100 teams from across the country participated and completed the given mission with model cars they had built over a period of about 4 months.

MathWorks announced that it was an official sponsor of the "2017 Intelligent Model Car Competition," held at Hanyang University's Olympic Gymnasium and hosted by the Department of Automotive Engineering at Hanyang University. The event was co-sponsored by Hanyang University's Automotive Electronics and Control Laboratory (ACE Lab), Infineon, the Korea Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, BMW Korea, and Continental, among other automotive and electronics-related organizations and companies.

The Intelligent Model Car Competition has been held annually since 2003 to stimulate student interest in embedded control system design, a key technology in the eco-friendly and smart car industries, and to cultivate talent in related fields. This year, 100 teams from across the country participated, completing assigned missions with model cars they had built over approximately four months.

Based on a fundamental understanding of embedded control systems, the participating students designed, analyzed, verified, and implemented sensors and control algorithms to build an intelligent model car. The model car used sensors to detect its surroundings, analyzed sensor data on an embedded computer, and autonomously navigated along a given route. MathWorks helped implement complex signal processing, collision warning, and autonomous emergency braking functions through algorithm creation and real-time testing.



Through the final evaluation, one team (Hanyang University's 'FAE') was selected for the Infineon Grand Prize, and one team (Kangwon National University's 'Manual Driving Vehicle') was selected for the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Gold Prize. In addition, among the teams that submitted reports by building model cars using software provided by MathWorks, two teams (Pusan National University's 'Hanmodum' and Hanyang University's 'Unlicensed Driving') were selected for the MathWorks Special Prize, receiving KRW 1 million in prize money and student versions of MATLAB and Simulink.

The Hanyang University students who won the MathWorks Special Award said, “This competition gave us the opportunity to directly use algorithm development and deployment techniques to successfully implement embedded control systems and automobiles,” and “We were able to win this award by nimbly performing calculations and simulations and prototyping the system to efficiently drive a given route.”

Jongmin Lee, CEO of MathWorks Korea, said, "I believe the participating students were able to more easily apply theories and ideas they learned during the automated driving system design process using MATLAB's Simulink. We will continue to strive to provide students with an integrated environment for embedded control system design, enabling them to grow into professionals in the automotive industry."