Members of UMTRI Assistant Research Scientist Monica Jone’s research group run a study to help people avoid and treat motion sickness in autonomous vehicles at the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan on March 4, 2020.

Jones and her group measure baseline metrics such as skin temperature, posture, heart rate, and facial expressions first. These metrics are measured against changes as study participants ride in a vehicle with specific maneuvers to test levels of motion sickness. Jones hopes to understand the fundamentals of human response that will help enable autonomous vehicle manufacturers and future related technologies.

Photo: Joseph Xu/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

The panel in session during the ITF in focus session: "ITF Transport Outlook" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

From left to right: Uldis Augulis (Minister for Transport, Latvia), Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum), Laurent Troger (President, Bombardier Transportation), Andreas Scheuer (Parliamentary State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany), Michelle Yeoh (Actress and Producer, Global Road Safety Ambassador for the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020), Jean Todt (President, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)) and Hyun-mee Kim (Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Korea) at the Ministers' Tour of the Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May, 2018.

The license plate for a Navya Arma autonomous electric shuttle is seen on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo by Jason Ogulnik)

Andrzej Adamczyk (Minister of Infrastructure and Construction, Poland) and Andreas Scheuer (Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany) have their photo taken during the Family Photo event at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

M-Air is a 10,000 sq ft, four-story, netted scientific facility that enables the study of autonomy and collaborative robotics in the “wild”, with emphasis on dealing with the full range of Michigan weather, -30C to 38C, with rain, sleet, wind, and snow.

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Using a commercially available DJI Phantom 3 drone instrumented with standard optical cameras and a third-party infrared camera, Cassandra Champagne (left), Graduate Student Research Assistant in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chenghang Liu, Civil Engineering Undergrad autonomously collect optical imagery, infrared imagery, and methane concentration data in a fraction of the time it takes for someone to manually walk around the landfill in Midland, MI. on October 16, 2018.

The drones can generate extremely accurate 3-D models of the landfill that can track increased biodegradation activity as well as monitor the settlement of the landfill over time.

Methane gas (CH4) is generated in landfills through the anaerobic (absence of oxygen) digestion of the buried waste and is estimated by the EPA to be 28-36 times worse than carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere because it is that much more efficient at trapping heat in the ozone.

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Daniel Schulman, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, making preparations before a test run as part of a motion sickness mitigation solutions for passengers of autonomous vehicles research project at the University of Michigan’s Mcity Test Facility in Ann Arbor on Saturday, November 12, 2022. The research is a project lead by Schulman and fellow Mechanical Engineering PhD Nishant Jalgaonkar.

Autonomous vehicles create the opportunity for passengers to perform productive tasks during their commutes. However, it is estimated that motion sickness afflicts one in three adults in the United States traveling in passenger vehicles. The aim of their project is to design, build, and test a motion sickness mitigation system such as an active seat, active restraint, active passenger stimuli, and active productivity interface.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Barry Sheerman (MP for Huddersfield, United Kingdom) addresses the audience during the Panel Session: "Governance of road safety" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Christian Labrot (President, International Road Transport Union (IRU)) and Jean-Luc di Paola-Galloni (Corporate Vice-President Sustainability and External Affairs, Valeo Group) listening to the speaker at the panel session: "Ensuring secure and resilient supply chains" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

On Thursday July 26, 2018, outside the NAME building at 2600 Draper Drive in Ann Arbor Michigan, NAME Graduate Student Research Assistant James Coller takes time to scrub down the lidar as well as other localization and mapping technologies collected on his team's research vehicle.

Professor Ryan Eustice's group researches simultaneous localization and mapping for mobile robotics using visual perception, underwater image registration and processing, underwater vehicle navigation, and autonomous underwater vehicles.

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Byung Yoon Kwon (President, Korea Transportation Safety Authority) and Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, International Transport Forum) sign the Letter of Intent during the "Korea Transportation Safety Authority - International Transport Forum Letter of Intent Signing Ceremony" at at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Huei Peng, Mcity director and Mechanical Engineering professor, enjoys a ride on the driverless shuttle at the North Campus Research Complex on the University of Michigan’s North Campus on June 4, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

This research project will see how passengers interact with the shuttles in order to gauge consumer acceptance of the technology.

