This document summarizes the Korea Autonomous Vehicle Contest 2013, which took place from October 11th at the Korea International Circuit. It was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and supervised by KATECH and KSAE. Partners included Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute. Sponsors were Hyundai, Kia Motors, Hyundai Mobis, Mando, MCNEX and Continental. The contest aimed to develop commercial autonomous vehicle technologies and was led by companies. It consisted of 11 tests from February to October to test sensors, data acquisition and motion control.

1. Information
CONTEST NAME : KOREA AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTEST 2013
DATE
LOCATION
HOST
SUPERVISION
: 2013/10/11
: Korea International Circuit
: MINISTRY OF TRADE. INDUSTRY & ENERGY
: KATECH(KOREA AUTONOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE)
& KSAE(KOREA SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS)
PARTNERS
: Carnegie Mellon THE ROBOTICS INSTITUTE
SPONSORS
: HYUNDAI, KIA MOTORS, HYUNDAI MOBOIS, MANDO,
MCNEX, Continental

2. Schedule
Test #
Dat e(2013)
locat ion
1st
2/ 4~ 2/ 5
KATECH LAB
Test for Sensor Interface
2nd
2/ 18~ 2/ 19
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition
3rd
3/ 29
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition
4th
4/ 29~ 4/ 30
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
5th
5/ 30~ 5/ 31
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
6th
6/ 27~ 6/ 28
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
7th
7/ 18~ 7/ 19
KATECH PG
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
8th
7/ 29~ 7/ 30
F1
9th
8/ 22~ 8/ 23
KATECH PG
10th
8/ 26~ 8/ 27
F1
11th
9/ 26~ 9/ 27
KATECH PG
The Day 10/ 9~ 10/ 11
F1
Descript ion
Mission Test
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
Mission Test
Sensor Data Acquisition & Motion Control Test
Contest

3. The Purpose of the Contest
Degree of Freedom
of Sensor
DARPA
Grand/Urban Challenge
For Devel. of
Original Tech
HYUDAI
Autonomous
Vehicle Contest
For Devel. of
Commercial Tech
This Contest
Main agent
Led by Competitors
Led by Company
Led by Government