Racing to Learn

Undergraduate students demonstrated their skills and knowledge in an exciting final competition

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By  Bridget Moriarty
Email: bmm8r@virginia.edu
Sign taped to wall of scale model race track

UVA Engineering undergraduate students in Madhur Behl's CS4501 course showed off the results of their work this semester during the 2023 UVA F1tenth Autonomous Racing Grand Prix.

Eight teams of students spent the semster building and programming one-tenth scale autonomous race cars. The teams squared off in time trials and head-to-head battles in the UVA Link Lab arena during exam week, with the winning team earning a trophy (and bragging rights).

Behl, an associate professor of computer science and systems and information engineering who also leads the Cavalier Autonomous Racing Team, hosts the event each year as a way for students in the course to show what they have learned about the principles of perception, planning and control for autonomous driving throughout the semester.

The winning student team
The second place student team
the 1/10 scale model race track in Link Lab arena
Prof. Madhur Behl and his autonomous vehicle design class in the Link Lab arena
a 1/10 scale model of an autonomous race car
The race competition bracket on a projector screen
a student team prepares for the race
Racing track set up in the UVA Link Lab arena
A one-tenth scale autonomous race car being prepared for final race
A student team prepared for the race

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