Photo by Levi Hutmacher/ Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

Ella Atkins, Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, readies to fly a drone at the first flight of M-Air, an advanced robotics testing facility for air, sea, and land, on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on February 20, 2018.

The facility is a netted, 9,600 gross square ft., four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in late 2019.

Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

James Coller, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Graduate Student Research Assistant, John Kreuter, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Graduate Student and Associate Professor Dave Singer load a donated WAM-V unmanned surface vessel chassis into the Marine Hydrodynamics Laboratory on Friday February 16, 2018 to prepare for a massive re-building session in time for the Maritime RobotX Challenge in Oahu, Hawaii.

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An autonomous vehicle drives while it is being attacked over Wifi in the M-Air Facility on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on September 28, 2018.

Westley Weimer, CSE Professor, and his group of researchers have created "Trusted and Resilient Mission Operation," software that hardens autonomous vehicles to detect and repair current attacks, and prevent future attacks.

Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

EZ.10 driverless electric shuttle bus from company Easy Mile, on demonstration run in Canberra's city center. Marghanita da Cruz steps out of the bus. The wheelchair ramp has been deployed, as part of a demonstration. This would not normally be used for ambulatory passengers. Details at: blog.tomw.net.au/2017/11/autonomous-electric-bus-in-canbe...

Drones are flown the first flight of M-Air, an advanced robotics testing facility for air, sea, and land, on North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI on February 20, 2018.

The facility is a netted, 9,600 gross square ft., four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in late 2019.

Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Day one of the Sanger Leadership Crisis Challenge at the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan). Here are pictures of the opening session and the teams working on their case on Thursday March 23, 2017.

Ann Arbor, MI on September 16, 2015.

Photo: Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering, Communications & Marketing

Ghim Siew Ho (Head Grp Commercial & Grp Strategy, PSA International Pte Ltd) converses with Olaf Merk (Economist, Ports and Shipping, International Transport Forum) at the ITF in focus event "Decarbonising Maritime Transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Nico Anten (Executive Chairman, Connekt, and Co-founder of Lean & Green Europe) during the Official Side Event organised by Connekt: "Transforming sustainable transport: from ambition to reality" at at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Professor Seung Heon Han (President, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)) and Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, ITF) at the "Letter of Intent Signing Ceremony Between KICT and ITF" at the at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Michelle Yeoh (Actress and Producer, Global Road Safety Ambassador for the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020) and Ali Aslan (Moderator, TV Host and Journalist) open the Plenary session "Innovation for safe and secure transport" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

The Port Authority tested a three-vehicle autonomous platoon on a closed road within a parking lot at John F. Kennedy International Airport in early June.

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Melinda Crane (Moderator, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle-TV) at the panel session "Protecting public spaces in urban areas" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Daniel Schulman, a PhD student in mechanical engineering, making adjustments to the active seat in the vehicle they use for researching motion sickness mitigation solutions for passengers of autonomous vehicles, before a test run with a research participant at the University of Michigan’s Mcity Test Facility in Ann Arbor on Saturday, November 12, 2022.

Autonomous vehicles create the opportunity for passengers to perform productive tasks during their commutes. However, it is estimated that motion sickness afflicts one in three adults in the United States traveling in passenger vehicles. The aim of their project is to design, build, and test a motion sickness mitigation system such as an active seat, active restraint, active passenger stimuli, and active productivity interface.

