Tag: Automation
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U-M CEE Engineers Pioneer Automation for Wheelchair Users
Merging manual control with automated navigation, Michigan researchers are redefining the future of assistive mobility.
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Q&A: U-M CEE Engineers at the Forefront of Construction Automation
Professors Menassa and Kamat explain how they are developing autonomous solutions in the field
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Mcity Launches Digital Twin, Providing Free Virtual Testing for Autonomous Vehicles
By enabling millions of simulated miles, the tool accelerates development, reduces costs, and prepares technologies for real-world deployment while lowering barriers to advanced mobility research.
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U-M CEE to Help Lead Adoption of Autonomous Transportation Technologies Through DARPA Contest
Professor Henry Liu is the Principal Investigator of this interdisciplinary effort.
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Mcity opens for remote testing of autonomous vehicle technologies, calls for federal standards
The opening coincides with a new industry partnership project announced at the NVIDIA AI Summit.
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An invisible mask? Wearable air curtain, treated to kill viruses, blocks 99.8% of aerosols
Headworn tech from U-M startup could protect agricultural and industrial workers from airborne pathogens.
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Women caregivers are stressed: Transportation infrastructure could help
Supporting independent travel for children, older adults and people with disabilities could give working women a break
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Bridge in a box: Unlocking origami’s power to produce load-bearing structures
Foldable origami with thick panels opens a world of possibilities
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Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles
Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions—all in the name of shortening your trip.
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Update: Overcoming workspace uncertainties for enabling adaptive co-robotized construction work
Seeding To Accelerate Research Themes (START) is a program in Michigan Engineering that provides a mechanism for faculty members to obtain funds for new and innovative research.
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$9.8M to boost connected vehicle research and expand Ann Arbor deployment
New funding aims to enable a safer, more equitable and efficient mobility system.
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World’s first realistic simulated driving environment based on ‘crash-prone’ Michigan intersection
Real-time data collected at the two-lane roundabout will be used to efficiently test the safety of autonomous vehicles.
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Simulated terrible drivers cut the time and cost of AV testing by a factor of one thousand
New virtual testing environment breaks the ‘curse of rarity’ for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making.
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$15 million for connected and automated transportation, renewing U-M-led Midwest hub
The U.S. Department of Transportation grant supports nine colleges and universities, developing new technologies and training the workforce for the future of mobility.
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Jointless ECC Pavement at Mcity Receives Sensors to Monitor, Assess Real-World Conditions
CEE researchers are examining ways to develop unreinforced jointless rigid pavement with improved structural resiliency and durability while reducing cost and improving environmental sustainability using an Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC). The team, led by Victor Li–the E. Benjamin Wylie Collegiate Professor and James R. RIce Distinguished University Professor–along with He Zhu – a research scientist…
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Automation is a field where cutting-edge research is happening at CEE
Transportation is a key area for Automation to thrive
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Automation Drives Transportation Studies to Improve Safety, Fuel Efficiency
Automation has the potential to improve traffic safety and offer other benefits to drivers, pedestrians and society as a whole. The ability of sensor systems aboard automated vehicles (AVs) to collect and provide information that guides decision-making can reduce traffic accidents and optimize traffic flows. CEE Associate Prof. Neda Masoud highlighted a project funded by…
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Building the Future Series Smart Infrastructure Finance: The Transformational Role of Data for Democratized Digital Project Delivery
CEE’s Building the Future Webinar series hosts a presentation and Q&A about risk management and financial strategy that will help benefit the community
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Building the Future Series: The Outlook for Automation of Road Transportation
CEE’s Building the Future Webinar series hosts a presentation and Q&A about cities using autonomy to change their transportation systems for the better
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“Robot assistants” project aims to reinvent construction industry
$2M project aims to partner humans with robots for safer jobsites.