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The IAC organizes fully autonomous racecar competitions among university teams from around the world and works to further automated vehicle technology. 🏁🤖
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Joined February 2020
💥 History was made at @CES 2025 as the Indy Autonomous Challenge achieved a world first: the successful completion of a multi-car autonomous race! 🏁 Four IAC AV-24 racecars, each driven by AI pilots from top global universities, competed in a thrilling 20-lap race exhibition at
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Ready to see what REAL high-speed autonomy looks like? Go back to 2022 when we set the autonomous land-speed record with the @PoliMOVE Autonomous Racing Team.
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🚗💥 Step into the future of high speed autonomy! . 🤖 Exclusive cockpit view from the @TU_Muenchen autonomous racecar at @Autodromo_Monza in 2023. Precision, speed, and AI at its best. 🎥🏎️ . #FutureOfMobility #RoboticRacing #Innovation #Tech #Speed #MiMO
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Student Spotlight: Meet Frederik Werner, Team Lead at @TU_Muenchen autonomous motorsport. Frederik is at the forefront of grip estimation and planning. He dives into the complexities of high-speed autonomy in unstructured environments, dealing with multiple independent agents.
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The IAC AV-24, a fully autonomous racecar piloted by an AI driver, sets an autonomous hillclimb record at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2024 (@fosgoodwood). ⏲️Final time: 66.37 seconds .🏁Top Speed: 111.2 mph (179 kph). Proudly presented by: @Bridgestone .Coded @PoliMOVE
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🏎️ Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to the Goodwood Festival of Speed! 🏁. We’re excited to announce our presenting partner, @Bridgestone, for this historic event! Since our partnership began in 2021, Bridgestone has shared our passion for motorsports as the ultimate proving
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🚀 Our journey in high-speed autonomy has just started! From early simulations to having 3 cars racing at night for #CES2024, see how we've pushed the boundaries of autonomy in just 3 years. 🏎️💨. Huge thanks to our supporters, sponsors, and university teams! 🤝. The best is yet
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Student Spotlight: Meet Micaela from the @Euroracingteam1 of @UNIMORE_univ. As a Perception Engineer, she's been integral in integrating the AI Driver stack, pushing the limits of autonomous software. 🚗💡. After graduating and wrapping up her last race at #CES2024, she's now at
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Since 2021, university teams from around the world have been competing to code an AI driver for the World’s Fastest Autonomous Racecar. Who will come out on top in 2024?. Watch history unfold:.
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🏁 The World’s Fastest Autonomous Racecars are competing head to head at the @IMS tomorrow! . 🕐 1pm ET - Friday Sept 6. 🔗 Tune into the livestream:
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21 universities - 9 countries - 9 teams - $1.5M in prizes! . Learn more about the final details for October 23, 2021 at the @IMS here:
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🚗✅ Inspection of the AV-24 passed! Our official entry number is 235. Make sure to tune in at 5:20pm GMT to watch our first official autonomous hillclimb. 🤖🏁 . Watch here: PoliMOVE Autonomous Racing Team Michigan State University Politecnico di
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Meet The 9 University Teams Competing in the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by @Cisco . - AI Racing Tech – University of Hawai’i, University of California San Diego. - Autonomous Tiger Racing – Auburn University
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Congratulations to @TU_Muenchen the winners of the historic @IndyAChallenge and $1M. The first autonomous racecar competition @IMS. #IAC2021
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Meet The Most Advanced Autonomous Car Ever Built: A Dallara-designed, first of its kind, fully autonomous racecar built for competition. Learn more: . #IAC2021 #CES2021 @DallaraGroup #Dallara #AutonomousVehicles
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🏎️🤖 The Indy Autonomous Challenge returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 6, 2024! . 🎓 The event will feature a head-to-head race of autonomous racecars, driven by AI developed by top university teams worldwide. This thrilling event showcases how AI can drive at
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The official @IndyAChallenge flag waver @BostonDynamics Spot entertaining some of the young fans who will be our next generation of innovators. #IAC2021
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Indy Autonomous Challenge unveils racecar for world’s first head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race at .@IMS. Learn more: #IAC2021 #AutonomousVehicles #CES2021
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The World’s Fastest Autonomous Racecar. Same Chassis -> New Robot 🤖. Come say hello to the IAC AV-24 at #CES2024
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The IAC racecar, a Dallara AV-21 programmed by team PoliMOVE from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the Univ. of Alabama (USA), set a new land speed world record for an autonomous racecar of 192.2 MPH / 309.3 KPH at the historic Kennedy Space Center.
