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June 8, 2014 03:30 pm GMT

University of Michigan Builds Fake City For Driverless Car Testing

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It’s nice to see Detroit getting busy again.

Engineers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have started construction on a simulated city center that will be used to test partially automated and fully driverless cars.

The patent-pending Mobility Transformation Facility will take up 32 acres on U-M’s north campus, and be administered by a partnership of auto industry leaders and university researchers.

SEE ALSO: Google Shows Off Cuter Self-Driving Car

The idea is to provide a real-world simulation of dense city traffic for the next generation of partially and fully automated vehicles. In addition to a section of a four-lane highway, the test center will have merge lanes, road signs, stoplights, intersections, construction barrels, roundabouts, a railroad crossing, building facades and even — eventually — mechanical cyclists and pedestrians. Read more...

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