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New Film Series Turns the Spotlight on Arrow Electronics' SAM Car Project

$ARWPress releaseOct 26, 2026, 9:45 AM ETRead the release

A new BBC StoryWorks film chronicles Arrow Electronics' SAM Car Project, which lets paralyzed former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt race using head movements, breath, and voice commands. The latest car, a 2021 McLaren 720S Spyder, adds an Edge AI steering system built on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin platform that processes head movements in real time.

Key figures

Fy2025 sales
$31 billion
Steering latency
within a few thousandths of a second

AI analysis

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