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Vol. CXXVII, No. 119 | © 2018 The Michigan Daily
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NEWS ....................................
OPINION ...............................
ARTS/PHOTO ......................
MiC.........................................
SPORTS................................
MICHIGAN IN COLOR
Why ‘Dear White
People’ is impor-
tant
“I loved every second of it.”
>> SEE PAGE 9
NEWS
U-M Abroad
Academic partnerships
further Ob-Gyn training in
Sub-Saharan Africa
>> SEE PAGE 2
OPINION
Female athletics in
sports media
Marlee Burridge discusses
the rampant gender
inequality in sports media.
>> SEE PAGE 5
ARTS
Bo Burnham talks
‘Eighth Grade’
Comedy star discusses his
critically acclaimed new
film.
>> SEE PAGE 6
SPORTS
Charles
Matthews
Forward Charles Matthews
withdraws from NBA Draft
and announces return to
Michigan
>> SEE PAGE 12
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MCity Launches Driverless
Shuttles on North Campus
Self-driving cars
now running five
days a week
By ROB DALKA
Daily Staff Reporter
On Monday, Mcity launched
their driverless shuttles on the
University of Michigan’s North
Campus.
The
shuttles
run
Monday through Friday, from
9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The current
shuttle encompasses the North
Campus Research Complex, a
one-mile round trip, with future
plans to extend the route down to
the Lurie Engineering Center.
According to Mcity’s website,
the project is the first of its kind
to focus on consumer research of
driverless shuttles.
For the automated shuttles
to be approved, Mcity complied
with various levels of oversight
and worked to make sure they
were
meeting
regulations.
Mcity worked with Institutional
Autonomous Systems Committee
to be sure they were meeting
the regulations for autonomous
vehicles. Mcity also received
permission from the Institutional
Review Board, as part of their
research involves human subjects
and their experiences with the
shuttles.
Sarah Wentzloff, the program
manager for the shuttle launch,
commented on the hard work and
time put into the project.
“The biggest challenge was
being the first,” Wentzloff said.
“Everyone was learning what had
to be done to get us on the road.”
The
program
is
currently
comprised
of
two
shuttles,
capable of holding 11 passengers
each. These shuttles are fully
electric and were manufactured
by the French firm, NAVYA.
A shuttle will drive along a
prescribed route at 12 miles per
hour, using invisible lasers to
create a view of its surroundings
and a GPS system to keep track
of location. The shuttle is able to
come to a complete stop quickly if
it senses another car, pedestrian
or other obstacle obstructing the
road. If a car is stopped in front of
it for a longer than normal period
of time, the shuttle will honk its
horn.
Although these shuttles are
driverless, a safety conductor
is on board at all times with
the ability to stop the shuttle in
case of emergency. Along with
the emergency stop button, a
Microsoft Xbox 360 controller
can be used by the safety
conductor to manually drive the
shuttle.
Currently, the safety conductor
also is in control of when a shuttle
will start moving after coming
to a stop. At each intersection at
which the shuttle stops, the safety
conductor checks if it is safe
before telling the shuttle to start
moving again. The shuttle does
have the capabilities to make this
decision itself, but the current
procedure was put in place for the
initial rollout.
University
Hosts Teach-
Out Academy
Other institutions to
adopt U-M’s model
By ZOE BAXTER
Daily Staff Reporter
In
1965,
U-M
faculty
members
organized the first ever teach-in on the
Vietnam War. The event drew in over
3,000 University students and the concept
spread to numerous higher education
institutions across the country.
Last year, the Office of Academic
Innovation began the Teach-Out Series.
Its website describes the series as “an
opportunity for learners around the
world to come together with our campus
community in conversation on topics
of widespread interest,” emphasizing
that teach-outs are free and accessible to
anyone through online platforms such as
Coursera.
“The University of Michigan Teach-
Out Series can be a model for a new era
of
engagement
between
institutions
of higher education and the global
communities they serve,” James Hilton,
University librarian and dean of libraries,
said in a previous Daily article.
Now, the idea is spreading to other
institutions across the country including
Brown University, Davidson College,
Emory
University,
MIT,
Stanford
University,
Texas
A&M
University,
University
of
Colorado,
University
of Illinois, University of Notre Dame
and
University
of
Pennsylvania.
Representatives from each of these
schools attended a two-day “Teach-Out
Academy” hosted by the University to
learn more about this unique method of
engagement.
At the academy, the representatives had
the opportunity to discuss their own ideas
with OAI faculty.
Andy Herring, a Texas A&M professor
of animal science, attended the academy
because he believes teach-outs can help
encourage
informed
discussions
on
campus.
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