Robocar will be first to tackle Goodwood hill climb with autonomy

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will see the first-ever fully autonomous hill climb when Roborace’s Robocar takes on the 1.16-mile track in July.

Guided only by automated systems, Robocar will be tasked with navigating hay bales, flint walls and forests on the Goodwood estate, using a variety of sensors that give it 360-degree machine vision around the car.

"Roborace plays an important role in the future of mobility, challenging public perceptions and providing a platform to advance new technologies, said Charles Gordon-Lennox, the Duke of Richmond and founder of the Festival of Speed. “This makes them the perfect partner to undertake this significant feat.”

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The vehicle weighs 1,350kg and is powered by four 135kW electric motors used to drive each wheel, for a combined 500-plus hp. An NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 computer processes Robocar’s data, which includes inputs from the LiDAR, radar, GPS, ultrasonic and camera sensors.