NXP Cup, an autonomous car competition, is designed to provide students an uncommon experience with autonomous vehicles. The model autonomous vehicles used in NXP Cup are small and priced for students—but offer students the valuable opportunity to use real-world autonomous vehicle software in a competitive setting.
NXP Cup
NXP Cup
Autonomous racing
NXP Cup 2025
From nerve-jangling launches to ecstatic podium moments, the NXP Cup 2025 delivered drama, innovation, and plenty of adrenaline from start to finish.
Final results from NXP Cup 2025
A Historic First in the Netherlands! The NXP Cup Final 2025 was held for the first time in Eindhoven, Netherlands. This year, the winners hail from Czech Republic.
| Rank | Team | University / Institution | Time | Points | Mouser lap of Honor Points (150 pts) | Final Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EmCar | Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University | 00:15:07 | 550 | 150 | 700 |
| 2 | µCar | Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University | 00:14:08 | 650 | 0 | 650 |
| 3 | ITIcar | Universität zu Lübeck | 00:16:01 | 400 | 150 | 550 |
| 4 | B020 | Politehnica University of Timisoara | 00:16:20 | 350 | 150 | 500 |
| 5 | C.A.L.M.A UNICT | DIEEI Università di Catania | 00:15:59 | 450 | 0 | 450 |
| 6 | A314 | Politehnica University of Timisoara | 00:17:59 | 250 | 150 | 400 |
| 7 | Lulu | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 00:19:30 | 200 | 150 | 350 |
| 8 | Turbo Turtles | University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf | 00:17:20 | 300 | 0 | 300 |
| 9 | MotorIasi | Politehnica Univeristy of lasi | 00:21:00 | 150 | 0 | 150 |
| 10 | Pixel Racer 2.0 | HAN University of Applied Sciences | 00:31:00 | 0 | 150 | 150 |
| 11 | The Ducks from The Trucks | Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering | 00:21:50 | 100 | 0 | 100 |
| 12 | Rusteze | Technical University of lasi 'Gheorghe Asachi' | 00:29:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | UPT | Politehnica University of Timisoara | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Imperiul Apache | Facultatea de Automatică și Calculatoare din Iași | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | AERONAR | INSAT Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | TCE | Lebanese University Faculty Engineering 2 | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | ByteBuilders | Colegiul National de Informatică | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Segmentation Fault | Facultatea de Automatică și Calculatoare din Iași | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | 30%luck | Universitatea Nationala de Stiinta si Tehnologie Politehnica Bucuresti | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | ARCAR1 | HE-ARC | nan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New 3D-printed RTD kit
During this summer, our Romanian engineers sat together and developed a new 3D-printed RTD kit. Designed for enhanced durability and simplicity, this kit includes extensive support materials. Check the Gitbook for more information
The NXP Cup experience
Watch this quick video to see what it's like to be a part of NXP's autonomous vehicle competition.
The NXP Cup: A team journey with a lasting impact
Discover how the NXP Cup enhances students’ engineering skills, fosters team spirits and allows them to embark on a great journey that leaves a lasting impact.
Our CTO on the NXP Cup: A succinct overview
“The technology, university support and the incredible partner ecosystem give students opportunities to learn key collaborative teamwork skills and become familiar with core technologies to build autonomous robots.”
- Lars Reger, CTO, NXP
NXP Cup self-driving robot
Just like an autonomous vehicle, your car will sense, think and act. Using a camera sensor integrated with the motor control system, your vehicle will sense its environment and autonomously navigate and propel through the race course.
The low-cost entry kit comes equipped with NXP components that are used in cars on the road today. All you need is basic embedded software programming and circuitry knowledge and the willingness to learn.
Careers at NXP
Breakthrough technologies start with passionate and talented team members. Take the first step toward advancing technology by joining NXP.
