Indy Autonomous Challenge

The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a competition that challenges students from all over the world in imagining, inventing and demonstrating a new generation of Artificial Intelligence software for fully autonomous vehicles. The driverless racing cars designed by the teams compete at speed on important circuits.

The Polimi Team

PoliMOVE Autonomous Racing Team was founded in 2020 and every year brings together 10-15 PhD students and research fellows from the mOve research group who work together to design, verify and fine-tune the car. There are many aspects to be taken into consideration: the design of algorithms for the control of combined vehicle dynamics at the limits of handling, the development of localization and sensor fusion algorithms (LiDAR, Cameras, Radar, GPS) and decision-making algorithms for overtaking and autonomous race management, the collection of data to be analyzed to optimize performance. The team is led by Prof. Sergio Savaresi in the role of Team Leader and by three Technical Advisors, Profs. Matteo Corno and Giulio Panzani and Prof. Brandon Dixon of the University of Alabama.

2024

• Uphill climb record 66.37 seconds, Goodwood Festival of Speed

2023

• 1^st place at the Indy Autonomous Challenge, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
• 1^st place at CES23 Indy Autonomous Challenge, Las Vegas Motor Speedway

2022

• 1^st place at the Indy Autonomous Challenge, Texas Motorspeedway
• Autonomous Land Speed Record, Cape Canaveral
• 1^st place at the CES22 Indy Autonomous Challenge, Las Vegas Motorspeedway

Recruiting is aimed at students who decide to apply for a thesis with Professor Sergio Savaresi, within the mOve research group.

Dr. Paola Hasalliu (Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering)
paola.hasalliu@polimi.it