ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge

Okay kiddo, have you ever seen a car drive itself without any help from a driver? That's what the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge is all about!

Basically, some really smart grown-ups have created special cars that use sensors and cameras to "see" their surroundings and make decisions about where to go and how to get there. These cars are very advanced and can do things like stop at stop signs, avoid obstacles in the road, and even change lanes all by themselves!

Now, the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge is a big competition where different teams from all over the world bring their self-driving cars to race against each other on a really long journey. The cars have to drive all the way from one side of Europe to the other, which is a really, really, REALLY long way!

The teams have to program their cars to be able to navigate through all kinds of different environments, like busy city streets or winding country roads. The cars have to follow all the rules of the road and make sure they don't crash into anything or anyone along the way.

The team whose car does the best job of driving itself all the way across Europe is the winner of the competition! It's a really cool challenge that shows just how advanced technology has become, and how cars might be able to drive themselves safely in the future.