Virginia’s Madhur Behl pushes the envelope in robot race cars

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4.8 • 31 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The University of Virginia professor previews the upcoming Indy Autonomous Challenge at CES, discusses his work with the Cavalier Autonomous Racing team and explores how self-driving technology might migrate from racing to robotaxis.

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0:00.0	Shift is brought to you by Continental.
0:02.8	As one of the world's leading mobility suppliers,
0:05.1	Continental is developing intelligent solutions to make driving safer,
0:08.8	more efficient, and more connected. about mobility. I'm Pete Bigelow, your host. We start a new year and a new season of
0:25.3	the shift podcast looking ahead to CES which takes place this coming week in
0:29.7	Las Vegas and what's expected to be a return to the big raucous in-person events like the pre-pandemic
0:36.8	days of old.
0:38.7	One of the big anchors for this year's CES is the Indi Autonomous Challenge, the self-driving racing series that returns for the second
0:45.7	straight year to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Competition is scheduled for this Saturday, January 7th. Nine teams are eligible to compete. One of them is led by Madur Behel,
0:57.4	professor at the University of Virginia who heads the school's cavalier autonomous racing team.
1:02.8	Madhoor is my guest on the podcast today.
1:05.5	We're going to discuss his transition
1:07.2	from racing autonomous vehicles at one-tenth scale
1:10.4	to racing indie cars.
1:12.3	What he learned from crashing one in the ladder at 125 miles per hour,
1:18.0	and whether technology can trickle down from racing and make a meaningful impact on the autonomous cars operating on public roads.
1:26.0	You can follow all the action this week, whether that's the Indi Autonomous Challenge specifically
1:31.2	or everything else going on at CES at autown news
1:34.6	dot com. Automotive news is going to have a team of a dozen or so on the ground in
1:39.8	Vegas so we're going to have extensive coverage of the entire events.
1:44.0	To kick that coverage off and without further ado, I'm pleased to bring you this conversation with Madur Behel.
1:51.0	Madur, welcome to the podcast. It's great to have you here today.
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