Participation of ITS Sapuangin team at Shell Eco-Marathon 2022 in Virtual Off-Track Awards 2022: Data and Telemetry competition

ITS Campus News – The Sapuangin Team of Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) once again made their name proud at international level. One of ITS’ proud teams, especially in energy-efficient car, won Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Virtual Program 2022 in Virtual Off-Track Awards: Data and Telemetry Award among the Asia Pacific and Middle East region, Wednesday Night (31/8).

ITS Sapuangin General Manager, William Mikhael Parlindungan, explained this type of competition challenges participants to make innovations using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to improve driver consistency while turning the car and pressing the gas pedal. It is aimed to get optimal results on the use of fuel through an idea called The Race Start Mode.

ITS Sapuangin team, while conducting an online simulation for The Start Race Mode system which consists of Automatic Pedal and Automatic Gear Shift

This big idea has been conducted for a month which consists of two ideas based on entering car data performance: Automatic Gear Shift and Automatic Pedal. The Automatic Gear Shift aims to maintain optimal speed engine to save fuel use. “This system will automatically shift gears when the speed engine exceeds the specific speed limit for each gear,” he explained.

Meanwhile, The Automatic Pedal was proposed due to excessive fuel expenditure caused by drivers’ inconsistency when they start and even drive. By having this system, restrictions on the gas pedal will be given to prevent the use of excessive fuel as the result of pressing the gas pedal too much. “The gas pedal will be automatically restrained if it exceeds the needs of the car engine while it is operating,” he explained.

Not only ideas, William continued, calculations by The Matlab software were also included in the innovations made by the team which is supervised by Ir. Witantyo, M.Eng.Sc. Later on, this simulation aims to create innovative results which seem realistic. “To get the most realistic results, simulation is carried out to show that our ideas are very likely to be applied,” he added.

ITS Sapuangin team won Shell Eco-Marathon Virtual Off-Track Awards 2022: Data and Telemetry Award in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region

This Mechanical Engineering Department student revealed that ITS Sapuangin team also experienced some obstacles when they adjust to regulations. Even though the team has already had experience from the last year competition, they must understand the newest competition regulations. “Because the regulations are different from the last year competition, we have to pay more attention to the details,” he said.

William looks forward that the innovations brought by his team will not only improve ITS Sapuangin’s driver consistency but also for the entire car. “Hopefully, the innovation results from this Data and Telemetry Contest can be useful and applied by the commercial car industry,” he concluded (ITS PR)