F1TENTH Grand Prix

F1TENTH Autonomous Racing (https://f1tenth.org/) is a semi-regular competition organized by an international community of researchers, engineers, and autonomous systems enthusiasts. The teams participating in the F1Tenth IV2024 will build a 1:10 scaled autonomous race car according to a given specification and write software for it to fulfill the objectives for the competition: Don’t crash and minimize laptime.

The focus of F1Tenth at IV2024 is an in-person competition with physical cars. Each team will bring their own F1Tenth car and write the software for their car. The teams have access to a detailed build manual and can use open-source software that helps them to get started with the car. The organizers provide the race setup (rules, submissions, guidelines), the track, and related infrastructure and organize the race itself. For the competitions, teams first take part in a qualification to determine seeding. The teams need to demonstrate that they can compete in a time trial on the map without any obstacles. Afterward, the teams compete in a knockout phase in head-to-head racing in an intense battle with their autonomous driving algorithms. Since vehicles and hardware are standardized, teams must develop robust perception, planning, and control algorithms that can deal with the uncertainties of a new track and new competitors.