Open-Source Tools
Anyone can experiment with Mcity’s open-source tools before starting a research project. Mcity Digital Twin Digital twins are virtual representations of a physical environment and digitally connected to that environment to...
Measuring motion sickness in driverless cars
...comparison of reading task performance and urban acceleration levels on motion sickness response in a passenger vehicle. A white paper about the protocol was published today by Mcity. Why we...
2023 AutoMobili-D
...(UMTRI) 1:00 – 3:00 PM ET Mcity 2.0 and the Mcity Safety Assessment Program Dr. Henry Liu, Director, Mcity 3:00 – 5:00 PM ET University of Michigan Mobility Leadership Availability...
ACM Smart City Test Center re-opens outdoor test activities
The American Center for Mobility (ACM), of which the University of Michigan is a founding co-partner, is re-opening for outdoor testing activities in alignment with guidelines from the Centers for...
A2GO to shuttle visitors around the 2022 Ann Arbor Art Fair
...shuttle service that launched in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in October 2021. The service will carry art fair attendees as the Ann Arbor Art Fair Art Go-‘Round circulator service. Mcity is...
U-M announces plans for automated vehicle test environment
...of such technologies in a realistic off-road environment is an essential step before a significant number of vehicles can be safely implemented on actual roadways.” Occupying 30 acres at the...
U-M launches new center to transform mobility
...connected vehicles and vehicle systems,” Sweatman said. “A number of industry participants are making use of this resource to explore the potential for their businesses as well.” Beyond the safety...
How can AVs be protected from hackers who want to do harm?
...require dozens of these cryptographic keys, and even more as each new feature and function is added. Today, there is no uniform process for generating these digital keys. Mcity at...
U-M’s new Ford Motor Company Robotics Building includes research space for self-driving cars and so much more
...the Mcity Test Facility. Being in close proximity means U-M and Ford engineers can easily move from research labs in the Ford Robotics Building to Mcity’s real-world proving ground for...
U-M offers open-access automated cars to advance driverless research
...system. An open development platform for connected vehicle communications will be added later. The open CAVs are based at Mcity, U-M’s simulated urban and suburban environment for testing automated and...
Holiday shopping, curiosity about AV tech attract riders to A2GO
Shopping was one of the most popular reasons for using the A2GO autonomous shuttle service in December, along with curiosity about autonomous vehicle technology. Mcity joined May Mobility and several...
What it means to live without regular access to safe, reliable, affordable transportation
...it’s a reality for millions of people across the Unites States and beyond. Alexandra Murphy, associate director for social science research at Mcity, has focused her work on better understanding...