Our Involvement
General Motors and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) have organized the AutoDrive Challenge™ II, a prestigious intercollegiate competition that sees teams develop and demonstrate an autonomous driving vehicle to be used in urban scenarios as defined by the SAE Standard (J3016™) Level 4 automation. Wisconsin Autonomous was one of ten North American universities selected. The criteria for selection was primarily based on previous work and the availability of resources to complete the challenge (students, funding, infrastructure, etc.). General Motors will generously donate each team a Chevy Bolt EUV to be used as the physical competition test bed. As a four-year challenge, it is imperative to have strong support from the University and sponsors.
Our Progress
We just finished Year 3 of the four year competition. Year 1 focused on preparing, designing, and implementing software destined for testing on the physical car. The work done in Year 1 gave teams the foundation for Years 2-4. Year 2 had a focus on interface development on the Chevy Bolt EUV. This includes localization, controls, and integrating it all into the vehicle along with Year 1’s perception stack. Year 3 was spent updating and improving the existing infrastructure of the car, as well as looking at our performance in Year 2 and making the necessary changes. Each component was thoroughly tested and scored in a variety of events in June 2024. We also continued our work in the non-technical challenges, such as Concept Design Report and Presentation, Software Requirement Specification, Project Leadership deliverables, disability focused solutions, among others. The primary goal now is to fix our past shortcomings, and improve on our current vehicle.
Who’s Involved?
We are excited to compete with nine other teams in the competition!
- Kettering University
- Michigan Technological University
- North Carolina A&T University
- The Ohio State University
- Penn State University
- Texas A&M University
- Virginia Tech
- University of Toronto
- Queens University
