robotics
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October 25, 2021
Matthaei Botanical Gardens debuts robotically fabricated timber structure
A new robotically fabricated pavilion at Matthaei Botanical Gardens brings leading-edge fabrication research to the public space, and explores new responsible and precise methods of construction.
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September 16, 2021
First-responder robots could team with wildfire fighters
Tomorrow’s wildfire fighters and other first responders may tag-team with robotic assistants that can hike through wilderness areas and disaster zones, thanks to a U-M research project funded by a new $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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September 7, 2021
‘Robot assistants’ may help reinvent construction industry
With the aim of enabling robots to learn from human partners on construction sites, the National Science Foundation is providing $2 million to a university-led research team.
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March 16, 2021
U-M, Ford open world-class robotics complex on North Campus
U-M and Ford Motor Co. are opening a one-of-a-kind facility, where they’ll develop robots and roboticists that help make lives better, keep people safer and build a more equitable society.
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January 26, 2021
$15M continues U-M partnership with Toyota Research Institute
Building on a successful five-year collaboration with U-M faculty, the Toyota Research Institute will renew its research partnership with U-M for an additional five years, with projects funded up to $3M per year.
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March 9, 2020
‘It’s like you have a hand again’
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, U-M researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.
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October 14, 2019
UMMA, CoE working to bring robots to the art world
Faculty, staff and students from the U-M Museum of Art and the College of Engineering’s Robotics Institute are working to develop a robot docent at the museum.
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April 13, 2018
University breaks ground on new Ford Robotics Building
Officials broke ground Friday on the $75 million Ford Motor Company Robotics Building, a 140,000-square-foot, four-story complex of classrooms, offices and tailored lab space for a variety of robotic technologies.
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July 31, 2017
Outdoor drone complex will be site of safe flight testing
M-Air, an outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles, is coming to the College of Engineering this fall, adding to the university’s spate of advanced robotics facilities.
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April 20, 2017
New U-M robotics building named in honor of Ford Motor Co. gift
The four-story, 140,000-square-foot robotics facility slated for North Campus will be named the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building in recognition of a $15 million gift to the College of Engineering.