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University of Michigan Builds Fake City For Driverless Car Testing
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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