As a spin-off of the Autonomous Driving AI Challenge 2026 hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE), the University of Tokyo Mobility Innovation Collaborative Research Organization (UTmobI) — which includes our laboratory — will support a V2X hands-on program from September 7–9, 2026 at the University of Tokyo Kashiwa Campus, ITS R&R Test Field. Participants will learn, hands-on, about communication-based information sharing and cooperative control (V2X) using real cart vehicles.
Event Details
Name: “Autonomous Driving AI Challenge” — JSAE × University of Tokyo UTmobI Collaboration
Host: Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE)
In cooperation (TBC): University of Tokyo Mobility Innovation Collaborative Research Organization (UTmobI)
Venue: ITS R&R Test Field, University of Tokyo Kashiwa Campus
Eligibility: Registered participants of the Autonomous Driving AI Challenge 2026
Instructors: Instructors from the Tsukada Laboratory, with assistants / facilitators scaled to the number of participants
Registration: A form will be shared with registrants after the AI Challenge info session (June 12)
Schedule
Mon, Sep 7, 2026, 10:00–17:00: (1) Presentation & demo run on cooperative driving and V2X, plus (2) hands-on session with real vehicles
Tue Sep 8 / Wed Sep 9, 2026, 10:00–17:00: (2) Hands-on session with real vehicles
A reserve day may be added if there are many participants.
Program
The theme is an educational experience in communication-based information sharing and cooperative control (V2X), together with operation practice and data collection using real cart vehicles.
(1) Presentation and demo run on cooperative automated driving and V2X technology
(2) Hands-on session for the AI Challenge (team operation practice, validation, and dataset collection)
Past Demonstration (PIXKIT)
The video below shows our past field experiments with the autonomous driving cart (PIXKIT) used in this program — a preview of what participants will experience.
