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Competition outline

This competition is an online simulator where participants compete for circuit driving times using autonomous vehicles.

The autonomous driving simulation used in this competition is based on the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) CREST project “Prediction of dangers and abnormalities in fully autonomous driving”, whose research representative is Associate Professor Shinpei Kato of the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo. Built using results.

Rules regarding the entire competition

• You will be required to create source code that can run through scenarios using the open source simulator (LGSVL) available in Autoware.
• The scenario is a time attack competition in which participants compete for the time to complete one lap of a circuit course.
• Participants create source code to clear a given scenario and first verify it in their local environment.
• By uploading the source code to an online environment, the simulation will be performed online and the time will be determined. Ranking will be determined based on the simulation result time of the last uploaded source code. (For example, if the first upload was 1 minutes, the second was 5 minutes, and the third was 2 minutes, the last 3 minutes submitted will be used.)

Explanation regarding driving environment/scenario

Driving environment

• One lap around the outer circumference of the circuit (total length approximately 4km).

autonomous vehicle

• A racing car will be used as an autonomous vehicle.
• It is possible to run at a maximum speed of approximately 160km/h.

scenario

• A total of 5 vehicles, 1 NPC vehicles and 6 own vehicle, will go around the course.
• The course has checkpoints shown in the images ① to ③ above. When a vehicle passes all checkpoints in order from ① to ③, it is determined that it has reached the goal.
  ○ Checkpoints are defined in a cube shape as shown in the image above.
  ○ When the checkpoint and vehicle overlap even slightly, it is determined that the checkpoint has been passed.
• At the starting position, there will be 3 cars in the front row and 2 cars in the back row plus your own vehicle. Your vehicle starts in the last position on the outside of the back row.
• The movement of NPC vehicles is fixed, and each vehicle is set to travel only along the inside, center, or outside of the course.
• To reach the goal faster, please drive while passing other vehicles.

Other rules

• The time limit is 5 minutes. If you exceed 5 minutes, you will be disqualified.
• If you go off course, a penalty will be added to your final score for the time you were off course.
  ○ Define the area within the Lanelet as a course.
  ○ When the base_link position of the vehicle protrudes from the lanelet, it is determined to be off course.
• If you collide with another vehicle, a 1 second penalty will be added for each collision.
• The route and speed settings for NPC vehicles are different between local simulation and online simulation.

Schedule

The deadline for entries to the 3rd Japan Automotive AI Challenge has passed.

The competition progress after entry will be posted on github.
Team leader's github account is required.

3rd Japan Automotive AI Challenge Recommended environment

We recommend the following operating environment for the PC used in this tournament.

If you cannot prepare a PC with the above specifications, you can prepare a separate PC for LGSVL simulator and Autoware. The following environments are recommended.

Development code rights and disclaimer
The rights to the code uploaded to the competition system belong to the code developer. JSAE and its subcontractors will use the electronically submitted data (code) only for the purpose of scoring competition tasks and verifying the results, and the developer will grant permission for such use. In addition, it shall be destroyed once the above purpose has been completed. Developers agree in advance that the code they submitted will be deleted by JSAE and its subcontractors after the qualifying round, and shall not raise any objections to this. JSAE and its subcontractors (including subcontractors for cloud environments, etc.) will handle electromagnetically submitted data (code) with the due care of a prudent administrator, but they will not be responsible for any damage caused by theft, hacking, or other force majeure. (Excluding cases caused by intentional or negligent behavior of the Society or its outsourced parties).