On August 17th-19th, the 18th National College Student Smart Car Competition National Final was held at Tianjin Polytechnic University, organized by Chinese Association of Automation. A total of 504 teams with over 1500 students across the country participated in the competition. After three days of fierce competitions, the team organized by SUES Engineering Training Center (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute) and School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering won four second prizes in the national competition. Additionally, they also won five first prizes, one second prize, and four third prizes in East China Division.
The National College Student Smart Car Competition is an exploratory engineering practice activity, which aims to create a model car that can autonomously recognize roads. The competition has a relatively unified standard hardware and software platform. Since its establishment, the competition has been popularized in over a thousand universities in more than 30 provinces and cities across the country. The competition process includes theoretical design, practical production, vehicle debugging, and on-site competition, requiring college students to form teams, collaborate, and experience the whole process of an engineering research and development project.
