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Gonna fly now
With its outdoor fly lab for drone testing, U-M now hosts advanced robotics facilities for land, air, sea, and space. Plus: Robotics building breaks ground.
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Noble Nobel in space
In 1976, Samuel C.C. Ting discovered a particle that changed physics. In 2018, he’s working on the most sophisticated particle physics experiment in space.
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Flipping the switch in Puerto Rico
Civil engineer Aaron Anderson, MS ’16, will be the happiest person on earth when he’s out of a job – because that means Puerto Rico is back on the grid.
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Cybersecurity in self-driving cars
Mcity report gives new insights into automated vehicle vulnerabilities, threats.
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The courage to resist
In the escalating struggle between the individual and the state technology favors the powerful. That’s why this computer scientist revels in righting the balance.
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Oh my cube!
Engineering students install a giant Rubik’s Cube on campus — believed to be the world’s largest hand-solvable, stationary version of the famous puzzle.
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Not your father's time capsule
Students prepare to launch a time capsule into orbit to mark U-M’s bicentennial. The plan is to retrieve it in 100 years.
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U-M pioneers new walking robot
New bot is loosely modeled on the cassowary, a flightless bird with backward-facing knees.
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MARLO vs. U-M's Wave Field
HBO’s “Westworld” about a theme park populated by lifelike robots may be pure fiction, the science part is making great strides.