I would like to dedicate this episode to all the developers working on using ROS for autonomous cars, then this episode is dedicated to you. Now let’s go to the meat of the episode. Let me introduce you Dr. Shimpei Kato. Shimpei is the founder of Tier IV as well as Chairman of the board of directors of the Autoware Foundation. Additionally, he is an associate professor of the University of Tokyo. Welcome to the podcast Shimpei!