Driverless racing cars on the track for debut in April in Abu Dhabi – News of Brazil
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The Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, the stage for the closing of the Formula 1 season in November, will be a testing ground in the coming weeks for a racing car powered by software algorithms, rather than by any human hand.
The driverless Dallara Super Formula SF23 open-wheel cars, capable of speeds of 300 kilometers per hour (186 miles per hour), have a computer in place of the cockpit and do not need a steering wheel, seat, pedals or protective halo.
The cars are the stars of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), which will hold its inaugural race on the Grand Prix circuit on April 28, 2024, with a prize fund of US$2.25 million.
Ten single-car teams will be involved in the first year, but organizers accept the science is not yet there for everyone to be able to race together at high speed.
“We know that two cars (without a driver) can race well together on a track, what we will be striving to see is can you achieve a result where three or four cars race competitively against each other?”Dr. Tom McCarthy, CEO of operating company ASPIRE, told Reuters.
“We are at the frontier of science in this case. If we get to a point where 10 cars are racing (together) in the next five years, I think that would be a great achievement. We see ourselves on a development path, we see a time in the future where we will have as many cars lined up on the grid for an autonomous race as for a Formula 1 race, but that’s not going to happen today or tomorrow.”
ASPIRE is part of an Advanced Technology Research Council established by Abu Dhabi three years ago with the aim of leveraging technology to help diversify the oil-rich emirate’s economy.
Source: Reuters
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