The Daring Dash 2015 winners list
The Daring Dash is a design and make project for year 2 Mechanical Engineering students, sponsored by National Instruments and Jaguar Land Rover.
The challenge is to build an autonomous electric-powered buggy to travel over a bumpy course and stop on bulls eye. You can find the winners list for the 2015 competition below;
Low power group winner
Group 5 - Burluka's Team (8.5 sec)
2nd - Group 3 - Boyle's Team (11.10 sec)
3rd - Group 19 - Richardson's Team (15.7 sec)
High power group winner
Group 10 - Jones' Team - (9.0 sec)
Joint 2nd - Group 2 - Barton's team (10.5 sec)
Joint 2nd - Group 16 - Priests Team (10.5 sec)
National Instruments Award for Best Software Design
Winners - Group 23 - Thompson's Team
2nd - Group 3- Boyle's Team
3rd - Group 9 - Jackson's Team
Award for most desirable vehicle
Winners - Group 13 - Levesley's Team
2nd - Group 8 - Henson's Team
3rd - Group 5 - Burluka's Team
Each buggy underwent a standardised test mimicking the track. The lower the RMS acceleration the higher the mark.
Jaguar Land Rover Award for Best Suspension Design - judged by Mark Cunningham, Manufacturing Manager at JLR.
Winners - Group 8 - Henson's Team
2nd - Group 13 - Levesley's Team
3rd - Group 19 - Richardson's Team
Jaguar Land Rover award for Suspension Performance: lowest measured acceleration on a buggy that survived test
Winners - Group 14 - McKay's Team
2nd - Group 15 - Morina's Team
3rd - Group 19 - Richardson's Team