Lyles faculty member and Purdue Team Advisor Samuel Labi (far left) and Lyles graduate student Richard Ajagu and ECE graduate student Sashank Modali (far right) with one of the participating team members and their Go-Kart.

Lyles faculty member and Purdue team advisor Samuel Labi, together with CCE students Richard Ajagu and Jelin Sabu and ECE graduate student Sashank Modali, hosted the 2nd Annual AKS competition at the Purdue Grand Prix track in West Lafayette, IN, May 20-23, 2024.

The event was organized by Mr. Danny White (former Director of Motorsports at Purdue and a leading motorsports expert) and Mr. Andrew Goeden (AKS Founder and Director).

Lineup of the Go-Karts

The AKS events showcase recent innovations in autonomous vehicle navigation technology, pushing the boundaries of possibilities in go kart speed racing. In this year’s event, six (6) college teams built their self-driving go-karts at their respective universities and transported them to the Purdue University campus for the event. The competing teams were: University of Michigan Dearborn; Kennesaw State University; UC Berkeley, UC San Diego; University of Hawaii; University of Pennsylvania.

The Purdue Autonomous Motorsports Purdue (AMP) team did not participate in this year’s event.

CCAT-PI and Purdue Team Advisor Samuel Labi (far left) and Race Organizer Danny White (far right) with the University of Michigan-Dearborn Team.