The world of driverless cars hit a unique milestone last weekend in a first-of-its-kind race in Dubai. At first glance, the eight competing, turbocharged vehicles—complete with a six-speed gearbox and 550 horsepower—resembled a usual suite of racing cars.

Just days ago the team was working with pieces of their car and finally, they got to show MSU faculty, students, and members of the community their latest project. Doctor Marcy Brown Marsden, Provost for MSU, was with the team from day one back in 2021 and she is proud to see the growth.

It was a historic weekend for racing, and I’m not just talking about Jaguar’s win in Monaco at the Formula E on Saturday. Instead, the Autonomous Racing League broke barriers when it kicked off its first real-life competition at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Mandy Chick, a 22-year-old from De Soto, Kansas will be racing in the ARCA Menard Series Tide 150 Saturday at Kansas Speedway.

Modern teams are awash in real-time digital feedback from the cars. The A2RL, as it is known, is not the first autonomous racing series: There's the Roborace series, which saw autonomous race cars setting fast lap times while dodging virtual obstacles;

AI-driven race cars compete at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, a showcase of driverless autonomous technology and an advanced test bed for AI research

Modern teams are awash in real-time digital feedback from the cars. The A2RL, as it is known, is not the first autonomous racing series: There's the Roborace series, which saw autonomous race cars setting fast lap times while dodging virtual obstacles;

Abu Dhabi's Autonomous Racing League was off to a rough start over the weekend. The Foruma 1-style race, the first of its kind, saw its fair share of blunders and crashes, as The Verge reports, with driverless racing cars spinning helplessly,