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Off-road autonomy and digital twins: a Q&A with Bogdan Epureanu
Going beyond driving or tele-operating single vehicles, an up-to-date digital environment is needed to help humans operate fleets of autonomous vehicles.
Driving the Future of Autonomy: ARC Director Showcases “Mobility at Michigan” at SAE WCX 2025
At the 2025 SAE World Congress Experience, Professor Bogdan I. Epureanu highlighted the University of Michigan's leadership in advancing autonomous mobility through the U.S. Army Automotive Research Center, with applications in sectors like mining and agriculture.
ARC Hosts Digital Engineering Workshop to Shape the Future of Ground Vehicle Systems
The Automotive Research Center (ARC) at the University of Michigan, a U.S. Army Center of Excelling for Modeling and Simulation of Ground Vehicle Systems hosted a half day workshop to define research to support for the U.S. Army's directive to advance autonomous and off-road ground vehicle systems. Key participants, including Dr. David Gorsich, worked on defining basic DE research questions, had a panel discussion, an idea lab which prioritized research themes.
Adapting Engines for the Future
A team of researchers are exploring how to optimize hybrid engines to ensure longevity under all operating conditions
Bridging the Communication Gap
People have been chatting with machines for decades. Despite advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence, the conversations are not terribly dynamic and have proven to be grossly inadequate in a highly-dynamic, unstructured environment. Researchers at the University of Michigan are deconstructing the fundamental structures of natural dialog to create a model for autonomous vehicles to follow when in the field.
Mind Your Q&A’s
Researchers work on a new technology to help machines see, process, and communicate about their environment
Learning from Nature
A team of researchers are exploring how biosonar could be applied to improve navigation for autonomous vehicles
Navigation for the Twenty-first Century
Researchers are developing navigation technology to modernize ‘dead reckoning’ for autonomous vehicles
Less is More: Intelligent Power Systems with fewer Components
Automotive Research Center researchers are inventing new powertrain architectures and control methods to maximize energy efficiency and reliability in platoons of hybrid electric vehicles
Next Gen Military Vehicles: Modular and Autonomous
Automotive Research Center researchers are leading the way in creating adaptable vehicles that can operate in dynamic and adversarial environments