The Droid Racing Challenge recently hosted by QUT Robotics Club was an event designed to inspire students and general public alike about the potential of robotic vision. Results and winners were announced with a selection of media from the event in the Droid Racing Challenge Wrap-up. This article is a companion piece highlighting the technical […]

Droid Racing Challenge Project Page How to make an autonomous vehicle – the 2016 Droid Racing Challenge The task set by the QUT Robotics Club for the inaugural Droid Racing Challenge (DRC) was not a trivial one – to design a ground based vehicle capable of autonomously navigating around a track, other vehicles, and obstacles, […]

The Droid Racing Challenge is right around the corner! Teams from QUT, UQ, Griffith, and UNSW will compete next Wednesday 29th of June. Autonomous droids will race around the Kidney Lawn at QUT Gardens Point round-robin style, facing off against each other using robotic vision to navigate their way around the race course and obstacles. […]

UPDATE 15/3: Due to high levels of interest, we will be limiting the challenge to 20 teams. The first 20 teams to register before April 1st will be accepted. Please use the registration form on the webpage. The main aspect of this challenge is computer vision, and we therefore do not require all mechanical components […]

This is the final week for signing up to the MathWorks Mission On Mars Robot Challenge. We will be closing the sign up form and contacting interested students on Monday March 21st.