SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Robofest robotics competition will return to in-person events for its 2022 competition season, leading up to the Robofest World Championships to be held on LTU’s Southfield campus May 12-14, 2022. Robofest kicked off its 23rd annual season Wednesday, Dec. 8 in a Zoom call with teachers, students, and volunteers from around the
SOUTHFIELD—More than 100 students at Lawrence Technological University will show off their work to help solve some of the most vexing problems of the 21st century in a federal “Grand Challenges of Engineering” presentation program Thursday, Dec. 9. The student presentations will be on display at LTU’s Taubman Engineering, Architecture, and Life Sciences Complex from
TROY—The top-cited problem for new-vehicle owners is connectivity issues with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Multimedia Quality and Satisfaction Study. With newly added capabilities, tech companies and automakers are delivering on consumers’ desires to wirelessly connect smartphones to infotainment systems. However, owners whose vehicles have wireless Apple CarPlay
LIVONIA—AMI Strategies, a developer of mobility management technology, has introduced a new app, MobilityNow, in its ServiceNow store. The new app allows enterprises to extend and enhance their existing ServiceNow investment with the ability to automate and manage the full lifecycle of mobile and Internet of Things devices, from procurement, to repairs, to decommissioning. Included
JACKSON—Officials at the Consumers Energy Foundation announced two Michigan projects will receive Prosperity Awards to support local economic development efforts. Two $250,000 grants are being awarded to both Communities First Inc.’s efforts to restore the Flint Masonic Temple and the city of Cadillac’s Community Revitalization Plan. Prosperity Awards are designed to strengthen neighborhoods across Michigan
ANN ARBOR—Strong robot sales in the third quarter of 2021 bring the total number of orders so far this year to nearly 29,000 units valued at $1.48 billion, the best numbers ever recorded for the North American robotics market, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, the Ann Arbor based trade association for the robotics and
SOUTHFIELD—SyBridge Technologies, an aggregator of toolmaking and moldmaking companies, announced today the renaming of its subsidiary companies to SyBridge Technologies. The name change reflects the Company’s broad, technology-enabled capability set and solutions offerings to our customers within the mobility, life sciences, technology, and services sectors. In conjunction with universal rebranding, the SyBridge IoT Cloud, announced
SOUTHFIELD—Under a spectacular sunny sky on a crisp autumn afternoon, students from Lawrence Technological University and six other universities showed off their race car building skills Saturday at Lawrence Technological University’s 12th Grand Prix. Along with Lawrence Tech, teams from Ferris State University, Grand Valley State University, Hope College, Oakland University, the University of Toledo,
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Blue Devil Motorsports teams are bringing back their annual autumn Grand Prix of time trials for student-designed Formula-style race cars. Last held in October 2019, the event went on hiatus for 2020 due to the pandemic. Established in 2009, LTU’s 12th Grand Prix will be held Saturday, Nov. 6 from 10 a.m.
LAKE ORION—American Battery Solutions Inc., the Lake Orion-based maker of lithium ion batteries, announced an increase in size of its Michigan Innovation Center from 40,000 square feet to 115,000 square feet, a move that will create 75 jobs. Financial details of the expansion were not disclosed. Company officials said the expansion and employment growth supports
