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Robocar: Autonomous Race Car Takes On Goodwood’s 1.16-Mile Track

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Remember the Robocar? It is Roborace’s electric race car that can drive autonomously. It was designed by Daniel Simon and is powered by 4 x 135kW electric motors for a combined 500+ HP. An NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 is used with LiDAR, GPS, ultrasonic and camera sensors to capture and process data.

Roborace to attempt first-ever autonomous hillclimb at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018

As the company explains:

Robocar, will take on Goodwood’s 1.16-mile track guided only by automated systems, making it the first self-driving car ever to attempt the hillclimb. Robocar will be tasked with navigating hay bales, flint walls and forests on the Duke of Richmond’s estate

Pretty neat if you ask us. More info is available here.

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