Starting last fall, approximately 50 students in ten teams programmed model cars – small Audi Q5s* on a scale of 1:8 – enabling them to drive in piloted mode. The participants have now been able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their software in the final of the competition in the Audi museum mobile. In direct competition, the model cars had to show how well they react to oncoming traffic and traffic at crossroads, difficult parking situations and obstacles that appear suddenly.
“The jury was convinced by the creative solutions that the students presented. Particularly in the area of driver assistance systems and piloted driving, courses of study are important that place emphasis on these innovation topics and arouse students’ interest in them. After this year’s good results, we will once again hold the Audi Autonomous Driving Cup in the coming year,” stated Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Board of Management Member for Technical Development at AUDI AG.
The team from the Technical University of Munich convinced the jury with the precise way in which it mastered the difficult driving tasks in the final stage. The second prize of 5,000 euros was awarded to the students from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, and the third prize of 1,000 euros went to the team from the University of Freiburg.
The prizes were handed over by Prof. Thomas Sigi, Board of Management Member for Human Resources and Labor Relations Director at AUDI AG. “We are looking for people with a pioneering spirit, who think outside the box, who are as passionate about innovative technologies as we are and who are courageous enough to go new ways. I congratulate the three first-placed teams – but for me, everyone’s a winner who is already occupied with such complex issues of the future as piloted driving while still a student.”
Fuel consumption of the Audi Q5:
Fuel consumption combined in l/100 km: 8.5-4.9;
CO2 emissions combined in g/km: 199-129