🤝 Support

OpenADS spans multiple repositories, tools, and runtime environments. A good support request therefore starts with sending it to the right place and including enough context for others to reproduce the problem.

Where To Ask What

Use the following channels depending on the type of request:

• Bug reports and feature requests: Open an issue in the most relevant OpenADS repository.

• General questions and discussions: Join the public Matrix room at openads:matrix.org, which is used by the Automated Driving Systems group in the German Ecosystem Mobility 4.0 initiative.

• Questions about contributing or development workflow: Start with the guides in OpenADSuite, then open an issue if you are blocked.

• Sensitive or not-yet-public topics: Contact the maintainers directly via opensource@ika.rwth-aachen.de.

Tip

You are completely new to the topic of automated driving? The free online course RWTHx: Automated and Connected Driving Challenges (ACDC) introduces participants to some of the latest research challenges and provides the possibility to develop and test automated and connected driving functions step by step. While the presented content does not match exactly what is used in OpenADS, most concepts and tools are quite similar.

Contact

OpenADS is currently being maintained by the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) at RWTH Aachen University. Please feel free to contact us for more information about the project and ecosystem activities, or for support in getting started with OpenADS or integrating your own components.