Mcity Test Facility

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The Mcity Test Facility sits on a 32-acre site on U-M’s North Campus, with more than 16 acres of roads and traffic infrastructure and offers both remote and on site testing.


The Mcity Test Facility is designed for early-stage research and development.

Testing new technologies in a safe, controlled environment is essential before deploying automated vehicles on public streets, roads, and highways or in the air. This full-scale outdoor laboratory—recently expanded to include electric and un-crewed aerial vehicle testing—emulates the broad range of complexities vehicles encounter in urban and suburban environments, and provides the connected infrastructure and operating system to serve as a smart city test bed.

CAPABILITIES:

  • DEVELOP AI ALGORITHMS
  • TEST CAV AND EV TECHNOLOGY REMOTE OR ON SITE
  • TEST ELECTRIC, UN-CREWED, AND VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING AERIAL VEHICLES WITH M-AIR
  • DOWNLOAD MCITY OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS
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