开源1:12比例自动驾驶赛车平台,低成本高算力,促进行业标准化。
NeoRacer: An Open, Standardized 1:12 Scale Autonomous Race Car for Benchmarking and Education

- 采用Jetson Orin Nano等硬件构建标准化平台
- 成本仅2699美元,算力超同类3倍
- 适合高校科研与教学,支持算法对比
许多科学领域依赖标准基准和共享平台以提升可复现性,但自主系统研究仍缺乏广泛接受的开源硬件。在已有标准化的领域,进展显著加速。这在自动驾驶赛车中尤为明显:团队常自建系统或采购昂贵小众车辆,导致控制与机器人研究难以比较和复现。高成本也限制了非富裕实验室的参与,而现有教育机器人往往算力不足。为此,本文提出NeoRacer——一个开源的1:12比例自动驾驶赛车平台。其搭载NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano(67 TOPS)、270° LiDAR、120 fps全局快门相机及9轴IMU,预装售价2699美元,算力超过同类平台3倍,价格低于最接近的预装方案一半。由Neobotics基金会与Seeed Studio联合开发,由Seeed Studio制造,平台采用开放硬件(CERN-OHL-S v2)与软件(GPLv3)设计,所有设计文件、固件与ROS2包均公开。模块化架构支持跨机构算法基准测试。文中描述了软硬件架构、两次试点部署(MIT IAP,15人;BU CPS Lab,10人)的经验及关键成本-性能权衡。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Many scientific fields rely on standard benchmarks and shared platforms to improve review and reproducibility, but autonomous systems research still lacks widely accepted open hardware. Where standardization has emerged, progress has accelerated. This is especially evident in autonomous racing, where teams often build custom systems or buy niche, expensive vehicles, making control and robotics research and education hard to compare and reproduce. High costs also limit access outside well-funded labs, while affordable educational robots are often underpowered. To address this gap, we present NeoRacer, an open-source 1:12 scale autonomous racing platform. It is built around an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano (67 TOPS), a 270° LiDAR, a 120 fps global-shutter camera, and a 9-axis IMU. NeoRacer ships pre-assembled for USD 2,699, offering over 3x the compute of comparable platforms at less than half the cost of the nearest pre-assembled alternative. Co-developed by the Neobotics Foundation and Seeed Studio, and manufactured by Seeed Studio, NeoRacer combines open hardware and software design with scalable, repeatable production. The modular, extensible platform provides a standardized benchmarking environment for autonomous racing algorithms across institutions. We describe the hardware/software architecture, design decisions from two pilot deployments (MIT IAP, 15 students; BU CPS Lab, 10 students), and key cost-performance tradeoffs. Hardware is licensed under CERN-OHL-S v2 and software under GPLv3, with all design files, firmware, and ROS2 packages publicly accessible.
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