Dec. 3, 2019—During the 2019 Formula Student, Europe’s most established educational engineering competition, Velodyne Lidar, Inc. contributed sensors to 20 university teams across Europe. 

The Formula Student competition aims to develop enterprising and innovative young engineers and encourage more young people to take up a career in engineering.

The students used Velodyne lidar technology in powering the autonomous vehicles (AV) they built and placed into competitions throughout Europe. Student teams selected Velodyne Puck, Puck Hi-Res and Ultra Puck sensors in their AV development.