From 2018 to 2022, evGrandPrix hosted an Autonomous Series with teams participating from all over the US. In 2022, it was decided to discontinue the series to focus on the success of its High School and Collegiate Drivered series. This webpage contains the historical information about the Autonomous series.
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A special one-of-a-kind event that makes history by gathering universities together to compete against each other with fully autonomous race karts!
Autonomous racing is the ultimate engineering challenge. Combining the mechanical design of traditional auto-racing with the cutting-edge software controls of driverless vehicles, autonomous go-karts are the perfect platform to design, build, and test the vehicles of tomorrow.
The driver is replaced with a variety of sensors placed throughout the kart. These sensors act as the eyes and ears of the vehicle, feeding the data to a control algorithm that students develop and tune. Machine learning (artificial intelligence) is often used to interpret sensor data. The challenge is who can engineer and build the most effective and fast driverless kart.
Autonomous racing brings a new thrill to the track combining high-speed karting with fascinatingly advanced technologies.
Go-karts are the perfect platform to test new automotive technologies. Teams already have enough on their plate having to design electric powertrains and autonomous systems, therefore it is best to use a reliable, well-documented, and affordable option as the chassis.
For this reason, Purdue chose go-karts back in 2009 when evGrand Prix began. Almost 10 years of electric go-kart racing knowledge exists among the program’s participants. The new autonomous series has a great foundation from which to build and grow into the competitive and highly-innovative program it will become.
