In 2022, we are taking on the Indy Autonomous Challenge

We are MIT Driverless, part of MIT-PITT-RW.

MIT Driverless’ mission is to be the hub of practical autonomy at MIT - to be the place where the brightest minds come to learn about the challenges in deploying software on full scale autonomous vehicles, and to connect them with our industry partners as they look for their future engineering leaders. To do so, we build autonomous racecars and compete in competitions around the world.

Our team was started in 2018. In our first competition season in 2019, we won 2nd at Italy and 3rd at Germany on the Formula Student Driverless circuit. Although COVID derailed our 2020 plans to go for first, we took advantage of the opportunity to re-think our plans for the future. Moving forwards, we plan to compete in RoboRace and the Indy Autonomous Challenge as part of MIT-PITT-RW - a joint team between MIT, University of Pittsburgh, Rochester Institute of Technology, and University of Waterloo.

We partner with companies that are as equally excited as us about building the future of autonomous driving. From connecting interested students to hosting hack-a-thons, we offer many a variety of opportunities for our sponsors.

The MIT and MIT-PITT-RW team is growing! If you are a student, we invite you to join us if you are passionate about driverless technology, excited about working with an amazing, friendly team, and willing to tenaciously learn and work with us to build performant systems.

What is The Indy Autonomous challenge?

The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a $1.5 million university prize competition to win the world’s first head-to-head, high speed autonomous race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Teams program a modified Dallara IL-15 racecar to out-race and out-maneuver fellow innovators in the world's first head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the world’s most famous racetrack.

The IAC is a broadly collaborative effort that brings together public, private and academic institutions to challenge university students around the world to imagine, invent and prove a new generation of automated vehicle software and inspire the next generation of STEM talent.