The 19th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, which challenges college students to think creatively as a team about the evolving technologies of vehicle electronics, controls, sensors, computer science, robotics, and system integration throughout the design, fabrication and field testing of autonomous intelligent mobile robots. This year's unmanned ground vehicle competition promises $40,000 in student awards.
Oakland University; the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center; and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International will welcome a total of 56 university teams from around the nation and the world. A list of registered teams is available here.
The event will take place on the northeastern grounds of Oakland University, located at the corner of Walton and Adams roads. Access to the competition field is available from Meadow Brook Road, which heads west from Adams just south of Walton. Interactive and printable maps are available at www.oakland.edu/map.
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