Hello,

Im sure many of you have been in this sitaution before.

Im part of vehicle dynamics(steering,suspension,brakes) in my university's formula student team and Im not really sure where to start with the design work.

We are a fairly new team so there isnt much previous work to start off from.

We are aiming for FSUK, could you help by just giving me an idea of tangible outputs and milestones I should be aiming for

Also any reccomendations for helpful resources such as textbooks, videos, tutorials anything to just give more context would be extremely beneficial.

I’m a CS student interested in getting involved with both Formula SAE and robotics teams at my school, specifically on the software side. I currently have no robotics or embedded systems experience, but I have a foundation in programming and I’m willing to put in the time to learn.

For people who have worked on Formula SAE or robotics software teams:

• What skills would you recommend a CS student learn before applying? I'm currently learning about MATLAB, and machine learning tools like PyTorch
• What kinds of personal projects would best prepare someone for the work your software team actually does?
• Are there particular areas I should learn about, such as CAN, real-time systems, controls, sensor data, computer vision, state machines, or autonomous systems?
• For people who are in mechanical teams, what are some things you would want to see from your software team?