Robocar Rally at SXSW 2018

AWS hosted hackathon and robocar race during SXSW. Robocar Rally 2018 is a hands-on 3 day experience using the open source Donkey Car platform with AWS machine learning services and AWS IoT.  You’ll learn the latest in autonomous car technology while building, training, and racing your autonomous robocar! Form teams on-site, or come with your own crew. Feel free to build and bring your own car.  Teams without cars will be provided a  Donkey Car to race in time trials on the AWS Circut.  While we’ll teach you how to customize and train your car at Robocar Rally 2018, you can accelerate your learning with these resources: Twitch streams and blog posts.

The event will start on Wednesday March 14th from 6pm to 10pm, followed by a full day of hacking on Thursday March 15th from 7am to 12am, with the grand finale race on Friday from 10am to 12pm.

To attend Robocar Rally 2018, you must register for all 3 days. By registering for the Robocar Rally 2018 you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of Amazon Web Services, Inc., and that you and your entry satisfy all eligibility requirements.

Objectives

This hackathon teaches you how to:

• Work and build using Amazon Artificial Intelligence services and deep learning frameworks.

• Work and build using Amazon Internet of Things services.

• Customize and train your own 1/16th scale autonomous car.

Intended Audience

This hackathon is intended for developers, hackers, solution architects, and others enthusiasts who are interested in AI, deep learning, IoT, and autonomous cars.

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this hackathon have the following prerequisites:

• Good working knowledge of AWS Services

• Intermediate knowledge of deep learning

• Basic understanding of the AWS SDK

Duration

Three days

Wednesday: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Thursday: 7:00am – 12:00am

Friday: 10:00am – 12:00pm