Autonomous vehicles

What Would It Take To Make Michigan America’s AI Arsenal?

WASHINGTON DC - As artificial intelligence and autonomous warfare reshape global defense, Michigan faces a new question: Can it compete for the next industrial revolution? Michigan helped build America’s automotive empire. It helped power the Arsenal of Democracy during World War II. And today it remains home to one of the nation’s largest concentrations of

By |2026-05-14T17:39:35-04:00May 14th, 2026|Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0|

Michigan Doubles Down On Mobility Innovation As AI, Robotics And Autonomous Systems Reshape Manufacturing

SOUTHFIELD - Michigan is once again putting taxpayer-backed resources behind its effort to become the national center for next-generation mobility, autonomous systems, AI-driven manufacturing, and advanced industrial technology. The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University announced a new funding round for its “Make It in Michigan Mobility Prototyping Grant Program,” offering up to $500,000 in

By |2026-05-14T09:37:03-04:00May 14th, 2026|Engineering Society of Detroit, ESD, Industry 4.0|

GM Invests Another $850M In Cruise To Expand Manual Operations

DETROIT - Despite a bumpy 2023, Cruise LLC isn’t nearing the end of the road yet. General Motors, its parent company, said last week that it would invest an additional $850 million into the autonomous vehicle developer. To date, GM has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise and hasn’t yet seen much of a

By |2024-06-27T09:21:44-04:00June 23rd, 2024|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Featured|

May Mobility Rolls Out Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Pilot Program

ANN ARBOR–Autonomous vehicle developers May Mobility, announced the launch of the Detroit Automated Driving Systems pilot program, in partnership with the City of Detroit’s Office of Mobility Innovation and the Michigan Mobility Collaborative. The “Accessibili-D” service aims to improve the quality of life for Detroiters who live with disabilities or are age 62 and older.

By |2024-06-13T16:35:29-04:00June 13th, 2024|Auto Tech, Mobile MI, Mobility|

With AV Challenge, Engineers Can Put Their Decision-Making Algorithms To The Test

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan has issued a challenge to the developers of autonomous vehicle technologies: show us what you've got. The Mcity AV Challenge will pit researchers in academia and industry against each other, measuring the performance of their decision-making modules in a world-leading, realistic simulated environment. "What's unique about the Mcity AV Challenge

By |2024-04-24T14:43:32-04:00April 23rd, 2024|ESD|

Advancements In Self-Driving Car Technology

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By |2024-02-06T10:41:03-05:00February 6th, 2024|Guest Columns|

Lidar On A Chip Puts Self-Driving Cars In The Fast Lane

NEW YORK - Today, more than half of new cars are equipped with one or more radar sensors. These sensors are solid state, cost manufacturers less than US $100 each, and are small enough to be inconspicuously placed around the vehicle. They are used for a variety of things, including automatic emergency braking and adaptive

By |2023-09-05T17:51:26-04:00September 5th, 2023|Auto Tech, Industry 4.0|

May Mobility Launches Third Generation Autonomous Driving System

ANN ARBOR–Autonomous driving developer May Mobility has launched its third-generation autonomous driving system, which the company described as “another significant step on the path to driverless commercial operations that will improve safety, efficiency and rider satisfaction. Improvements include increased speed, tele-assist capabilities and improved detection accuracy.” The company said its new autonomy system includes its

By |2023-03-21T14:30:17-04:00March 21st, 2023|Auto Tech, Featured, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Traffic Lights Could Have A 4th Color For Self-Driving Vehicles

DETROIT - In a hypothetical future where autonomous cars trundle up and down our busy roads, traffic lights might have a fourth color installed, one added for the benefit of those self-driving vehicles. Researchers at North Carolina State University are proposing an additional white traffic light that would signal to drivers autonomous vehicles (AVs) are

By |2023-02-20T15:30:34-05:00February 20th, 2023|Featured, Science|