Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 81.33
January 17, 2024
…solutions, recently announced that it was selected by the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) to provide real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections technology for the world's fastest autonomous racing cars at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. Point One's RTK network delivers centimeter-accurate location services that make autonomous racing at high speeds possible. IAC race cars often exceed 180 mph and require precise location data for safe high-performance racing. The IAC chose Point One Navigation based on the company’s proven record in delivering precise location data to many companies through its RTK technology. RTK in autonomous applications “We’re proud to be selected by the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 72.23
July 11, 2022
Much of today's autonomous vehicles are being tested on closed tracks, limited public roads, and in simulation. However, the Indy Autonomous Challenge, or IAC, has taken a different approach that's both safe and exciting. The Consumer Technology Association today announced that the IAC will return to CES on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. The Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) successfully demonstrated autonomous racecars at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Organizers and sponsors included Energy Systems Network (ESN), the United Arab Emirates' Technology Innovation Institute (TII), remotely driven car service Halo, and 5G network provider T-Mobile. Nine teams from around…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 67.35
August 20, 2022
An autonomous race car built by Politecnico di Milano-Polimove recently broke the world speed record for an autonomous vehicle, clocking in at 192 mph at the Space Shuttle airstrip at NASA's Kennedy Space Center this April. We had an opportunity to see an autonomous race car in action and speak to Paul Mitchell, CEO and president of Energy Systems Network, about the annual Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) event in Orlando, FL. The Consumer Technology Association has also announced that IAC will return to next year's CES. Can you provide an overview of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 66.69
October 02, 2022
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, or IAC, said last week that it will return to racing at “The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco” at the Texas Motor Speedway on Friday, Nov. 11 in Fort Worth, Texas. This comes after a record-setting competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last October, and making history at CES 2022 in January with the world’s first-ever, head-to-head autonomous racing competition. The history of IAC The IAC started as a $1 million prize competition with 41 university teams signing up to compete more than two years ago, representing top engineering and technology programs from 14 U.S.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 62.63
December 11, 2020
The Indy Autonomous Challenge will bring together collegiate teams from around the world next October to run autonomous race cars around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s famed 2.5-mile oval. To get to the starting line, collegiate teams have been working since 2019 bringing together interested faculty and students, writing business plans and raising funds. The challenge, set for Oct. 21-23, is a series of events that has teams address topics such as artificial intelligence, sensors, data science and more in the successful operation of a high-speed autonomous race car. Events include themed hackathons, research papers, simulation races, and participation in Purdue…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 58.78
June 20, 2023
The Indy Autonomous Challenge today announced that Team PoliMOVE won the first-ever autonomous driving road-course trial competition held at the Monza “Temple of Speed.” The competition was part of the Milan Monza Motor Show, or MIMO, which ran from June 16 to 18 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. “Once again, the Indy Autonomous Challenge is pushing the boundaries of high-speed automation with a historic time trial race on the iconic Monza F1 circuit,” said Paul Mitchell, president of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), in a release. “It was an honor for the IAC to have our competition approved by the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 58.11
January 08, 2023
The Indy Autonomous Challenge, or IAC, has been a leading event to showcase advances in self-driving cars, with races in Indianapolis; Fort Worth, Texas; and Las Vegas. Yesterday, Team PoliMOVE won its third race in a row at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the IAC @ CES 2023. “This year was a much greater challenge—we saw something that last year we couldn't even imagine: cars interacting properly on track, trying to overtake one another, I would say, in the most safe way that we can aim at on a racetrack,” said Andrea Ticozzi, an autonomous racing engineer at PoliMOVE.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 58.09
August 27, 2020
…machines and real-world systems, announced it has joined the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), the two-year, $1.5 million university competition to advance autonomous mobility technologies and enable the next generation of mobility leaders. RTI is providing software to more than 500 students globally to design and develop the control software to autonomously race full-size, modified Dallara IL-15 racecars. The students are competing in the first-ever head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race on a world racing stage, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in October 2021. For this challenge, university teams from around the world will use the RTI open software framework, Connext DDS, to design,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 57.64
January 03, 2022
Energy Systems Network, the organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), last week announced that the Technology Innovation Institute will serve as a premier sponsor of the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. It has also selected Halo powered by T-Mobile 5G as the official pace car. The IAC said it will make history at the Consumer Electronics Show with the first high-speed, head-to-head autonomous racecar competition at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. “The Indy Autonomous Challenge is working to advance tech that will speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and deployments of advanced driver-assistance systems,”…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 57.63
January 08, 2022
Indy Autonomous Challenge competitors reached new speeds and levels of sophistication, with fully autonomous racecars passing one another on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway yesterday. Team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano and the University of Alabama won the $150,000 grand prize in the Autonomous Challenge @ CES. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) said today's event was the first head-to-head autonomous race. TUM Autonomous Motorsport from Technische Universität München won second place with $50,000. The team had won the IAC's October 2021 race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. IAC defines technologies, race rules Indianapolis-based Energy Systems Network (ESN) said it organized…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 56.58
October 24, 2021
TUM Autonomous Motorsport from the Technische Universität München, or the Technical University of Munich, yesterday won the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco. TUM competed in a field of nine teams from 21 universities to win the $1 million grand prize in the first autonomous racecar competition at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The rules of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) required each team to compete in a fastest-lap competition that included an obstacle-avoidance component. The winning team recorded a two-lap average speed of 135.944 mph on the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) oval. Organized by Energy Systems Network and the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 53.74
June 26, 2020
…around the world to design, build and test next-generation autonomous vehicle (AV) software through the Indy Autonomous Challange (IAC). Students participating in the $1.5 million prize competition will program modified Dallara racecars for reportedly the world's first autonomous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The challenge was created to advance technology that will speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). As the exclusive Simulation Sponsor of the IAC, Ansys is providing free access to products in its Ansys Autonomy suite—enabling students to develop and refine automated driving software for the modified Dallara IL-15 vehicle…
