Building a DeepRacer Track

Building a DeepRacer track can be a fun and rewarding experience. Here are some things to consider before getting started:

  • Figure out the amount of space that you have.
  • Figure out how often you are going to race.
  • Figure out if you want to build a DeepRacer signature track (tracks in the console).
  • Consider building a custom track for your surroundings.

Building a signature DeepRacer track takes up the most space and in most cases, you will not be able to dedicate that amount of real estate to keep it up day in and day out. Building your own track personalized to your space is an efficient option and usually, you can have it up year-round.

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[Hands-on] Who won what in the AWS DeepRacer League 2021?

One of the greatest mysteries of this season was who got which prizes in races. The questions of who qualifies where, who gets what prize have been popping up regularly in the Community Slack channels. Learn how I used SageMaker Notebook, Python and Pandas to determine the winners by reading data from Jochem Lugtenburg’s deepracer-race-data repository.

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[Spanish/English] ¡Preparados! ¡Listos! ¡A programar!

Matias Kreder, también conocido como Matt, recibió la semana pasada un DeepRacer Evo por haber calificado entre los primeros 10 en la carrera de Abril. En el siguiente artículo se pueden ver las fotos del premio:
Matias Kreder, also known as Matt, received last week his DeepRacer Evo as he qualified for the top 10 on April’s race. He shared some pictures of his brand new prize in the following LinkedIn post:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mkreder_amazon-aws-deepracer-activity-6812825371394744320-KP9t

Además de participar en la liga Profesional, Matias ayuda a difundir DeepRacer para que sea cada vez más conocido en la región de LATAM. El ha creado diferentes artículos para que la gente pueda iniciarse en DeepRacer:
Besides racing in the professional league, Matias enjoys contributing to make DeepRacer more popular in the LATAM region. He has created the following articles to help people get started on DeepRacer:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/preparados-listos-programar-matias-kreder/