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M-Air is a new outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles at the University of Michigan. It lets researchers and students safely push algo (more)

M-Air is a new outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles at the University of Michigan. It lets researchers and students safely push algorithms and equipment to their limits. M-Air is an $800,000, netted, four-story complex situated next to the site where the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building will open in late 2019. With 9,600 gross square feet, it has an 80-by-120 footprint, and stands 50 feet high. A pavilion for up to 25 people can host users.

With the opening of this facility, Michigan Engineering becomes the only engineering school in the country—perhaps in the world—with access to cutting-edge robotic test facilities for land, air, sea and space.

M-Air is down the road from U-M's one-of-a-kind Mcity Test Facility, a simulated urban and suburban environment where academic and industry researchers test autonomous and connected vehicles. The college is home to the Marine Hydrodynamics Lab, which houses a 360-foot-long indoor body of water for testing robotic and conventional wate...

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