we are a team of motivated students from different fields of study at the University of Ulm, who develop an automated RC car from planning, design and manufacturing to the implementation of state-of-the-art algorithmic solutions for vehicle control and environment perception based on a realistic application scenario to compete at the Carolo Cup ( https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/carolo-cup ) with other international teams from different universities under the presence of a jury from academia and industry.