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The Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan’s Annual Program Review: The Driving Force Behind Autonomous Vehicles

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Twenty-one years later, the ARC, which operates as a consortium of six universities [ 2 ] collaborating with partners from both industrial and government sectors, gathered once again on the University of Michigan’s North Campus for its 21 st Annual Program Review. The opening case study, “No Driver? Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D.,

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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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In autonomous vehicles, the one-box brake system is combined with a Hydraulic Brake Extension that can, in conjunction with ABS, safely brake the vehicle in the highly unlikely event of primary brake failure. However, it is likely to take about another decade before robo-taxis become a common sight in normal traffic.

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Video Friday: ANYmals and Animals

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): ROSCon 2021 – October 20-21, 2021 – [Online Event] Silicon Valley Robot Block Party – October 23, 2021 – Oakland, CA, USA SSRR 2021 – October 25-27, 2021 – New York, NY, USA.

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Video Friday: Preparing for the SubT Final

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Explorer ] Team CERBERUS is looking good for the SubT Final next week, too.

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Video Friday: Dusty at Work

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics.

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Video Friday: TurtleBot 4

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We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): Boston Dynamics ] Fish in Washington are getting some help navigating through culverts under roads, thanks to a robot developed by University of Washington students Greg Joyce and Qishi Zhou.

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Summer Update

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Oakland, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. Local In Austin , Mayor Will Wynn and the City Council, along with Austin Energy , are holding a press conference and speaking event with James Woolsey and Chelsea Sexton , formerly with GM and featured in the feature film, Who Killed the Electric Car ? Keene, N.H., Santa Barbara, CA.,