Video, Photography and Other Journalist Resources

Are you reporting on Cavalier Autonomous Racing or autonomous vehicles and robots more generally? We can help. Download the 2024 CAVCAR media package below, and check out the following facts and links about UVA's "lab on wheels."

CONNECTING JOURNALISTS

Download the 2024 media package, and learn more about team principal Madhur Behl's research.

Behl has been featured in such diverse publications as Automotive News and Autoweek, Forbes, Startups Magazine, Mashable, The Story Collider, Radio IQ and The Conversation.

CONTACT Eric Williamson at eaw2s@virginia.edu for more information or to arrange an interview with Madhur Behl or students.

CONTACT Mitchell Powers at mp3zy@virginia.edu about the above video/additional team footage.

UVA's first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, participating in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, in 2021. (Contributed photo)
UVA's first time at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, participating in the Indy Autonomous Challenge, in 2021


FACTS FOR REPORTERS

  • When the Cavalier Autonomous Racing team competed in 2021, it had just five students. Today, more than 40 students are involved.
  • Team principal Madhur Behl, associate professor of Computer Science and associate professor of Systems and Information Engineering, founded and continues to lead the effort.
  • Behl is an internationally recognized leader in autonomous vehicles and robotics whose research has been cited hundreds of times.
  • Cavalier Autonomous Racing is associated with the Cyber-Physical Systems Link Lab at UVA.
  • Alumni of Cavalier Autonomous Racing have gone on to careers at Amazon, Exponent, Leidos, SpaceX and other major employers.  
  • Cavalier Autonomous Racing can be shortened to “CAR” or “CAVCAR” after first reference.
  • The cars in the Indy Autonomous Challenge are all identical Dallara AV-24 models. The competitive difference is the work the students put into programming the robot cars.
  • UVA Engineering is a leader in robotics, cyber-physical systems, smart building/cities, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. Behl is an expert in those areas who can help audiences make sense of the dizzying developments. 

Alumni of Cavalier Autonomous Racing have gone on to careers at Amazon, Exponent, Leidos, SpaceX and other major employers.
 

Madhur Behl with CAVCAR at The Rotunda
Madhur Behl, left, with CAVCAR at The Rotunda

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