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

From left to right: Keith Pitt (Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Australia); Andrey Vasilyev (Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)); Hadi Zablit (Alliance Senior Vice President, Business Development, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi); Lars Reger (Automotive Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Business Unit Automotive, NXP Semiconductors); Christian Schreyer (Chief Strategy and Performance Officer, Global Transdev Group, President Transdev, Germany); Gloria Hutt Hesse (Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile); Paulius Martinkus (Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania); Derek Kan (Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, United States); Jean-Pierre Loubinoux (Director General, International Union of Railways (UIC)); Ketil Solvik-Olsen (Minister of Transport and Communications, Norway) take a family photo during the Closed Ministers' Roundtable: "Dependency of transport on digital devices" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Holger Dalkmann (Interim Secretary General, SloCaT), Miguel Gaspar (City Councillor for Mobility and Safety, Lisbon, Portugal), Paulo Humames (Director Corporate Business Development, PTV Group), Manuel Pulgar Vidal (Climate and Energy Lead, WWF), Bob Oeloff (Coordination Policy Advisor, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), Virginie Dumoulin (Director of European and International Affairs of France), José Gomes Mendes (TDA Chair, First Secretary State Environment, Ministry for Environment, Portugal), Willem Sulsters (Director for Sustainable and City Development of Rotterdam), José Pedro da Silva Rodrigues (CDU Matosinhos; Portugal), Barry Howe (Director, Sustainable Mobility, ALSTOM, France), Eilittä Eleonoora (Senior Officer, Services Reliability Unit, Networks department, Finland), Rui Dias (Head of Academy, CeiiA), Nicolas Beaumont (Sr VP Sustainable Development and Mobility, Michelin) at the Stakeholder Event: "Official Launch of the "Transport Decarbonisation Alliance (TDA)" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

The Plenary session "Working together for safer city streets" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

The ITF Corporate Partnership Board members on display at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Stanley, an autonomous vehicle that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, hitches a ride from the National Museum of American History to the National Air and Space Museum where it will go on display in the Time and Navigation exhibition.

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Jack Short (Former ITF Secretary-General) participates in the discussion during the Panel Session: "Governance of road safety" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May, 2018.

Voiture sans conducteur dans l'au-delà, 2017.

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Driverless Car Afterlife, 2017.

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From left to right: Karla Gonzalez Carvajal (Transport Practice Manager, World Bank Group), Paola Tapia (Mobility Thought Leader, GIZ, Germany); Daniela Chacon Arias (City Councilor, GIZ, Germany); Laura Ballesteros (Former Undersecretary of Mobility, Mexico); Liza Castillo (Transportation and Road Safety Vice Minister, Costa Rica); and Angela Anzola de Toro (Deputy Director General, Environment, GIZ, Germany) sign the declaration of commitment 'Women in Movement" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Libor Lochman (Executive Director, CER (Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies), Claude Van Rooten (President, World Road Association (PIARC)), Philippe Martin (Executive Vice-President in charge of Transport and Maintenance Operations, RATP Group), Paulius Martinkus (Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications, Lithuania), Derek Kan (Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, United States), Melinda Crane (Moderator, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle-TV), Keith Pitt (Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, Australia) and Guillermo Dietrich (Minister of Transport, Argentina) at the Closed Ministers’ Roundtable "Strategic transport infrastructure funding: Ensuring long-term resilience" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May, 2018.

Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, ITF) is interviewed by the Media Travel Programme journalists at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Katja Schechtner(ITF-OECD / MIT) making a point during the Official Side Event organised by ERTICO and MaaS Alliance: "Is blockchain the answer to cybersecurity?" at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

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The "Cosmic Artists Tramphouse show" organised by Saxony at the Gala Dinner, International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Ariadne Abel (Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia (UNESCAP)) at the Networking breakfast session "Looking towards 2019: Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration"at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 25 May 2018.

Philippe Crist (Project Manager, ITF) answering a question during the Summit Kick-Off Press Conference at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

The ITF and member country flags at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Martin Dulig (State Minister of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport and Deputy Prime Minister of Saxony, Germany) meets with Young Tae Kim (Secretary-General, (ITF) at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Franz Drees-Gross (Director, Transport and ICT Global Practice, World Bank) at the Official Side Event organised by UfMS - Towards Ensuring Road Safety in the Euro-Mediterranean Region during the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 24 May 2018.

Soames Job (Head GRSF & Global Lead Road Safety, World Bank Global Road Safety Facility), George Yannis (Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece) and Jeanne Breen (Consultant, Jeanne Breen Consulting, United Kingdom) arrive at the Presidency Reception, hosted by Latvia, at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

Sophie Punte (Executive Director, Smart Freight Centre) addressing a question during the ITF Open Stage Café: "AEOLIX - European data exchange network for Logistics" taking place at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May 2018.

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Andreas Scheuer (Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany) testing a car at the Ministers' Tour of the Exhibition at the International Transport Forum’s 2018 Summit on “Transport Safety and Security” in Leipzig, Germany on 23 May, 2018.