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- June 28, 2026
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The LamarRacing team won the “Best Performance Overall” award at the RoboRacer Competition held as part of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2026. The autonomous race car prevailed against 35 international teams. The foundation of this success is an AI approach that combines data from professional motorsports with human expert knowledge. […]
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- June 28, 2026
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