Electric-powered autonomous racecar maker Roborace, which recently announced that it signed an MoU with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and Mubadala Investment Company, has selected Velodyne as the official lidar sensor provider in its next-generation vehicles.
RoboRace will use Velodyne‘s solid-state Velarray H800 sensors in its electric-powered autonomous race cars for the Season One championship series, which is set to begin in 2022.
The Velodyne and RoboRace engineering teams have been working collaboratively on the race car development project. The Velarray H800 was the clear choice of the RoboRace engineering and design team due to Velodyne’s technical prowess, sensor performance and reliability, and trust across the industry.
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“At RoboRace, we are always searching for the best technology to build into our race cars and Velodyne has one of the best products available on the market. The Velarray will help our cars achieve safe navigation and collision avoidance in competitive autonomous racing,” said Chip Pankow, Chief Championship Officer, RoboRace.
Sinclair Vass, Chief Commercial Officer, Velodyne Lidar “RoboRace is a proving ground for the next generation of mobility by putting self-driving technologies to the test in performance racing. With its long-range perception and broad field of view, the Velarray H800 is a great fit for its autonomous race cars. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with RoboRace in advancing innovation in the sport of racing.”
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Velodyne‘s Velarray H800 is a solid-state lidar sensor designed for automotive-grade performance. The sensor is built using its breakthrough proprietary micro-lidar array (MLA) architecture. The Velarray H800 allows for outstanding detection of peripheral, near-field, and overhead objects while addressing corner cases on sloping and curving roads. It is designed for safe navigation and collision avoidance in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous mobility applications.
Under the agreement signed with ADIO and Mubadala, the three organisations will explore the development of innovative products based on autonomous technologies and RoboRace metaverse infrastructure to facilitate faster and wider adoption of autonomous vehicle technology.
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