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February 19, 2019
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News and Updates
February 19, 2019
AI-DO 1 at NeurIPS report. Congratulations to our winners!
December 11, 2018
Protected: AWS Credit Draw for AI-DO at NeurIPS
December 4, 2018
AI-DO1 Submission Deadline: Thursday Dec 6 at 11:59pm PST
December 4, 2018
Update to challenge LF, LFV evaluation code
November 7, 2018
Server capacity increased; leaderboards logic updated.
October 31, 2018
The Duckietown project
Duckietown started as a class at MIT in 2016. You can watch the “duckumentary” created about the first class.
Duckietown is now a worldwide initiative to realize a new vision for AI/robotics education.
Since 2018 the project is coordinated by the non-profit Duckietown Foundation.
Read more: The Duckietown Foundation; our mission; our story; how you can help.
The Duckietown platform
The platform has two parts: Duckiebots and Duckietowns.
Duckiebots are low-cost mobile robots that are built almost entirely from off-the-shelf parts. The only onboard sensor is the forward-facing camera.
Duckietowns are the roads, which are constructed from exercise mats and tape, and the signage which the robots use to navigate around.
Duckietown for education
The Duckietown platform designed as part of an a university AI/robotics curriculum.
It has been used in prestigious universities, such as MIT, ETH Zürich, and Université de Montréal.
We are developing a “class-in-a-box” that comprises lectures, exercises, and theory, that combine with the physical robot platform to reinforce the core concepts.
If you are an instructor interested in using Duckietown, read here to get started.
Duckietown for research
The Duckietown platform has also been used extensively for research on mobile robotics and physically embodied AI systems.
If you are a researcher, read more about getting started about using the platform for research. See also: papers using Duckietown, the researchers using Duckietown.
Duckietown for “Makademics”
Makademics (makers + academics) are people who want to learn and build on their own and also want a very deep understanding of how things are working.
We want to allow everybody to learn AI/robotics even if they are not at elite institutions like MIT and ETH Zürich.
With Duckietown you can easily build your own robot, and follow along our lectures and interact with a global community of learners.
Recent news
AI-DO I Interactive Tutorials
The AI Driving Olympics, presented by the Duckietown Foundation with help from our partners and sponsors is now in full
October 30, 2018
AI Driving Olympics Ready for Submissions
Submissions to the AI Driving Olympics are officially open for the Lane Following task evaluated in simulation. To make a
October 14, 2018
Kicking off the Duckietown Donation program with Cali, Colombia
Our first donation of a class kit goes to Cali, Colombia. We’ve reached our Kickstarter goal! This is great news because it means that
August 22, 2018
Duckietown in Ghana – Teaching robotics to brilliant students
In July 2018, Vincent Mai taught a 2-week Duckietown class to some of the brightest high school students in Ghana.
August 13, 2018
How Duckietown inspired a 14 year old girl to become a tech entrepreneur
Valeria and Andrea before getting back to work on Duckiebots (2016, MIT) We host a guest post by Valeria Cagnina,
August 6, 2018
The Duckiebots are ready to conquer the world!
Dear friends of Duckietown:We are excited to bring you tremendous news about the Duckietown project.In the past years we have
August 1, 2018