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Today is Race Day! 🏁 @IndyAChallenge univ. teams are ready for the Autonomous Challenge @ CES, the first high-speed, head-to-head autonomous racecar passing competition @LVMotorSpeedway. Watch LIVE here: @CES #IAC2022 #INatCES2022
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Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered By Cisco will be available for live streaming! . 21 Universities - 9 Teams - 9 Countries - $1Million Grand Prize. WATCH LIVE tomorrow October 23, 2021 - At 1 P.M. EDT Here:
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Indy Autonomous Challenge Dallara AV-21 racecar making its first fully autonomous laps. One more milestone for the Challenge. Go IAC Teams! . @IndyAChallenge @DallaraGroup #IAC2021
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Polimove Wins The Autonomous Challenge At @CES®, Making History As The First Head-To-Head Autonomous Racecar Competition Champion . Read more: 👉
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The @IndyAChallenge teams drawing for starting position for Saturday's competition. Ready to make history at the first autonomous racecar competition at @IMS. #IAC2021
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It's a big day for @IndyAChallenge university teams as they prepare for the first practice of their Dallara AV-21 #autonomous racecars at IMS. GO Teams! . #IAC2021 @DallaraGroup
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We are up and running! 👏👏👏👏.
#IAC2021 startup sequence, engine cranking, teleop steering & throttle, gear shifts, e-stop using @OpenRoboticsOrg #ROS 2 #Autoware #CycloneDDS #Zenoh #V2X on @ADLINK_Tech! Thx @CU_ICAR @oobiejosh @AutowareFdn @IndyAChallenge universities #OpenSource community #becauseracecar
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Racing into 2024. As we enter a new year, all of us at the Indy Autonomous Challenge are excited to share footage of our shakedown testing for the IAC AV-24, the only racecar that delivers on the promise of high-speed autonomy in real-world conditions. Full reveal at #CES2024
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TUM Autonomous Motorsport Wins The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered By @Cisco At The @IMS And The $1 Million Grand Prize . Learn more: 👉 @TU_Muenchen #IAC2021
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IAC teams set world records in Oct at IMS, pushing the technology behind autonomous vehicles to the absolute edge. On Jan. 7 @LVMotorSpeedway in the Autonomous Challenge @CES, they take it to the next level in first head-to-head passing competition between self-driving racecars
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We are thrilled to announce @PoliMOVE as the winner of the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by @Cisco at @TXMotorSpeedway. Congratulations to our winning team and all the teams who competed today!
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The IAC, with our presenting sponsor @Cisco, will return to racing at @TXMotorSpeedway on Nov. 11th! Our 9 teams will compete with their Dallara AV-21 racecars. Witness the world’s fastest autonomous racecars as they continue making history!
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⏳ The Countdown Begins: T-1 Month to the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. On September 6, 2024, the @IMS will host the Indy Autonomous Challenge! Witness the future of autonomous mobility with a thrilling high-speed autonomous competition, and
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TUM Autonomous Motorsport kissing the famous Yard of Bricks at the @IMS after winning the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered By @Cisco. #IAC2021 @TU_Muenchen
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Our @juncosracing team hard at work helping the @IndyAChallenge university teams with their Dallara AV-21 #autonomous racecars at the first IMS practice day. We couldn't do it without them! . #IAC2021 @DallaraGroup
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No headlights, no track lights, no driver. The Indy Autonomous Challenge Dallara AV-21 is run on algorithms. The software makes all the decisions. Watch the IAC team TUM show how the most advanced autonomous racecar runs, in the dark.
