PBL goes autonomous racing

The flagship project F1TENTH of the Center for Project-Based Learning (PBL) pursues the goal to participate in the F1TENTH race, one of the top competitions in the world on autonomous race driving. The team of 9 students aim to complete different race tracks as quickly as possible with a self-driving racing car on a scale of 1:10.

by Stefanie Pfennigbauer
Enlarged view: PBL Autonomous driving
The F1TENTH team from left to right: Nicolas Baumann, Daniel Pfister, Nadine Imholz, Luca Schwarzenbach, Edoardo Ghignone, Jonathan Becker und Jonas Kühne (not pictured)

The F1TENTH project is being pursued at several universities and research institutions worldwide. The shape of the vehicles is determined by the rules of the competition, which means that the various teams can gain advantages over their competitors primarily through the design of the algorithm used. The aim is thus to develop a faster and more intelligent vehicle.

The highly motivated F1TENTH team from D-ITET finds the best conditions at the Innovation Park Zurich to test their work and constantly check the progress of their vehicle. The competition will take place on 25 May 2022 in Philadelphia, USA.

More information can be found on external pageLinkedin and on the competition's external pagewebsite.

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