Fastest Robot Car
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https://www.popsci.com/technology/maserati-mc20-self-driving-speed-record/
This month, an AI-controlled Maserati MC20 reached 197.7 miles per hour at Kennedy Space Center. The Maserati obliterated the previous record set by an Indy Autonomous Challenge AV-21 racecar set in 2022 by nearly five full seconds, an impressive feat for a robot-driven car.
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) attracts college student teams from around the world to compete, featuring technology aimed at speeding the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles. Together, IAC partnered with Politecnico di Milano (an Italian university specializing in technology, architecture, and science) and Maserati to stage the MC20 at Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Considering it has one of the world’s longest runways at 15,000 feet (2.8 miles), it’s a great place to test a fast car. And hey, if it’s good enough for the space shuttle, it’s more than good enough for a test run with a supercar.
Developed by professors, PhD students, and researchers from Politecnico di Milano, who have been studying and working in the field for years, the technology was designed to bring autonomous driving to public roads in Italy. The main focus is to study the technology under various and extreme conditions to make it increasingly precise, robust, and safe.
