Audi is hosting a competition to seek out piloted driving technologies… in a smaller form.
The German automaker has announced the inaugural Driving Cup where students in computer science, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering will compete to find the best piloted model car. A total of 10 teams will compete at a public event at the Audi Museum Mobile on March 25 and 26 and the students will be provided with a basic software package for the competition. From there, each team will be able to develop its own software architecture to process sensor data that will control the model car.
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The hardware will be a 1:8-scale Audi Q5 powered by an electric motor that will allow the model cars to reach a top speed of 24.9 mph. Points will be deducted for accidents, lost time and imprecise execution and the team scoring the most points will win 10,000 euros. Second place will be rewarded 5,000 euros while the third prize team will net 1,000 euros.
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