I won’t bother listing every place I traveled to for competitions, this isn’t a travelogue, and this is LinkedIn. But yes, I traveled a lot. Across Europe and beyond. Many competitions, many stages. And all of it was beautiful.
But things changed in 2015, when ARCA started. That’s when I set my sights on something bold: I had a dream to build a vehicle that could drive itself. Not just a demo or a prototype on a table - a real, functional autonomous vehicle. I called it GMobile.
Everyone thought the "G" stood for Golubic, which I didn’t mind. But actually, it meant Global Mobile. The vision was bigger than just me. The project filled double spreads in newspapers and reports in national media. I started hearing stories that people were coming to ARCA just to see the vehicle. That felt unreal.
But the most powerful part wasn’t what people could see. It was the invisible layer, the software behind it. That’s where the real engineering was. Algorithms, sensors, data fusion, and motion control, all stitched together to make the vehicle truly autonomous.
GMobile won the competition. I also received a special award from the Slovenian delegation, which meant a lot.
But the biggest reward came shortly after:
An invitation to exhibit at iENA in Nuremberg, one of the most prestigious innovation expos in Europe. I only had a few weeks to repack and polish the entire vehicle, make it a bit cleaner, prettier, and ready for the world stage. GMobile really put me out there.
It led to another project in Germany, something completely different, this time involving smart scooters. I was in the newspapers again. And for a moment, I truly felt like I was on top of the world. This wasn’t a school project anymore. This was real.
