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Race Procedure Rules

Spirit of the Competition

The goal of the Autonomous Karting Series is to create an accessible and exciting autonomous go kart race. The race presents a realistic scenario in which teams need to build go-karts that will race and compete on a track autonomously. It is encouraged that teams will work to create innovative and performant hardware, electrical, and software solutions.

Event Structure

  1. There will be multiple Official Practice Sessions throughout a race event and a Official Race Session.
    1. Official Practice sessions will follow competition safety rules as if the practice session was a Race Session.
    2. Official Race Session will be 1 kart running on the track at a time.
  2. Team rankings will be by total time taken to complete the 5 laps.
  3. The team order in which each category will be run will be decided in order of fastest laps ran during official practice sessions.

Race Track Definition

  1. The track is defined by the paved surface of the track
    • Individual races may have extra/special features to define the track.
  2. Track width must be at minimum 15 feet.
  3. The start/finish line will be identified on a per track basis.

Allowed Data During Race

  1. ALL data collected during the Official Practice Sessions is allowed during the Race Session.
  2. ALL data must be collected using the go-kart competing.
    1. Data collected using a secondary vehicle is not allowed.
  3. A non-encompassing list of allowed data:
    • GPS waypoints
    • Track centerline
    • Track edges
    • Track images
    • Track pointcloud
  4. Teams are encouraged to not focus entirely on a predefined run of the track but also take into account track conditions and adapt.
    • This will lead into full multi-kart races.

Multi-Kart Exposition Runs

  1. During the event, there may be 1 or more exposition runs where 2 will be incentivized to showcase multi-kart racing capabilities under fully autonomous conditions.

Awards

  1. Fastest Time Awards
    • The top 3 teams will receive placement awards in order of Race Total Time.
  2. Engineering Excellence Award
    • The awarded team will be selected from judges based on design documents and implementation of components on the kart.