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It's an early day for the @IndyAChallenge Teams and our .@juncosracing crew as they get ready for another IMS practice day. But first, professional photo shoot. #IAC2021
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🎓@Caltech joins the Indy Autonomous Challenge! . We are thrilled to announce the California Institute of Technology as the 10th team in the world’s largest autonomous racing program. Welcome to the paddock, CAST Racer team!. 👩🔬 Leading the charge is team principal, Dr. Soon-Jo
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KAIST hits the top of the leaderboard with a top speed of 164.9 mph!. Watch the event LIVE!. #IndyAutonomousChallenge #FutureTech #AISummit #AutomationSummit #IMS #RaceDay
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Six @IndyAChallenge autonomous Dallara AV-21 racecars on track @IMS today for an exciting day of practice. 10 teams, 21 universities from 9 countries competing for $1.5M prize. #IAC2021 #Autonomous
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Loading up “Nova”, the @AuburnEngineers autonomous racecar for E-Day at the @Auburnengineering campus today where over 5,000 7th-12th grade students interested in STEM careers will learn how this car is programmed to be fully autonomous at high speeds! #indyautonomous
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Congratulations to PoliMOVE for winning 1st Place in the @Ansys Indy Autonomous Challenge Simulation Race! 🏁
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Four unique race weekends, featuring an impressive, varied array of machinery and competitors, are coming to @IMS this September and October in an exciting, fan-friendly conclusion to the 2021 season at the Racing Capital of the World. Read more: 👉
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All lined up and ready to come back to #Indy. The @IndyAChallenge teams and autonomous racecars put on quite a historic event on Friday, Jan. 7 at @CES and the @LVMotorSpeedway. If you missed it, you can watch it on #IAC2022
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Thank you @luminartech for being an IAC Premier Sponsor of the IAC’s Autonomous Challenge @ Monza 2023 during MIMO this June! 🏁🤖. Read more 👇. #MilanoMonza #IndyAutonomousChallenge #NoSteeringWheelNoProblem.#AutonomousRacing #MIMO2023
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Congratulations to our two winners of the night, #9 Cavalier Autonomous Racing and #5 PoliMOVE-MSU!!. Time Trial Winner - #9 Cavalier Autonomous Racing @UVAEngineers . Passing Competition Winner - #5 PoliMOVE-MSU @PoliMOVE. #IndyAutonomousChallenge #FutureTech #AISummit
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6 hours to go until the Autonomous Challenge @ CES! . You can live stream it here: & @Twitch
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THE SPEED INCREASES! The final software battle has evolved to the 145 mph bracket with @PoliMOVE on the attack against @UNIMORE_univ!. Watch the event LIVE!. #IndyAutonomousChallenge #FutureTech #AISummit #AutomationSummit #IMS #RaceDay
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WUT Driverless intends to use MPC (Model Predictive Control) as a planning module, with additional high frequency feedback loops responsible for actuating the vehicle in order to gain quicker computational response time to the ever changing @IMS track environment.
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Another Indy Autonomous Challenge milestone: five Dallara AV-21 racecars at @LucasOilRaceway for testing and practice by the IAC teams. #IAC2021 @juncosracing @dallaragroup
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First full day of practice @LVMotorSpeedway for the @IndyAChallenge teams. 19 universities working to compete in the first head-to-head autonomous racecar passing competition on Jan. 7 at CES 2022. #IAC2022
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The teams who will be programming the Dallara AV-21 autonomous racecar on Oct. 23 Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Indy Autonomous Challenge are checking out the car for the first time. #IAC2021 #AutonomousVehicles #autonomousdriving
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The @IndyAChallenge teams have started practice and testing @LVMotorSpeedway as they prepare for the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on Jan. 7, 2022. Nice to be back on track!. #IAC2022 @CTATech @juncosracing
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The @IndyAChallenge has so many terrific sponsors including our presenting sponsor @Cisco. We couldn't do it without them. Thank you to all of them! .#IAC2021
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IAC university teams preparing for first practice of their Dallara AV-21 #autonomous racecars at IMS. 📸Madhur Behl
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Pushing the limits of autonomous driving, one record at a time. #indyautonomouschallenge #iac2023.#AutonomousVehicles #autonomousracing
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One week ago today, ESN and @IndyAChallenge made history again with the first head-to-head autonomous racecar passing competition @LVMotorSpeedway @CES 2022. If you missed it or want to learn more, you can watch videos and the broadcast at #IAC2022
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Indy Autonomous Challenge tests driverless tech: 'Students didn't know it was impossible' - @indystar .
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The time trials resulted in 6 IAC teams qualifying for today’s racing competition. Do you see your favorite IAC team? Tune into the livestream at 1 pm EST to see them in action!
