Remove Connected Remove Design Remove Future Remove Universal
article thumbnail

U-M, Ford open robotics complex to accelerate future of advanced, more equitable robotics and mobility

Green Car Congress

The University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company are opening a new advanced robotics facility. The fourth floor houses Ford’s first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus, as well as 100 Ford researchers—including autonomous vehicle researchers—and engineers.

Ford 430
article thumbnail

Michigan, Cavnue to create corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles between Ann Arbor and Detroit

Green Car Congress

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an initiative to develop a first-of-its-kind corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) designed to improve transportation for communities in Southeast Michigan.

Michigan 221
article thumbnail

Michigan State University introduces electric autonomous bus through collaboration with state, Karsan and ADASTEC

Green Car Congress

Michigan State University introduced an electric autonomous bus that will serve students, staff and faculty beginning early 2022 as part of the campus’ smart mobility ecosystem. The bus represents one of the largest electric autonomous transit vehicles to be deployed on US roadways to date.

Michigan 221
article thumbnail

Connection Machine Joins All to All to Optimize Better

Cars That Think

In the latest such effort, engineers at University of Minnesota have come up with way to encode these problems onto a chip built using standard CMOS circuits. But unlike others, it manages to connect all 48 spins to each other. In the past few years, such all-to-all connections have proven to be key to quickly tackling many problems.

Connect 112
article thumbnail

U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

Cars That Think

economy, there’s a potential problem: Where will the industry find the qualified workforce needed to run these plants and design the chips they’ll make? There were around 20,000 job openings in the semiconductor industry at the end of 2022, according to Peter Bermel , an electrical and computer engineering professor at Purdue University.

Universal 131
article thumbnail

DOE and Stellantis launch Battery Workforce Challenge

Green Car Congress

Kicking off in fall 2023, the Battery Workforce Challenge includes an advanced battery design and development student competition series that invites universities and vocational schools from across North America to design, build, test and integrate an advanced electric-vehicle battery into a future Stellantis vehicle.

Batteries 225
article thumbnail

University of Michigan to build test facility for connected and automated vehicles

Green Car Congress

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved plans to proceed with the design of a unique environment for testing connected and automated vehicles. This project, which includes several industry participants,is providing data to inform future policy decisions by the US DOT.

Michigan 244