This webinar will explore how Mcity’s remote access platform allows users to conduct autonomous vehicle (AV)  testing in both simulated and mixed-reality environments without needing a complete AV system or a physical testing facility.  

Few universities or autonomous vehicle companies have their own test tracks. Most researchers in academia or developers in industry do not have a facility to test and refine their autonomous vehicle algorithms. With the support of the National Science Foundation, we built new, cloud-based infrastructure that works with the physical infrastructure of the Mcity Test Facility to enable remote use.  

We call it Mcity 2.0 – the next-generation automated vehicle test facility.  We believe Mcity 2.0’s capabilities will expand the volume and increase the speed of AV research that will be conducted and published.  This could help put more refined, safer AVs on our roads sooner. 

Learn more here: https://mcity.umich.edu/what-we-do/mcity-test-facility/remote-access/ 

Key Learning Objectives: 

1. Understand the current AV testing landscape, and the technology development challenges that remote testing can help overcome.  

2. Learn the fundamentals of how remote vehicle and technology testing works, including the tools required: digital and physical infrastructure; sophisticated simulation, data resources, etc. 

3. Articulate potential applications for remote AV testing and how it could help accelerate AV development.  

Speakers: 

• Greg McGuire, Managing Director, Mcity (moderator) 

• Prof. Guarev Pandey, Associate Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University  

• Prof. Jeff Ban, William M. and Marilyn M. Conner Endowed Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington  

• Sam Abuelsamid, Vice President, Market Research, Telemetry