Race Scale Autonomous Cars
Details
Saturday, 4/25/26 — Race Day at UCSD
We'll be racing at the UC San Diego track at EBU II.
⚠️ Note: We will not be at EBU I this time — make sure you head to EBU II.
Since the EBU II track is in a courtyard, GPS/GNSS signals won't work reliably. Plan to use Deep Learning, SLAM, line following, or any other approach that doesn't depend on satellites.
Schedule (same as usual):
- Morning practice runs
- Lunch around 12:00 PM
- Races start at 1:00 PM
See you there!
Jack
Please complete your robot build before coming to the Saturdays meetup. See the 2nd Wednesday of month Beginner/Builder Meetup and our slack channel. Then bring your bot and computer to the track.
Please sign-up and come for our monthly Beginners and Builders Meetup before coming to the Saturdays Meetup.
We have built a double lane track with a yellow dashed center-line. Expect a track roughly 30x15 feet, with a concrete floor and duct tape lines.
There will be tables, power, and wifi. Please bring your laptops and bot and be ready to hack.
A special thanks to UCSD for hosting us.
Thank you.
SD DIYRobocars.
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Checkout http://www.donkeycar.com for the build information that many of us used to get started.
Checkout http://docs.donkeycar.com for parts lists, hardware and software setup instructions.
Self-steering car from SD group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhsv5CViBg
more sample driving from San Diego meetup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WecNKymdg3k
some sample driving from Oakland DIYRobocars meetup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQn5PA6nl3I