TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!
Wabash Valley high school students were invited to show off the autonomous vehicles they created as part of the Rose-Hulman Autonomous Vehicle Challenge Friday.
Teams spent several weeks designing, building and testing the miniature vehicles.
During the competition the vehicles race on various tracks. The program gives students real-world engineering experiences at an event where they can also have fun.
“I definitely learned there is a lot that goes into it. Just a fraction of a second can just mess up the whole program. It comes down to the very last second,” said Terre Haute South student Jackson McFarland.
Rose-Hulman professor of electrical and computer engineering Marc Herniter added that the event covers technology that students would be working with once they graduate from college and go out and work for various companies. Adding that it’s tech that everyone will be using in the future.
Here are the results of the different competition divisions:
OVERALL
1. Terre Haute South #1
2. Northview Robotics
3. Terre Haute South #2
CLOVER TRACK
1. Terre Haute South #1
2. Clayton Bradley Academy (Tennessee)
3. Northview Robotics
OVAL TRACK
1. Terre Haute South #2
2. Terre Haute South #1
3. Northview #2
RANDOM TRACK
1. Northview Robotics
2. Riverton Parke
3. Terre Haute South #1
11 teams from five schools took part in the competition.
