An autonomous racing car created by Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) undergraduate students has qualified for the final of an intercontinental intelligent racing competition.
The ‘Soton GT’ team, which built its high speed vehicle for their fourth year undergraduate group project, will now face rivals from Europe, the Middle East and Africa later this month at the EMEA NXP Cup in Munich, Germany.
Electrical and Electronic Engineering MEng students Lawrence Harlow and Owen Johnson and Computer Science MEng student Adam Piekarski entered their car into a Qualification Event in Leeds on Wednesday 29 March, coming second with a time of 20.4 seconds.
Team leader, Lawrence Harlow said:
We’ve had our eyes set on this competition since our group project started in September. We’re thrilled to reach the final and can’t wait to set a fast time in Munich. The brief has been to create an autonomous racer the size of a radio controlled car. You hear a lot about Tesla and Google’s self-driving cars in the news, so it’s been fascinating to take one footstep into that area.
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