Lessons Learned from an Autonomous Race Car Competition

The advancement of AI technologies and the increasing processing power of computers have made high-speed autonomous racing possible. Different leagues, such as the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) and the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), are organizing races in simulation and with real race cars. In this paper we will describe our experience with the inaugural A2RL event and a SIM race organized by IAC. With respect to A2RL, we will give an overview of the physical parameters of the race car, the sensors we worked with, and our software solution including how we created trajectories for different test scenarios.