The Purdue AI Racing Initiative, led by Samuel Labi, professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, will make a return trip to Las Vegas for CES®2024.

One of nine active Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) teams, PAIR members will test the limits of their Dallara-built autonomous vehicle at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the Autonomous Challenge @ CES on Jan. 11, 2024. Sponsored by Purdue for Life, the Purdue AI Racing team’s vehicle will compete alongside those of several universities from around the world.

The IAC will have a significant presence at the event, partnering with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to host a major exhibition space in the Las Vegas Convention Center. During the event, IAC will unveil its Next Gen Autonomous Racecar, which boasts a new cutting-edge autonomous hardware system that will catapult the performance of the IAC’s vehicles.

“Our university teams have been piloting the world’s fastest autonomous racecars in head-to-head racing for two years now and have completed more than 7,000 miles of autonomous racing. We have learned a great deal about the unique hardware and software capabilities required for extreme high-speed automation,” IAC president Paul Mitchell said in a release. “We’ve taken those learnings along with the hardware advancements made by our industry partners and developed the most advanced autonomous racecar in the world.