AI Race Coach (Project Koru)
May 1, 2026
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The AI Race Coach (Project Koru) is a real-time coaching system for motorsports, developed during the Google I/O GDE Field Test at Sonoma Raceway. The project demonstrated how agentic AI can bridge domain gaps between software engineering and racing expertise.
Architecture:
- Antigravity — stateful orchestration and telemetry ingestion
- Gemini API — cloud-based driver modeling and strategic insights
- Gemma 4 12B — on-device edge intelligence for zero-latency audio coaching
- Jetpack Compose — high-refresh Android dashboard for real-time visualization
- Google ADK — multi-agent orchestration framework
- Custom USB Interface — 10 Hz telemetry stream wired directly from vehicle sensors to Pixel 10
The system identified performance gains beyond human perception — including a new throttle application zone mid-corner in Turn 2 that secured a 0.1-second advantage. Featured on the Google Developers Blog and covered in my blog post Racecraft: The Origin Story.
