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If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge, or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a product where Ansys software played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation.
Founded in 1970, Ansys employs nearly 4,000 professionals, many of whom are expert M.S. and Ph.D.-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and design optimization.
Ansys VRXPERIENCE simulator has been designed and developed to support this type of iterative process for cutting-edge, driverless systems. The complete solution extends from component-level model-in-the-loop (MIL) testing through system-level verification and validation using software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation. VRXPERIENCE also accounts for human factors by simulating human-machine interaction (HMI) behaviors in a 3D virtual environment.
Ansys SCADE Suite is a model-based development environment for safety-critical embedded software such as autonomous driving control software.
ANSYS is the exclusive Simulation Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Nashville, Tennessee-based Bridgestone Americas, Inc. is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. Bridgestone Americas develops, manufactures and markets a diverse portfolio of original equipment and replacement tires, tire-centric solutions, mobility solutions, and other rubber-associated and diversified products that deliver social value and customer value. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, Bridgestone is dedicated to shaping a sustainable future of mobility and improving the way people move, live, work and play. Through its Firestone brand, which is the Official Tire of the NTT INDYCAR® SERIES and the Indianapolis 500®, Bridgestone Americas has a history of world-class performance at Indianapolis Motor Speedway® that dates back more than a century to the inaugural Indy 500® in 1911.
Bridgestone is THE EXCLUSIVE TIRE Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
ADLINK’s mission is to affect positive change in society and industry by connecting people, places and things with AI. In partnership with The Autoware Foundation, Open Robotics and Eclipse Foundation, ADLINK is working to provide the IAC Teams with open source autonomous driving tools and options that they can use to further their efforts. The company's offerings include robust boards, real-time data acquisition, ROS / ROS 2 controllers and application enablement for rugged Edge AI. ADLINK is a Premier Member of the Intel® IoT Solutions Alliance, an NVIDIA Elite Partner and a committed contributor to open source.
ADLINK IS A VEHICLE SPONSOR OF THE INDY AUTONOMOUS CHALLENGE
Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. The company is putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.
Hexagon’s technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.
HEXAGON IS A vehicle SPONSOR OF THE INDY AUTONOMOUS CHALLENGE
Luminar is an autonomous vehicle sensor and software company with the vision to make autonomy safe and ubiquitous by delivering the only lidar and associated software that meets the industry’s stringent performance, safety, and economic requirements. Luminar has rapidly gained over 50 industry partners, including 7 of the top 10 global automakers. In 2020, Luminar signed the industry’s first production deal for autonomous consumer vehicles with Volvo Cars, while also recently striking deals with Daimler Truck AG and Intel’s Mobileye. Luminar has also received minority investments from the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, Daimler Truck AG, and Volvo Cars, a global leader in automotive safety, to accelerate the introduction of autonomous trucks and cars at highway speed. Founded in 2012, Luminar is a nearly 400-person team with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich.
Luminar is the Exclusive Lidar Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Microsoft accelerates the transformation of automotive companies from traditional manufacturers to mobility service providers building omnichannel personalized experiences for their customers. Utilizing insights collected across customer touchpoints, the vehicle, employees, and manufacturing, Microsoft empowers them to accelerate technology innovation and monetize their own data through new services, redefining mobility as an industry. Microsoft does this by focusing on trust, innovation, security, and compliance, all powered by our extensive global partner ecosystem.
MICROSOFT IS a CLOUD COMPUTING SPONSOR OF THE INDY AUTONOMOUS CHALLENGE
Autonomous cars. Electric vehicles. Unmanned aerial systems. When it comes to technology built on mechatronics, New Eagle delivers solutions for a fast path to production.
From a reliable supply chain of production hardware to professional engineering support, New Eagle gives developers control of their projects with each step toward production.
A key component to helping customers get to production fast is New Eagle’s Raptor™ controls platform, which allows developers to use robust model-based software tools to create production-ready systems upfront – to avoid system reworks and maintain full control of IP.
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, New Eagle is a WBENC-certified business known for its state-of-the-art technology advancements in EV/HEV and autonomous industries, including drive-by-wire solutions across numerous vehicle platforms.
