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Autonomous Desert Racing
The Grand Challenge is a 300km autonomous robotic desert race. We are out to win with two HUMMERS, fast autonomous navigation technology, and a great team.
The race is a winner-take-all, autonomy-only rumble across 300 kilometers of desert trails, mountains and wide-open flats. 118 teams are vying for 20 starting positions, and on race day only one will win. The Red Team is playing to win, with world-class terrain modeling, robotic vehicles, and blazing-fast navigation.
Additional Info
Principal Investigator: Red Whittaker
Key Technologies:
- Ultra-resolution topography
- Fused lidar, radar and bifocal stereo
- Active suspension and gimbal-stabilized sensors
- Fast trajectory planning with dynamics
- Two autonomous HUMMERS:
Sandstorm & H1ghlander