Bridging motorsports and autonomy, AMP VIP works together with the AMP Student Club to build and autonomize go-kart platforms for autonomous go-kart racing. One of the main competitions AMP participates in is the Autonomous Kart Series (AKS), an inter-college go-kart race that takes place at the Purdue Grand Prix track, where teams test their autonomous kart and compete with each other pushing the limits of their creation at the track. 

The building, development and implementation of such platforms involves challenging hardware, software and mechatronics problems that students can choose to work on with highly applicable skills for industry. 

Moreover, this VIP gives students the opportunity to pursue research of their interest related to autonomous kart racing, where high-speeds, precision, accuracy, robustness and safety are a must. 

Areas of Interest: 

- Design, construction, optimization and autonomization of go-kart platforms. 

- Digital Twin and Simulation of autonomous go-karts. 

- Cyber-physical AI. 

- Software Development: Path planning, perception, controls, localization, sensor fusion, ML, AI, RL. 

- Racing strategies. (Raceline optimization, overtaking strategies, braking and throttling strategies). 

- Business applications in AMP (sponsorship, business strategy, marketing, publicity)