9th F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix

F1TENTH Autonomous Racing is a semi-regular competition organized by an international community of researchers, engineers, and autonomous systems enthusiasts. The teams participating in 9th F1TENTH Grand Prix at IROS 2021 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.

IROS 2021 will host two variants of the competition:

1. In-person competition: This variant targets primarily EU participants who will travel to Prague. Each team will bring their own physical F1TENTH car with their software. The organizers provide the race setup (rules, submissions, guidelines), the track, related infrastructure and organize the race itself.

2.Virtual competition: This will be a second option for people who could not travel to Prague (perhaps due to COVID-related reasons). In the virtual competition a simulation environment is used to run virtual race cars. The teams will provide here only the software, the organizers provide the race setup (rules, submissions, guidelines), the virtual track, related virtual infrastructure (server) and organize the race itself.