Administrative

Who is allowed to compete

  1. Teams are required to be affiliated with an Academic Institution.
  2. A team can consist of members from more than one University, however any one person cannot be on multiple teams.

Required Roles

  1. All teams must establish at least one member as their Autonomous Safety Officer.
    • The Autonomous Safety Office will ensure that their team’s kart is operating in a safe manner on and off track.
  2. All teams must establish at least one Designated Driver.
    • A Designated Driver is a separate person from a team’s Autonomous Safety Officer.
    • A Designated Driver is responsible for driving the team’s kart as either a driver within the kart or when the kart is being operated remotely.

Documentation Requirements from teams

  1. All participants must sign and submit a liability waiver.
    1. All teams must submit the required videos and design documentation before specified race deadlines.
  2. Some events may require certain components and features to be demonstrated in person.
    1. Teams must be able to demonstrate all components and features in person if requested.
    2. Teams will be notified of specific demonstrations before the event.

Jurisdiction of rules

  1. All announcements and comments posted on the official website of the competition are to be considered part of the official ruleset

Disclaimer

These rules are open to interpretation where specifics are not given. This means that, for example, a material that is stated to be banned in one section is banned in all sections except where explicitly allowed. Other sections may have exceptions that explicitly allow or disallow under specific circumstances for those sections.