THETIS DV

Aristurtle’s vision for innovation lead our team to the decision of developing its first autonomous vehicle in 2019. Thetis, our 4th electric vehicle, was chosen as the base vehicle to complete this ambitious task. The team’s hard work bore fruition in 2021, when Thetis DV came into operation, becoming the first driverless race car in Greece.

The goal the team set for autonomous Thetis in season 2020-21 was to finish all four autonomous dynamic events in a DV competition. Thetis managed to complete all the events in her first try in FS East 2021, an achievement a handful of DV teams have accomplished. Furthermore, the vehicle won 4th place in the dynamic events, snatching also 3rd place in DV Skidpad and adding one more trophy to its award-winning collection.

– Planetary Gearbox Reducer
– 2x Electric Motors 55kW (RWD)
– Custom Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and Battery Management System (BMS)
– Actuators for autonomous steering wheel control and emergency braking
– Dual Camera Perception Pipeline
– Custom SLAM implementation based on graph optimization
– Custom state estimation implementation based on fusing readouts from multiple sensors