Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team

Looking to join a team that makes a difference? The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team is a student organization that consists of 60+ undergraduate students who are building an SAE Level 4 Autonomous Vehicle. We are searching for curious students from various disciplines to help us drive innovation in the automotive industry. Learn how to get involved at avt.psu.edu! #PennStateEngineering #AutoDrive #GeneralMotors #SAEInternational

Welcome Back! The Advanced Vehicle Team is Gearing Up for an Exciting Semester. We’re thrilled to kick off the new semester and dive back into the hard work and innovation that AVT is all about! Whether you're a returning member or new to the team, there are countless opportunities to get involved, from hands-on experience to several research opportunities as we continue to build our level 4 autonomous vehicle, We can't wait to see what we’ll achieve together! Stay tuned for updates on our progress, team events, and how you can contribute to shaping the future of advanced vehicle technology. Let's make this semester filled with progress and achievements! #AdvancedVehicleTeam #AVT #psuavt #pennstate #autonomousvehicles #mechanicalengineering

Welcome Back! The Advanced Vehicle Team is Gearing Up for an Exciting Semester. We’re thrilled to kick off the new semester and dive back into the hard work and innovation that AVT is all about! Whether you're a returning member or new to the team, there are countless opportunities to get involved, from hands-on experience to several research opportunities as we continue to build our level 4 autonomous vehicle, We can't wait to see what we’ll achieve together! Stay tuned for updates on our progress, team events, and how you can contribute to shaping the future of advanced vehicle technology. Let's make this semester filled with progress and achievements! #AdvancedVehicleTeam #AVT #psuavt #pennstate #autonomousvehicles #mechanicalengineering

We had great weather yesterday to welcome #PennState President Neeli Bendapudi and Vice President for Penn State Research Andrew Read for a tour of the test track facility. The tour included a trolley ride through the durability course, another ride in the Smart Mobility Lab's #AutonomousVehicle with XianBiao (XB) Hu, a display of the Intelligent Vehicles and Systems Group's mapping vehicle with Sean Brennan, and a showcase of the students in the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team (who recently competed and did very well in year three of the AutoDrive Challenge II!). Vikash Gayah Tonya Peeples Shelley M. Stoffels Nandan Hirpara Alexandria Rhoads Penn State College of Engineering #PennStateLTI #PennStateResearch #TransportationResearch #SmartVehicles #Durability #PennStateCEE #PennStateME ?? Credit: Tim Schley

Exciting News! The Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team is thrilled to announce that we have placed 3rd overall in Year 3 of the AutoDrive Challenge II! The team excelled in both static and dynamic challenges, earning several awards: 2nd Place - Concept Design Report & SRS 2nd Place - Construction Challenge 2nd Place - Intersection Challenge 3rd Place - Overall Static challenges 3rd Place - Overall year 3 Winners Thank you to our generous sponsors General Motors, SAE International, Larson Transportation Institute and Penn State College of Engineering for your support. The team is incredibly proud of the achievements and look forward to working hard over the next year to achieve similar success in the fourth year of the AutoDrive Challenge II! #PennState #AutoDriveChallenge #AdvancedVehicleTeam #autonomousdriving #SAE?#GM

Industry is looking for the next generation of mobility professionals to come with diverse experience and skills, and SAE International is here to meet that need. Get to know our AutoDrive Challenge? II students and how participating in this competition year over year has positioned them to enter the workforce with crucial knowledge and technical skills. https://sae.to/3xzD7gC

Year 3 of the GM-SAE AutoDrive Challenge II is now complete. What it is - The five year partnership between GM and SAE places 10 selected University Teams (8 US / 2 CAN) in competition with aim of developing/demonstrating an autonomous vehicle (AV) that can navigate urban driving courses as described by SAE Standard J3016 – Level 4. Static Challenges (Project Management, Concept Design, Mobility Innovation, and Simulation) throughout the year culminate with the Dynamic Challenge of on-course competition each June. How to Start - ?GM provides a vehicle (MY22 Bolt EUV) to each Student Team to serve as their development platform.?The provided vehicle is production level albeit slightly modified for school/school use (E-Stop, etc).?Additional sponsors provide LIDAR, GNSS, some additional sensors, processors, vehicle interface tools, tool carts, etc.?In short, a “Starter Pack” of key elements for success.?The competition landscape is Mcity (University of Michigan’s Autonomous Urban Proving Ground). How to Succeed - Success is determined by which student teams can best combine their hardware, software, and leadership talents to create an autonomous system that can successfully navigate intersections, traffic signs/lights, and railroad crossings while halting/avoiding obstacles such as pedestrians, wildlife, and opposing traffic.?Each year the performance requirements increase along the “Crawl, Walk, Run” approach. This year all teams brought their best effort and resulted in some outstanding performances.?The spirit of Co-opetition is strong as many teams have helped other teams throughout the academic year due to their desire to “Compete Against All” Why – AutoDrive provides students many opportunities to grow their leadership and problem-solving skills in a driven, challenging environment.?AutoDrive encourages engineers to gain cross-functional skills.?Hardware engineers learn what software code/tools can do as well as Software engineers learn about the hardware that executes their work.?The result is more engaged and more effective engineers capable of fearlessly taking on the challenges in their future Congratulations to all teams – Texas A&M, North Carolina A&T, Virginia Tech, Penn State, Ohio State, University of Wisconsin, Michigan Tech, Kettering University, University of Toronto, and Queens University

We've had a great time this week at Mcity watching all the college teams working hard at this year's SAE International's AutoDrive Challenge II. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to tell us how crucial our HD maps were in developing an accurate self-driving system. We agree -- HD maps are an essential ingredient! #autodrivechallenge #openroad #urban #highway #hdmap #hdmaps #driverassistance #driverassistancesystems #proud #sponsorship #sae #saeintl #autodrivechallengeII #competition #college #us #canada

Last month the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team held its last meeting of the 2023-2024 academic school year. We want to thank all of the AVT members graduating this year for their hard work and dedication. Our team is excited to see what these graduates will accomplish in the future! #psuavt #PennStateEngineering #autonomousvehicle

Last week the Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team met with HanBin Lee, CEO and Founder of Seoul Robotics, to share our mission of an autonomous future. We would like to thank HanBin for speaking to our team and look forward to seeing another Penn State alumni revolutionize the future of mobility. #psuavt #PennStateEngineering #autonomousvehicles