Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 is the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices, using modern smart technology. The URC is training the next generation of highly-skilled, in-demand workers to lead the next industrial revolution, finding solutions through innovative research, and fostering an array of business and academic partnerships.

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DOE creates MSU Industrial Assessment Center

08/04/2021

MSU will be home to a new Industrial Assessment Center, or IAC, where faculty, staff and students will work with Michigan companies to save money, improve energy efficiency and shrink carbon…

U-M, Ford open world-class robotics complex

03/16/2021

As robots and autonomous systems are poised to become part of our everyday lives, the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Co. are opening a one-of-a-kind facility where they’ll develop robots and…

NSF grant will help enhance cybersecurity of chemical…

12/17/2019

Smart manufacturing processes are becoming more automated with the help of algorithms that aim to boost profits, reduce resource use and decrease human error. In industries using chemical reactions,…

Special delivery: How fleet management can…

10/10/2019

Commercial drones have many applications, not the least valuable of which is accelerated delivery of packages, food and other goods to consumers living in an increasingly on-demand society.…

A quicker eye for robotics to help in our cluttered,…

05/23/2019

In a step toward home-helper robots that can quickly navigate unpredictable and disordered spaces, University of Michigan researchers have developed an algorithm that lets machines perceive their…

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3D printing 100 times faster with light

01/11/2019

Rather than building up plastic filaments layer by layer, a new approach to 3D printing lifts complex shapes from a vat of liquid at up to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing processes,…

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09/15/2021

URC Universities Lead the Nation in Developing Talent for Mobility Industry

05/30/2012

2012 Automotive Sector Report: The URC’s Contributions to Automotive Innovation

Michigan is the birthplace of the modern automotive industry, where the automobile was catapulted from a novel product to an everyday necessity. Since…

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