With a $50 million contract from the U.S. Army, the University of Michigan’s Automotive Research Center will shift its focus to autonomous technologies for military ground vehicles. The funding extends the center’s 25-year partnership with the Army through 2024.
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Peng and his research group have developed an automated modeling methodology that searches designs to identify the optimal configuration and component size for a power-split system.
Mcity demonstrates the powerful pairing of connectivity and automation.
“The ARC is having a tremendous impact on the field,” said Dingell. “I was really impressed to learn about the ARC’s implementation of the research concept used to reinforce the connection between basic research and real world needs.”
To ensure that the systems they design will operate as intended, engineers construct controllers which ensure the largest possible set of configurations of a system behave as intended.
The 12th IFAC Workshop was held June 28-30, 2015, at the Michigan League