The University of Michigan-Dearborn joins Indy Autonomous Challenge to build the fastest autonomous race car.
A group of University of Michigan-Dearborn professors and students has an ambitious plan to build the fastest autonomous race car at the average speed of more than 120 mph.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge (https://www.indyautonomouschallenge.com/) is a unique competition among universities where Dallara IL-15 Indy Lights formula cars will be driven by intelligent perception and control systems at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS).
The prizes are $1,000,000 to the first team to cross the finish line in 25 minutes or less in a head-to-head 20 lap race of automated Dallara IL-15 around the IMS.
Dr. Jaerock Kwon, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was one of the members who developed this competition in May 2019. He is now leading the University of Michigan-Dearborn team, M@uto, that enters the race car autonomous challenge. As of today, 22 teams are registered and many of them are actively seeking collaborators.
“The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a unique opportunity for faculty and students since there will be unprecedented challenges due to the high-speed where a whole new perception and control architecture will be required,” he said.
To get qualified to enter the final round that will be held on October 23, 2021, teams must complete four sequences of challenges that are more and more difficult in order.
“We are in the middle of the process of building a stronger team that comprises interdisciplinary faculty and students. If anyone is interested in joining the team, visit our team website, http://mauto.jrkwon.com/.” Dr. Kwon said.
The Indy Autonomous Challenge is organized by Energy Systems Network and Indianapolis Motor Speed Way. The sponsors of the challenge are ANSYS, APTIV, Clemson University Internation Center for Automotive Research (CUICAR), and Dallara USA.
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