Fontysteam wins the Selfdrive Challenge again

Eleven student teams from colleges and universities across the country participated in this year's Selfdrive Challenge, which has been held since 2019. The competition is organised by the RDW and aims to give students the opportunity to further develop their skills in the field of autonomous driving and to compete with each other.

Just like last year, the Fontysteam, which includes students, former students and lecturers from the High Tech Embedded Software research group, took part in the open category.

During the challenge, the self-driving vehicles developed by the teams had to take pedestrians into account and stop at traffic lights, among other things. The Fontos team did this flawlessly and faster than any of the other participants, and in one go. For the next semester, we are looking for students studying ICT or Engineering (semester 6 or 7) to participate in this project. There are still many technical challenges that they can sink their teeth into starting in September.

‘It was fantastic,’ cheered project leader Frans Mouws afterwards. ‘We won again. But above all: flawlessly and in one go, and all within about six minutes. No one has ever achieved that before. The team has once again demonstrated that innovation, collaboration and perseverance pay off.’ The students are proud to take home the victory for the second year in a row. ‘For the next semester, we are looking for Fontys ICT or Engineering students (semester 6 or 7) to participate in this project. There are still many technical challenges that they can sink their teeth into starting in September.’

Source: Bron Fontys
Author: Jan Ligthart