Complimentary Shuttle Service will be provided Wednesday, January 16 to all lab tours, demos and the Welcome Reception. Guests can also be taken by shuttle back to their hotel rooms after the Welcome Reception.
Please note: The Welcome Reception is a short walk from GG Brown (CASSIE demo) and ERB II (Robots Demos).
Please click here for Shuttle schedule
CASSIE: A Tougher, Lighter Bipedal Robot with Eyes: Bipedal robot programmed to walk unassisted over rough terrain, walk through fire, ride a Segway, and map the new Robotics building.
Host: Jessy Grizzle
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: Bipedal Robotics Laboratory, 1210A GG Brown, Directions here |GPS coordinates for Google Maps: 42.293029, -83.712947 or 42°17'34.9"N 83°42'46.6"W
Ride in Connected Automated Car and See Mcity: See Mcity, a test facility for connected and automated cars, and demos of self-driving cars. The demos will include automatic path planning, dynamic interactions with road users, and preview motion control.
Host: Huei Peng
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
THIS TOUR IS LIMITED TO THREE TOURS WITH 9 PEOPLE PER TOUR AND PARTICIPANTS MUST PRE-REGISTER: Here
Manipulating Piles of Stuff: See a two-arm robot searching through a pile of objects to find a target one.
Host: Dmitry Berenson
Time: 3:30-5:00pm
Location: 2201 Bonisteel Blvd., Engineering Research Building 2, Room 1212, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Human Support Robot (HSR): See Toyota's Human Support Robot (HSR), a researcher platform for manipulation, simulation, perception, and autonomy to enable home robots. Host: Brent Griffin
Time: 3:00-5:00pm
Location: 2201 Bonisteel Blvd., Engineering Research Building 2, Room 1239, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
UM Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) facilities tour: See UMTRI's driving simulator, vehicle instrumentation high-bay, augmented reality lab, and 3-D scanner.
Time: 3:00-5:15pm
Location: UMTRI Lobby, 2901 Baxter Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Directions here | Phone: (734) 764-6504
Who do I contact if I have other questions?
Please contact Charmayne Wiley at tcwiley@umich.edu or call at (734) 936-2108.