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december 14, 2017 - Land Rover

Young engineers crack the Land Rover code in Abu Dhabi

  • More than 150 of the best young engineering minds from 16 countries compete at #landrover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge world finals in Abu Dhabi
  • Students use software coding to design and build miniature remote-controlled 4x4s
  • Competition unearths future talent for #Jaguar #landrover, the UK’s leading investor in research and development
  • More than three million young people have taken part in #Jaguar Land Rover's global education programme since 2000
  • School team from Portugal wins 2017 prize, beating Malaysia and Australia

Whitley, UK, Thursday 14 December 2017  More than 150 talented future software engineers from schools in 16 countries gathered in #abudhabi for the #landrover 4x4 in Schools Technology Challenge world finals.

The bright young engineers, aged 11-19, used computer coding to programme miniature remote-controlled four-wheel-drive vehicles they have designed and built for a two-day competition at the Yas Marina Circuit. One of the challenges saw the vehicles negotiate a demanding course that wound its way over and through #landrover Discovery SUVs.

The contest, which supports curriculum learning, included an autonomous car coding challenge, reflecting #Jaguar Land Rover’s commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects and a desire to recruit the next generation of engineers to design and develop future electric, connected and autonomous vehicles. The surprise coding task required them to optimise an existing set of code to help a model SUV complete a pre-set course in the fastest possible time.

K-EVO from Portugal were crowned 2017 champions; with Panthera, Malaysia and Fair Dinkum 4x4, Australia in second and third places respectively.

I am hugely passionate about engineering and inspiring more young people to consider STEM careers. The #landrover 4x4 in Schools competition will help us fill exciting future roles in software systems, cyber systems, app development and graphics performance. The new coding challenge is a great way to introduce young people to the importance of software innovation in our cutting-edge business.

ALEX HESLOPDIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

The challenge has provided us with fantastic hands-on experience of running a mini-business and writing our own code. We were all interested in STEM before but now, after learning all about the #landrover Discovery production processes and electronics, we’d love to be engineers innovating and creating vehicles in the future.

LUÍS LIGEIROTEAM LEADER

The global competition has helped the company reach more than three million young people since 2000. Teams qualify for the world finals through a series of regional and national events, with the winning team, K-EVO having come first in the Portuguese National Final.

The winning vehicle features multi-link suspension, replicating the #landrover Discovery, and was made using natural, modern and recycled materials such as biopolymers, plastics and aluminium which were a key consideration in the judges’ scoring.

The UK’s leading investor in research and development, #Jaguar #landrover has launched a global initiative which aims to recruit more than 1,000 electronic and software engineers to its expanding business. In June this year, the company launched an innovative, mixed-reality recruitment app in collaboration with virtual band Gorillaz to find global future engineering talent.

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