal Gompa ngompa13@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM Jeffrey Osier-Mixon jefro@redhat.com wrote:
Of course. In addition to AutoSD being used in several other open source
communities (Eclipse SDV, SOAFEE, Autoware) it is of strong interest to other transportation entities - think trains, farming equipment - as well as robotics applications. To my knowledge no one has deployed it on an RC car but there is no reason not to. We had some discussions internally a few years ago about f1tenth. It would have to be a community effort, though.
As long as there's nothing people can tangibly use it with, it's going to be hard to attract and retain enthusiast contributors. Do you have anything you can show off so people can actively work with it in a meaningfully similar way to how it would be used normally?
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