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The IAC teams are ready to bring the excitement of autonomous driving to @LVMotorSpeedway at #CES2023! Listen to Paul Mitchell talk to @CES Tech Talk podcast host, @JamesKotecki about what’s to come for the competition in January:
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3 hours until the Autonomous Challenge @ #CES2024 . Join us at the Las Vegas Speedway at 330pm for a historic event for the future of autonomy 🤖🏎️
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ICYMI: History was made on October 23 at IMS and now the journey continues with the Autonomous Challenge @CES on January 7, 2022 at the @LVMotorSpeedway. @CTATech #CES2021
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Check out Autonomous Tiger Racing, one of four IAC race teams investing intensive practice time on the winding turns of Indiana’s Putnam Park Road Course. 🏎️🏁🤖.#NoSteeringWheelNoProblem.#AutonomousRacing #Indiana
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🏆 Congratulations to @TU_Muenchen on winning the Autonomous Challenge @ CES 2024! Kudos to all teams for braving the cold at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. 🤖❄ Highlights coming soon. Stay tuned! 🏎 #CES2024 #autonomousvehicles #highspeed #aidriven
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It's arrived in Vegas. Come see the most advanced autonomous racecar @CES in West Hall Booth #5029. CES attendees join us for the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on Jan. 7 @LVMotorSpeedway. 19 univ., 8 countries, 9 teams seek to compete. #IAC2022 #INatCES2022
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Thank you @NBCNightlyNews for featuring yesterday’s Autonomous Challenge @ CES! Congratulations to all of our teams and their extraordinary efforts.
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The 2020 Indy 500 had no fans in the stands. But imagine a race with no drivers in the cars?. That's going to happen at the @IMS this fall. Read more: . #IAC2021 #autonomousdriving #autonomousvehicles
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A big shout out to our @juncosracing team that works so hard in maintaining the @IndyAChallenge racecars and works with all of the teams competing in the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on Jan. 7, 2022 at @CES. We couldn’t do it without you. #IAC2022 @CTATech
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The most advanced autonomous racecar, the @IndyAChallenge Dallara AV-21 is at @CES Unveiled Booth #431, stop by and learn more. The Autonomous Challenge @CES is Jan. 7.
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The teams have been working so hard, tonight we have some fun. Thx to the @HyattPlaceIndy for providing a great space. Oct. 23 is the big day for the @IndyAChallenge #IAC2021
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Read about @richontech's trip to attend the Autonomous Challenge @ CES at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by @Cisco is finally here! . 21 Universities - 9 Teams - 9 Countries - $1Million Grand Prize . Live stream starts in 10 minutes! 👉
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Cutting-edge vehicles, speed, and competition are nothing new at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But on October 23, 2021, the home of the Indy 500 will experience a first: Fast cars without drivers. Learn more: 👉 - via @ADLINK_Tech.
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Congratulations to PoliMOVE for winning the Autonomous Challenge @ CES! . Follow the LIVE STREAM here:
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ICYMI: Fully autonomous @IndyAChallenge Dallara AV-21 racecars need to watch their pit lane speeds too. IAC teams from 21 universities working hard at IMS practice day. #IAC2021 @Indiana_EDC @juncosracing @DallaraGroup
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One week from today on Oct. 23, history will be made when 21 universities from 9 countries forming 9 teams will compete in the @IndyAChallenge, the first autonomous racecar competition at @IMS. Teams vying for $1M prize. #IAC2021
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Edge computing, lidars, radars, cameras, drive-by-wire and more. It takes a lot of technology to run the most advanced autonomous racecar, the Dallara AV-21. The @IndyAChallenge teams are the best in the world, see how they do it.
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The opening ceremonies have begun! Cheer on your favorite team in-person, or tune into the livestream!. #IndyAutonomousChallenge #FutureTech #FutureOfMobility #IMS
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Congratulations to TUM Autonomous Motorsport for winning 2nd Place in the @Ansys Indy Autonomous Challenge Simulation Race!🏁
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#CES2024 aka the only place where you'll catch someone rolling through the show floor with the world's fastest #autonomous racecar 🏎️🤖. 📍Come see it yourself at LVCC, West Hall — 5901
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Here is the sensor arrangement on one of the @autonomousgraz Automated Driving Demonstrators which is used for research and testing of different automated driving functionalities. #IAC2021 #automateddriving #SensorFusion #AutonomousRacingGrazIAC2021 #IndyAutonomousChallenge
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#TBT It has evolved over a few short years but the most advanced #autonomous racecar, the Dallara AV-21, stands as a major achievement of the IAC, its university teams and partners. @DallaraGroup
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Day 2 of #CES2023 is coming to a close but we’re just getting started. Join us tomorrow at @LVMotorSpeedway where our teams seek to break autonomous racing records! Buses provided by CES leave West Hall to the track starting at 11:00am PST⏩
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🚗💨 Hop aboard a fully autonomous racecar setting a record at #PutnamPark!. 🏁 During training for the Indy Autonomous Challenge, @AIRacingTech hit 140+ mph, setting a record for the fastest autonomous lap at Indiana’s Putnam Park Road Course. 🤖 Developed by teams from
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