The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), organized by Energy Systems Network and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is a $1.5 million prize competition among universities to program Dallara AV-21 racecars and compete in the world’s first autonomous racecar event at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The primary goal of the IAC is to advance technology that can speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and deployments of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). These enhancements will lead to increased safety and performance in all modes of racing and commercial transportation. In addition, the competition is a platform for students to excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). IAC UNIVERSITY TEAMS University Teams Competing in the Indy Autonomous Challenge There are 10 teams comprised of 21 universities from 9 countries competing in the Indy Autonomous Challenge: ● AI Racing Tech – University of Hawai’i, University of California San Diego ● Autonomous Tiger Racing – Auburn University ● Black & Gold Autonomous Racing – Purdue University, United States Military Academy at West Point ● Cavalier Autonomous Racing – University of Virginia ● EuroRacing – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy), University of Pisa (Italy), ETH Zürich (Switzerland), Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) ● IUPUI-IITKGP-USB – Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India), Universidad de San Buenaventura (Colombia) ● KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) ● MIT-PITT-RW – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Waterloo (Canada) ● PoliMOVE – Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of Alabama ● TUM Autonomous Motorsport – Technische Universität München (Germany) For more information about the Indy Autonomous Challenge visit ww.indyautonomouschallenge.com.