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  1. ‘It’s like you have a hand again’

    An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic.

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  2. What humans want, in an automated car

    U-M researchers examined how a person’s perception of safety in an autonomous vehicle was influenced by its “personality” traits.

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  3. Roofing drone nails down shingles

    Automated drone does work at the same speed as a novice roofer, researcher says.

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  4. Open-source bionic leg: First-of-its-kind platform aims to rapidly advance prosthetics

    ‘This represents the future of research—rapid prototyping of open source robotic hardware and embedded systems with shared code.’| Medium Read A new open-source, artificially intelligent prosthetic leg designed by University of Michigan and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab researchers is now available to the scientific community. The leg’s free-to-copy design and programming are intended to improve the quality of life […]

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  5. Teaching self-driving cars to predict pedestrian movement

    Data gleaned from cameras and sensors increases predictive accuracy.

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  6. U-M researchers to help unravel Mercury, solar system mysteries

    In ESA’s BepiColombo mission, an examination of the particles in Mercury’s upper atmosphere will shed light on what the planet is made of.

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  7. $20M gift supports international research partnership

    Collaboration between leading research universities will generate robotics and precision health advancements.

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  8. Ripple effect

    What’s happening in Detroit, with the help of the Michigan Engineering Zone, may help solve Michigan’s economic manpower problem.

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  9. M-Air autonomous aerial vehicle outdoor lab opens

    Michigan Engineering now hosts advanced robotics facilities for land, air, sea, and space.

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  10. The beanbag test

    It’s one thing for a robot to sort through a pile of rigid objects like blocks, but what about softer stuff?

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