LAS VEGAS—Nine university teams from around the world recently competed in a head-to-head race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway as part of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC). It was the world’s first successful completion of a multi-car autonomous race.
Four AV-24 race cars piloted by AI drivers competed in a 20-lap exhibition race. The race ended in a side-by-side photo finish, with UNIMORE Racing (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, which is located in Modena, Italy, the ancestral home of Ferrari) crossing the finish line less than three-tenths of a second faster than Cavalier Autonomous Racing (University of Virginia).