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LHU took third place at Digital Race finals

LH Racing 304 team from LHU's Faculty of Information Technology has won third prize at the final of Digital Race - Driverless car which took place on May 10 at Cau Giay Sports House in Hanoi.

LH Racing 304 team won third prize at the first driverless car contest in Vietnam.

LH Racing 304 team at the Digital Race finals.

Earlier, the qualifying rounds of Digital Race organized by FPT Corporation attracted the participation of 71 teams from 16 universities nationwide. Four students from class 14SE111 - Faculty of Information Technology including Pham Trung Phi, Lai Xuan Thoi, Cao Thai Phong and Tran Trung Nguyen excellently won First Prize and became one of the eight best teams to enter the finals of Digital Race.

Racetrack model for driverless car.

At the Digital Race final competition, LHU competed with representatives from VNU - University of Engineering and Technology, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Ha Noi University of Science and Technology, FPT University, VNUHCM University of Information Technology, Military Technical Academy and HCM City University of Technology.

For the past years, LHU has been a maximum support for students to join in research activities, creating more scientific playgrounds such as robot making, fuel-saving vehicles, technology transfer, driverless car programming...

Digital Race took place from November, 2016 to May, 2017. This is the first driverless car controlling programming competition in Vietnam. The total value of prizes is up to VND 700 million including one First worth VND 450 million (including a seven-day trip in America for members and three laptops), one Second worth VND 30 million, two Third each worth VND 20 million, eight prizes each worth VND 10 million for best teams of the qualifying round. The University with teams winning First prize will also receive VND 50 million in cash.
By Diem Nhi - Trans. by WBE

Digital Race, competition, achievements, driverless car


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