Late last month, the University of Michigan-Dearborn unveiled a new autonomous shuttle project called MDAS.ai, in which students and faculty will build a driverless vehicle for low-speed, pedestrian-filled environments.
Made possible through a collective $100,000 contribution from Osram Opto Semiconductors, Phantom Intelligence, Jungo Connectivity, and Vergence Automation, the project is designed to help students, researchers, and sponsoring companies puzzle through the complexities of autonomous driving.
Rajeev Thakur, a regional marketing manager at Osram, says the project came together after he bumped into an old college friend—one of the professors working on MDAS.ai—and discovered the scope of... Read more »
