Indy Autonomous Challenge Announces Cisco STEM Zone at Texas Motor Speedway
October 20 2022 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Infield Access, Team Interaction,
Exhibitions, Workshops, Exclusive Programming, and Other STEM
Engagements Offered to North Texas STEM Students on November
11
The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) today announced the Cisco
STEM Zone, an activation for North Texas STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics) students that will take place at the
Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway
on November 11, 2022. As the IAC returns to racing, area STEM
students are invited to the infield to take part in exhibitions,
interactive programming, and other innovative activities catered to
the North Texas school STEM and robotics community.
“The City of Fort Worth is excited to host this year’s Indy
Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway and
values Cisco’s and IAC’s partnership in exposing area students to
interactive, cutting-edge technology,” said Fort Worth Mayor Mattie
Parker. “Cross-industry collaboration in STEM benefits Fort Worth
residents, advances innovation, and helps business flourish.”
Students will get to experience first-hand the world’s fastest
and most advanced robotic racecars, interact with some of the best
and brightest robotics minds from around the globe, and learn about
opportunities to advance their own futures in STEM.
“STEM students are our future data scientists, engineers,
healthcare providers, teachers, and more," said Wes Sylvester, Vice
President, Industry Solutions Group, Cisco. "At Cisco, we believe
in student researchers and their ability to innovate for the
future. By providing students with a playground to gain hands-on
experience with advanced robotics and wireless technologies we hope
to foster the talent pipeline foundational to our nation's most
critical industries.”
“The IAC is the global pinnacle of STEM robotics competition,”
said Paul Mitchell, President, Indy Autonomous Challenge. “Most of
our university team members started off as high school STEM and
Robotics Club members, and we are thrilled to showcase the
adrenaline and excitement of what it means to be a STEM trailblazer
to the next generation of innovators and leaders.”
Activating and engaging the STEM community in North Texas
requires support from strong partners like Bell Helicopter, the
City of Fort Worth, Cisco Networking Academy, DFW Airport, Epic iO,
Presidio, Prism Systems, Wing, and others.
The Cisco STEM Zone is equipped to host 1,500 students.
Participants will view interactive exhibitions in the infield of
Texas Motor Speedway, interact with IAC university teams and then
watch the Indy Autonomous Challenge Powered by Cisco live from the
pits. For area schools looking to get their students involved and
for more information on how to register please visit Cisco STEM
Zone.
After a record-setting competition at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway last October and making history at CES 2022 in January
with the world’s first-ever, head-to-head autonomous racing
competition, nine IAC teams will seek to compete at the Indy
Autonomous Challenge Presented by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway.
Collaborating with partners like Cisco, the IAC is working to
increase safety and performance in not only motorsports, but across
all modes of commercial transportation.
IAC Teams arrived at Texas Motor Speedway on September 28 for an
initial week of practice and will return for practice October 24
through November 11 where the Indy Autonomous Challenge Presented
by Cisco at Texas Motor Speedway will be live broadcast via Twitch
in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
About IAC: The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) organizes
racing competitions among university affiliated teams from around
the world to program fully autonomous racecars and compete in a
series of history-making events at iconic tracks. Based in Indiana,
the IAC is working to establish a hub for performance automation in
the state and is harnessing the power of innovative competitions to
attract the best and the brightest minds from around the globe to
further the state-of-the-art technology in safety and performance
of automated vehicles. The IAC started as a $1 million prize
competition with 41 university teams signing up to compete more
than two years ago, representing top engineering and technology
programs from 14 U.S. states and 11 countries.
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MEDIA RESOURCES
- Video of IAC land speed record, please credit “Indy Autonomous
Challenge.”
- Additional photos, videos and b-roll can be found in the IAC
Press Kit
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Allison Fried, (IAC@onemorevolley.com)
Toni Davis, Global PR Lead, Cisco (Tondavis@cisco.com)
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