robotics

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.
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.
October 15, 2016
$27M investment to globalize driverless vehicle research

A $27 million investment from a firm from Shenzhen, China, will strengthen U-M efforts to advance autonomous, connected vehicles and robotic technologies around the world.
September 15, 2016
Robotics building design will include space for Ford researchers

A broad range of robotic technologies will have tailored lab space in U-M’s planned Robotics Laboratory, which includes a unique funding collaboration with Ford Motor Co.
April 16, 2015
High-tech robotics center coming to North Campus

A $54 million robotics center at U-M will help advance the field as researchers say it’s reaching a tipping point — poised to deliver autonomous technologies that are woven into our everyday lives.