The MIT RACECAR is a state of the art research platform for testing autonomous vehicle algorithms.
The RACECAR platform is based on the 1/10-scale Traxxis Rally Car platform and the Nvidia Jetson TX 1 embedded super-computer. The vehicle includes the following sensors:
- Hokuyo UST-10LX laser range finder
- Stereolabs ZED stereo camera
- Structure.io depth camera
- Sparkfun IMU
The vehicles are equipped with an open-source Electronic Speed Control unit called the VESC, which acts as a wheel odometer.
The detailed hardware specifications and assembly instructions are available here:
https://github.com/mit-racecar/hardware/blob/master/racecar-2.0/drawing_package.pdf