Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.99
June 20, 2023
…tasked with programming their AI drivers to pilot identical Dallara AV-21 racecars in the first IAC exhibition ever held on a road course and the first run outside the U.S. The IAC brought six autonomous racecars and five university teams to MIMO to compete in six sessions over three days, totaling more than 1,300 miles of testing. It reported that the cars consistently reached increasing speeds and ran progressively faster lap times. The autonomous driving software was programmed by students and researchers from some of the most advanced research centers in the world, including teams from: KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.08
June 05, 2023
…IAC to enable the reference autonomy software on the Dallara AV-21 race car used in the first IAC competition at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and now we’ll enable IAC teams advance autonomous driving algorithms with state-of-the-art racing simulation based on AWSIM,” said Christian John, TIER IV North America president and AWF Strategic Planning Committee chair. TIER IV created the Autoware open-source software for autonomous driving (AD). It also provides full-stack systems for the commercialization of intelligent vehicles based on the Autoware-defined Autonomous Driving Kit (ADK), which runs on multiple platforms. AWSIM is the Unity-based simulation platform for autonomous vehicle testing developed…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.31
December 18, 2022
…3 and 4, respectively. At CES Unveiled, IAC executives will offer an in-depth look at the innovation behind the Dallara AV-21 autonomous racecar. At the IAC press conference, Mitchell, special guests, and partners will discuss enhanced technology in this year's vehicles, plans for engaging more teams, and transitioning into other race formats in 2023 and 2024. They will also discuss how teams have advanced to achieve full interaction at high speeds between two autonomous agents without vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.36
October 02, 2022
…Inc. will enable critical in-vehicle and car-to-trackside connectivity with Dallara AV-21 racecars using ultra-low latency wireless technology for the head-to-head autonomous racecar competition. Nine IAC teams will seek to compete, according to IAC. Collaborating with partners like Cisco, the IAC is working to increase safety and performance in not only motorsports, but across all modes of commercial transportation, it said. “Our goal is to bring the brightest minds and top innovators of our time together at iconic racetracks around the world to push autonomous driving technology forward,” said Paul Mitchell, president, Indy Autonomous Challenge. “Through complex problem solving and first-of-its-kind…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.52
August 20, 2022
…fastest autonomous car in the world. It’s called the Dallara AV-21. It has all the things you would expect to see on an autonomous vehicle. It has perception systems such as lidar, radar and optical sensors. It has advanced GPS systems. It has a supercomputer drive-by-wire system. It also has wireless communication technology from Cisco that allows the vehicles to communicate with each other and with race control. All in all, these vehicles are about over a million dollars in terms of hardware and software and technology. Does the university raise funds through sponsorship to attain the car and all…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 24.35
July 11, 2022
…the world competed with the same base cars from Dallara and lidar sensors from Luminar, adding their own self-driving software. Team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Alabama won the $150,000 grand prize. It also later set the land-speed record for an autonomous racecar on the space shuttle runway in Florida (see video below). “The Autonomous Challenge @ CES in January brought a new level of excitement to CES with the world’s first head-to-head autonomous racecar competition, pushing autonomous driving technology to its limits,” stated Jean Foster, senior vice president for marketing and communications at the CTA.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 21.65
January 08, 2022
…the head-to-head passing competition. The IAC teams raced the Dallara AV-21 autonomous racecar. Lidar supplier Luminar and the United Arab Emirates' Technology Innovation Institute (TII) served as premier sponsors for today’s competition. The Dallara AV-21 used three Luminar Hydra sensors to provide 360-degree long-range sensing for safe autonomy at high speeds. TII provided its global expertise in automation and robotics as partner in TII EuroRacing, one of the teams competing at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Autonomous racers line up Two years ago, 41 university teams responded the IAC's initial call to action. They represented engineering and technology programs from…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.62
January 07, 2022
…vehicles to be designed, engineered, and built. They include Dallara and Clemson University, which is not a competitor but contributed to design and engineering. We then worked with suppliers such as Luminar for lidar, Aptiv for radar, Schaeffler for drive by wire, and Cisco for networking and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. IAC also worked with New Eagle for software and ADLINK for hardware. They're known players in the autonomous vehicle industry and saw the race as a good testbed for infrastructure. How did you choose component technology providers? Mitchell: We chose one OEM, but not using its full stack. We chose components…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.55
January 03, 2022
…Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay, Shorelines Exhibit Hall - IAC Dallara AV-21, the most advanced autonomous racecar, will be on display. Jan. 4 (4-4:30 pm): CES Press Conference, Mandalay Bay, Palm A - Hear how race teams and the Dallara AV-21 are helping to speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles. RSVP to [email protected] Jan. 5-8 (CES show hours): Indy Autonomous Challenge/IEDC Booth, Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), West Hall, #5029 – The Dallara AV-21 will be showcased. Jan. 6 (11-11:40 am): “Accelerating AV Talent & Commercialization” conference panel, LVCC, West Hall, Rooms 216-218 - Hear from a coalition of thought…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.11
October 24, 2021
…Spot. An exhibition from the IAC official racecar company, Dallara, followed with the Indy Racing Experience two-seater driven by professional racecar driver Gabby Chaves, with Brad Chambers, Indiana secretary of commerce in the passenger seat. In addition, Dallara CEO Andrea Pontremoli drove the Dallara EXP with Luminar CEO Austin Russell in the passenger seat. The Dallara EXP was designed by The Dallara Group, and Giampaolo Dallara, founder and president of the company. First-round leaders Each team took warmup laps with their cars, which were built around common hardware and software platforms, including a 385 horsepower, four-cylinder engine. They then took…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.95
October 24, 2021
…and software platform before developing their own controls. The Dallara cars had 326 horsepower and four cylinders, as well as a special clutch for smooth autonomous shifting. “Everyone was collaborative—the more capable the cars can be, the better for all of us,” Suvarna said. “The base vehicle software stack took us to 30 mph, and then we built up. If we had a problem, we could pull people from other teams.” “As soon as you turn a car on, it doesn't work magically,” she said. “There's some degree of uncertainty with estimating where things are at a higher level.” “At…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.74
October 23, 2021
…from from 21 universities and nine nations have programmed Dallara AV-21 racecars in pursuit of the $1 million first-place prize. The primary goal of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is to advance technology that can speed the deployment of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles. It is also a platform for students to excel in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). University teams The following teams are competing in the Indy Autonomous Challenge: AI Racing Tech – University of Hawai’i, University of California San Diego Autonomous Tiger Racing – Auburn University Black & Gold Autonomous…
