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Edwin Olson: News
Tech Brew: April 18, 2024
Here’s what we learned during a demo ride in a May Mobility AV
Tech Brew joins Prof. Edwin Olson, CEO and founder of autonomous vehicle company May Mobility, for a recent demo ride from May’s production facility in Ann Arbor to downtown and back.CBS News: January 8, 2024
Behind the wheel of Detroit’s new self-driving shuttle program
Prof. Edwin Olson is quoted in this article discussing the Detroit Automated Driving System, a new self-driving shuttle program this year to be launched by Olson’s company May Mobility this year.The Verge: December 18, 2023
How May Mobility went fully driverless while avoiding the pitfalls of robotaxis
Prof. Edwin Olson is quoted in this feature on May Mobility and the launch of its “rider only” driverless vehicle service in Arizona.The University Record: November 30, 2023
Automated shuttle planned for Detroit is testing at Mcity
Researchers at U-M are testing an automated shuttle vehicle that will soon provide free transportation for seniors and persons with disabilities in the city of Detroit. May Mobility, started by Prof. Edwin Olson in 2018, is providing the shuttle and participating in the testing.Detroit News: February 3, 2022
Unicorn-Bound
May Mobility has become one of Ann Arbor’s most promising near-unicorns, following its recent $86M funding round.Bloomberg: February 2, 2022
Toyota AV-Shuttle Bet May Mobility Raises $83 Million
May Mobility, the self-driving shuttle startup co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, has raised $83 million in its largest funding round to date. May will use the money to advance its self-driving software to the point that it can remove human safety drivers from shuttles and replace them with remote supervisors who can monitor several vehicles at once.Detroit News: September 22, 2021
May Mobility to launch AV shuttle in Ann Arbor
May Mobility, the autonomous transportation company co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, is launching a free autonomous vehicle shuttle service in Ann Arbor beginning Oct. 11. The company also has autonomous shuttles operating in Grand Rapids; Arlington, Texas; Hiroshima, Japan; and Indianapolis.A4: All About Ann Arbor: May 19, 2021
Free ‘A2GO’ autonomous shuttle service coming to Ann Arbor this fall
May Mobility, co-founded by Prof. Edwin Olson, along with U-M’s Mcity and Ann Arbor SPARK announced the launch of a free autonomous vehicle shuttle service that will begin operating in downtown Ann Arbor this October.MIT Technology Review: June 30, 2020
MIT Alumni Profile: Edwin Olson ’00, MEng ’01, PhD ’08
Profile of Prof. Edwin Olson from his alma mater MIT. Olson is the founder of May Mobility, the Michigan-based startup that operates a fleet of low-speed autonomous electric vehicles in different cities around the country.TechCrunch: December 5, 2019
Toyota leads $50 million investment in autonomous shuttle startup May Mobility
The company was co-founded by Prof. Ed Olson, and specializes in autonomous shuttles.Year of growth, experiments for May Mobility
May Mobility intends to gradually acclimate the public to the experience of autonomous driving.
New lecture series brings AI to the public
The new event series aims to create an educational environment for the public.BMW, Toyota invest in U-M startup May Mobility
Other investors include Detroit Venture Partners, Maven Ventures, SV Angel, Tandem Ventures, Trucks Ventures, and YCombinator.
CS kickStart wants first-year women to succeed in computer science
CS KickStart is a free week long summer program for incoming first-year students that aims to improve the enrollment and persistence of women in U-M’s computer science program.
Toyota Research Institute Partners with U-M on Artificial Intelligence
Toyota will invest $22 million to begin research collaborations focused on autonomous vehicles and advanced robotics. Profs. Edwin Olson and Ryan Eustice will assume roles at the facility to lead research into perception and mapping/localization.EECS research highlighted at 2016 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference
The University hosted the 2016 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, which allowed attendees to hear about the latest in robotics through talks, presentations, workshops, and tutorials.
Patented camera calibration tool automates calibration target acquisition
This innovative software guides users through the process of collecting a set of images of a calibration target.
CSE faculty lead university collaboration with Toyota on autonomous vehicles
Faculty members Edwin Olson and Ryan Eustice are joining TRI as area leads.
U-M, Ford are first to address autonomous driving on snow-covered roads
The solution Ford and U-M are working on involves high-resolution 3D maps. U-M researchers have developed these maps and Ford’s test vehicles are equipped with them.
Ford, Michigan Researchers Test First Autonomous Vehicle at Mcity
The scope of the project consists of a number of thrusts including a key research collaboration led by Profs. Edwin Olson and Ryan Eustice, who are playing a leading role in the development of the critical sensing and decision-making found in the Ford test vehicles.
Computing CARES: A Plan to Boost the Retention of Women in Computing
The goal of Computing CARES is to lead to a more diverse population in Computer Science and Computer Engineering programs and create a better climate for all students.
An Autonomous “SmartCart” Testbed is Coming to Michigan
Over the next year, U-M researchers will develop autonomy capabilities and build a mobile phone interface users can use to request a ride.
Steven Parkison earns NSF Fellowship to design tools for the future of autonomous cars
The goal of Steven’s research is to improve vision-based perception systems on cars and to create an extra layer of safety.
Future Scientists Tour CSE
A group of preschoolers get an early look at the world of CSE.
Four CSE Faculty Selected for 2014-15 College of Engineering Awards
Congratulations to the following CSE Faculty recipients of 2014-15 College of Engineering Awards.
Edwin Olson Receives NSF CyberSEES Award for Research in Sustainability of Municipal Solid Waste
The goal of the research is to revolutionize how Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is managed to provide a transformative means of extracting utility-scale energy from waste.
2014 Promotions of our faculty – congratulations!
Congratulations to Profs Bertacco, Flinn, Narayanasamy, Olson, Rais-Zadeh, and Zhong.