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Added by Gil Ernesto Rieke Aguirre on July 25, 2012 Universidad de Guadalajara test setup of Freescale Cup car. 

This year we are launching the inaugural Global Freescale Cup challenge.  Teams from 9 regions of the world will be competing to see who the best-of-the-best is. Regional student champions will be working hard to create the most intelligent race car to win Global challenge on August 22-24, 2013, held at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China. The challenge will feature Freescale’s 32-bit microprocessors either ARM-based or Power Architecture-based. Important Information 2013 Global Rules Team Registration (closed) Click "Receive email updates" from right navigation to stay informed of changes. Add your own questions below in the comments section. View this page as a PDF - To print Meet the Teams Brazil - Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo China - (Semi-finalist*) University of Science and Technology China - (Semi-finalist*) South-Center University for Nationalities Slovakia - Slovak University of Technology India - Bannari Amman Institute of Technology Japan - The University of Tokyo Malaysia - Swinburne University of Technology Mexico - Instituto Politecnico Nacional Taiwan - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology United States - University of California Berkeley - Team Jolt *Semifinalist teams to compete prior to the global challenge to determine which team will represent the region. Event Agenda (Subject to Change.  All listed times are local time) August 21st Team Arrivals. Transportation arranged for all teams from Airport to Hotel. Look for The Freescale Cup sign. Arrival times provided. August 22nd 07:30 - 12:00 Team Tour - Sun Island 12:00 -13:00 Team Lunch Practice Track A Track B 12:55 - 13:15 University of Science and Technology Beijing South Center University for Nationalities 13:15 - 13:45 Mandatory Team Meeting & Rule Review 13:45 - 14:05 The University of Tokyo National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 14:10 - 14:30 UC Berkeley Swinburne University of Technology 14:35 - 14:55 Bannari Anman Institute of Technology Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo 15:00-15:20 South Center University for Nationalities University of Science and Technology Beijing 15:25 - 15:45 Instituto Politecnico Nacional Slovak University of Technology 15:55 - 16:10 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology The University of Tokyo 16:15 - 16:35 Swinburne University of Technology UC Berkeley 16:40 - 17:00 Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo Bannari Anman Institute of Technology 17:05 - 17:25 Slovak University of Technology Instituto Politecnico Nacional 18:00 - 19:00 Team Dinner August 23rd 8:00 - 8:30 Opening Ceremony 8:30 - 9:00 Final Race China Semi-finalists 9:10 - 9:30 Practice Track C - Slovak University of Technology 9:35 - 9:55 Practice Track C - The University of Tokyo 10:00 - 10:20 Practice Track C - UC Berkeley 10:00 - 10:45 Practice Track C - Bannari Anman Institute of Technology 10:50 - 11:10 Practice Track C - Instituto Politecnico Nacional 12:00 - 13:00 Team Lunch 13:20 - 13:40 Practice Track C - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 13:45 - 14:05 Practice Track C - Swinburne University of Technology 14:10 - 14:30 Practice Track C - Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo 14:35 - 14:55 Practice Track C - Winner of China Semi-finals 4:00p - 4:30p Track Change 4:30p - 5:30p Final Race 5:30p - 6:00p Awards Ceremony 6:00p - 7:00p Team Dinner August 24th Teams to observe the finals of the China regional. 8:00  - 11:00 China Regional - Final Speed Race 11:00 - 12:00 China Regional - Final Innovation Competition 12:00 - 12:30 China Regional - Awards Ceremony 12:30 - 17:00 Free Time 17:00 - 18:00 Team Dinner Event Hotel Harbin Sinoway Hotel Address: No.2 Yiyuan Street. Harbin China. Contact: Xiaodan Liu Mobile Phone: 15904611007 Current Weather Conditions Link will re-direct to weather.com Race Location Harbin Institute of Technology August 22-24, 2013 Contributing Sponsors    

2013 Worldwide Freescale Cup Participant (2nd Place) - Malaysia Video Link : 1587 Car Specs: FRDM-KL25Z Secondary servo to pan camera

Congratulations to the Winning Teams!! First Place Second Place Third Place Team Chrysler Team Ford Team Panasonic 23.91 seconds 26.80 seconds 27.34 seconds Team Members: Tom Pruett Sandhya Etikala Manjiri Joshi Team Members: Saumil Patwari Jim Weinfurther Kevin Hille Team Members: Vince Li Jeffery Kuo Adeel Yusuf The complete times are listed below.

This is the 8th year for the China national finals of Freescale Cup intelligent car racing.  In parallel to this years China regional we are hosting the champion teams from regions around the world in a winner take all racing showdown. Today kicked off day one of the event which is mostly practice.   But first, a little international team building and a tour to Sun Island in Harbin, China. (Photo courtesy of Peter Fang) (Photo courtesy of DamarisOchoa) Followed by some down to business practice where we had our first glimpse of all the teams.   All the worldwide teams look very strong and should be a very competitive match-up. (Photo courtesy of DamarisOchoa) If you are at the Global Freescale Cup 2013  add your pictures in the comments section below!!