Deputy Director
Teach-Out™
Self-Driving Cars Teach-Out
30 Lessons
213 Minutes
Rating
This Teach-Out has been archived from the original teach-out event, which concluded on Sept. 30, 2021. While you may browse and skip between units, we recommend completing lessons in the order they’re presented.
About This Teach-Out
The drive toward self-driving cars continues to accelerate at an unprecedented pace and the promise of more accessible, lower-cost, and safer mobility options has electrified a broad discussion about the future of mobility and transportation around the world. Automated and driverless vehicles, sometimes known as autonomous vehicles, are a shining star in our collective digital futures as they will play an integral role in how we move people and goods from point A to point B. Despite this excitement, there are many challenges to overcome and many questions to be asked about this technology and how it will impact communities around the world.
This Teach-Out was originally developed in 2019 in partnership with Mcity, the University of Michigan’s public-private partnership devoted to advancing the development of connected and automated vehicles. For this relaunch, Siemens Digital Industries Software contributed to new and updated content related to the evolving technology of connected and automated vehicles, workforce development, and smart cities. In this Teach-Out, you will hear leading experts in technology, law, accessibility and equity, and societal change.
The Teach-Out will answer:
- What is a self-driving car? What is an automated or driverless vehicle?
- How do we build trust in this new technology?
- How are we testing this technology and when can we expect to see it on the roads?
- How is this going to change our modern society?
- How are people thinking about accessibility and equity?
- How do we train the next generation workforce for self-driving cars?
- What is a "smart city"?
Instructors
Director & Roger L. McCarthy Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Course content developed by U-M faculty and managed by the university. Faculty titles and affiliations are updated periodically.
Lessons
Self-Driving Car Technology
- Welcome to Mcity: Greg McGuire
- Mcity with Greg McGuire
- Self-Driving Cars and Technology - Matthew Johnson-Roberson
- Autonomous Vehicle Walk-Through
- Learning the Levels of Automation (0-5)
- Introducing the American Center for Mobility: Reuben Sarkar
- The Essentials of Autonomous Vehicles: Nand Kochhar
- Innovation in Electric Cars: Nand Kochhar
- Technology and the Workforce: Elaina Farnsworth
