LSS RAS - Indy Autonomous Challenge
Program:
The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) was ambitiously conceived of as a wheel-to-wheel race of fully autonomous race cars on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) oval. Although a multi-car race didn't materialize as envisioned, an exciting and boundary pushing competition was still held on schedule at IMS on October 23, 2021. The success of that IAC competition has since led to a follow-on competition at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 7: the Autonomous Challenge at CES. For this presentation, Dr. Kris Kozak will give a behind the scenes look at the process that led up to the original competition, provide insight into the technologies used in the cars, and touch on some of the unique challenges that were faced by competitors.
Meeting Information:
This meeting will offer a hybrid-format which allows for in-person and online participation.
The in-person location will be hosted in a meeting room at Southwest Research Institute's (SwRI) Cafeteria. Please make sure to let us know if you plan on attending in-person via the registration form, as there are only 16 spots available due to capacity restraints. Additionally, SwRI's policies require us to obtain names in advance to permit guests onto the campus. In-person attendees will be mailed instructions on how to enter SwRI's campus in advance as well.
In-person atteendes are welcome to bring their own lunch or purchase a meal at the SwRI Cafeteria which offers a wide variety of food to choose from.
Virtual (Zoom) participation will be provided to registrants on the day of the presentation.
Contact Fernando (fernando.martinez@swri.org) if you have any questions or concerns.
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- Date: 27 Jan 2022
- Time: 11:45 AM to 01:00 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
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- 145 Tom Slick Ave
- San Antonio, Texas
- United States 78238
- Building: Cafeteria
- Room Number: PDR2
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- Starts 10 January 2022 08:00 AM
- Ends 26 January 2022 03:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-06:00) US/Central
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Kris Kozak
The Indy Autonomous Challenge Race
Biography:
Dr. Kozak is an experienced researcher, developer and problem solver with a demonstrated history working globally to provide customized solutions in the dynamic fields of self driving & autonomous vehicles, robotics, systems and software. Skilled in vehicle localization, control and perception with high-level experience developing software in C++, Matlab and Python. Kris earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on robotics from Georgia Institute of Technology and currently serves as vice-chair of the LSS Robotics and Automation Society Chapter. This past year he was involved in the Indy Autonomous Challenge.
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Presentation - Dr. Kris Kozak