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Roborace is the world’s first competition for human + machine teams. It is a new platform for brands, organizations and individuals to test the development of their automated driving systems.
Race formats will feature new forms of immersive entertainment to engage the public’s imagination. Through sport, innovations in autonomous technology will be advanced, accelerating improvements to road safety.
Roborace will redefine the way you think about AI.
Race formats will feature new forms of immersive entertainment to engage the public’s imagination. Through sport, innovations in autonomous technology will be advanced, accelerating improvements to road safety.
Roborace will redefine the way you think about AI.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
51-200
Founded date
2015
Investors 2
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| Startup Autobahn | startup-autobahn.com |
Mentions in press and media 16
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| Oct 29, 2020 | This self-driving racing car could have done with a driver | No one ever said building an autonomous car would be easy. While a number of companies have certainly made incredible progress with the technology over the last decade or so, some are clearly faring better than others. Take this effort from... |
| Nov 29, 2018 | Lucas Di Grassi says human drivers are the real competitors for Roborace | As Roborace accelerates its plans to build an autonomous racing league, the company is finding that its toughest competition are still human drivers. In this version of the John Henry story, the humans clearly are still winning, but the rob... |
| Oct 17, 2018 | Roborace to augment racing drivers with robots at Disrupt | Formula E is so 2017. This year, it's all about Roborace, an upcoming F1-style competition. And the big new thing is that it's all about self-driving technology working with human drivers. I'm excited to announce that Roborace CEO Lucas DiG... |
| Jan 14, 2018 | How Roborace plans to improve autonomous cars through racing | When I showed up at the Nvidia booth at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), there wasn’t much to see. There was a green race car in the middle and a bunch of people standing around it. I took pictures of the car and was about to move ... |
| Jan 14, 2018 | How Roborace plans to improve autonomous cars through racing | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. When I showed up at the Nvidia booth at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), there wasn’t much to see. There was a green race car ... |
| Jan 12, 2018 | The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2018 — ‘time machines’, robot race cars, and … suitcases | My trip to CES 2018, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, is over. I walked more than 75,000 steps (35 miles) to scout for the best products and ideas that will keep the tech industry humming. I won’t pretend that I hit all 2.6 million squ... |
| Jan 12, 2018 | The DeanBeat: The best of CES 2018 — ‘time machines’, robot race cars, and … suitcases | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. My trip to CES 2018, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas, is over. I walked more than 75,000 steps (35 miles) to scout for the best pr... |
| Jul 16, 2017 | Roborace DevBot learns during laps in NYC | The sleek, low-slung driverless Roborace car was on display in New York City for the Formula E races this weekend, but it was the workhorse DevBot that took to the track. You can recognize DevBot by its bubble-like cockpit, where a human si... |
| Feb 27, 2017 | Roborace unveils its fantastic driverless race car | This is the race car of the future. It’s an autonomous vehicle, built to be raced by just computers and was designed specifically with that in mind. Rather than retrofitting an existing race car chassis for use with driverless systems, the ... |
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FAQ about Roborace
When was Roborace founded?
Roborace was founded in 2015.
Who has invested in Roborace?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Roborace, among them Startup Autobahn.
What has the press written about Roborace?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning Roborace, among them “This self-driving racing car could have done with a driver” (Oct 29, 2020) and “Lucas Di Grassi says human drivers are the real competitors for Roborace” (Nov 29, 2018).
Is Roborace still active?
Yes, Roborace is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 20, 2024.