EVOLTA's Le Mans 24 Hours challenge was held at the Le Mans circuit in 2009.
In May 2008, Mr. EVOLTA accomplished the unprecedented—scaling the Grand Canyon powered by just two household batteries. Now, a new challenge: completing a 24-hour endurance test drive*1. The Grand Canyon climb took 6 hours 46 minutes 31 seconds. Can Mr. EVOLTA cruise the Le Mans circuit for four times that long!? The challenge takes place in early August, 2009, with updates on the challenge to be posted on this site. If the attempt succeeds, it is to be certified as a new Guinness world record!*2
Let the fun begin!
*1: The 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race takes place on a course consisting of a circuit and city streets. EVOLTA World challenge will take place on the circuit only.
*2: For “remote-controlled car ? greatest distance.?
[Design and production] Robot creator Tomotaka Takahashi
[Batteries] 2 AA EVOLTA batteries
[Dimensions] Approx. 30 cm long x 20 cm wide x 20 cm tall
[Motor] 2 DC motors
[Microcomputer] Embedded in Mr. EVOLTA torso (specs undecided)
[Control] Autonomous cruising, infrared tracking
A three-wheeled buggy with two wheels at the front and one at the back was developed for the 24-hour endurance test.
Powered by just two batteries, Mr. EVOLTA will keep on going and going in pursuit of success.
The site of the attempt will be the Le Mans Circuit in western France. On this circuit, home of what is known as one of the world’s three top races ? the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race ? a brutal challenge awaits EVOLTA. The ups and downs of the course present no problems to drivers in conventional vehicles, but for the diminutive EVOLTA they are expected to be quite an obstacle.
*The 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race takes place on a course consisting of a circuit and city streets. The challenge will take place on the circuit only, which the EVOLTA robot will have to itself.
A camera car will emit infrared rays that Mr. EVOLTA will detect and track automatically. When the camera car turns right or left, so too will the robot. Mr. EVOLTA will constantly run behind the camera car as it attempts to complete the full 24-hour journey.