New Eagle is a Vehicle Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is the largest software framework provider for smart machines and real-world systems. The company’s RTI Connext® product enables intelligent architecture by sharing information in real time, making large distributed applications work together as one.
RTI Connext Drive™ is the automotive-specific software framework used by engineering teams to accelerate the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles. Proven through millions of hours of operation in critical autonomous systems, RTI Connext Drive works interoperably with AUTOSAR Classic, AUTOSAR Adaptive, ROS/ROS2 and other standard-based systems.
With over 1,500 deployments, RTI software runs the world’s most rigorous systems including autonomous vehicles; space launch and exploration; traffic control; industrial automation; connected healthcare; robotics, UAVs and combat management.
RTI is the leading vendor of products compliant with the Object Management Group® (OMG) Data Distribution Service™ (DDS) standard. RTI is privately held and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with regional headquarters in Spain and Singapore, and is providing Indy Autonomous Challenge university teams with a number of resources for use in the competition.
RTI is a Software sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Schaeffler: We Pioneer Motion
For more than 70 years, the Schaeffler Group has pioneered motion to advance how the world moves. As a leading automotive and industrial supplier, Schaeffler is dedicated to making motion and mobility more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable. Specializing in the development and production of solutions for the challenges facing the evolving mobility industry, Schaeffler manufactures high-precision components and systems for drive train and chassis applications, as well as products across the full bandwidth of electrification options.
With generated global sales of approximately EUR 14.4 billion in 2019 and approximately 83,700 employees around the world, Schaeffler is one of the world’s largest family companies. The company has a strong presence in the Americas with its regional headquarters in Fort Mill, S.C. and manufacturing facilities located in South Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Schaeffler also has five R & D centers in the Americas pioneering new methods of motion, including the Automotive Center in Troy, MI.
Schaeffler is a Vehicle Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Valvoline Inc. (NYSE: VVV) is a leading worldwide marketer and supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services, with sales in more than 140 countries. Established in 1866, the company’s heritage spans more than 150 years, during which time it has developed powerful brand recognition across multiple product and service channels. Valvoline ranks as the No. 3 passenger car motor oil brand in the DIY market by volume. It operates and franchises approximately 1,400 quick-lube locations, and it is the No. 2 chain by number of stores in the United States under the Valvoline Instant Oil ChangeSM brand and the No. 3 chain by number of stores in Canada under the Valvoline Great Canadian Oil Change brand. It also markets Valvoline lubricants and automotive chemicals, including the Valvoline High Mileage with MaxLife technology motor oil for engines over 75,000 miles; Valvoline Advanced Full Synthetic motor oil; Valvoline Premium Blue™ heavy-duty motor oil; Valvoline Multi-Vehicle Automatic Transmission Fluid; and Zerex™ antifreeze.
Valvoline is a Vehicle Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions, which enable the future of mobility.
APTIV is a Vehicle Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
PWR provides world class cooling solutions by manufacturing high performance aluminium radiators, intercoolers and oil coolers for race cooling solutions to leading race categories and teams such as F1, NASCAR, V8 Supercars, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and World Rally Championship, PWR is recognised as a world leader when it comes to high performance cooling.
Our state of the art manufacturing facility in Australia includes a controlled atmosphere brazing furnace, CNC machine shop, R&D and design department, large fabrication capabilities an in-house wind tunnel which allows PWR to be the market leader in cooling research and development with focus on competition cooling solutions. When entering into a relationship with its customers PWR does not just sell them a product but partners with them to develop cooling solutions where the customer can use PWR’s engineering department and manufacturing facilities to purpose build the right solution.
The flexible manufacturing approach, which sets PWR apart from its competitors, is due to every aspect of the manufacturing process being completed in its own purpose built facility.
PWR can guarantee a top quality product whilst offering its customers around the world quick turnaround times and the unique opportunity to customise their products to suit their specific cooling requirements.
PWR is a Vehicle Sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge
a SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE iNDIANA Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) FOR ITS ROLE IN THE CREATION OF THE iNDY aUTONOMOUS cHALLENGE
The IEDC is a committed to job growth through collaboration with our strong base of Indiana-based companies while fostering a business-friendly environment that welcomes new investment. Indiana is a state that supports growth, encourages ideas and embraces our legacy as one of the top states in the nation for business.