{ "149738-21907015": { "datetime_modified":"20260802T133938", "datetime_start":"20260911T183000", "datetime_end":"20260911T193000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-09-11", "date_end":"2026-09-11", "time_start":"18:30:00", "time_end":"19:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Friday Night AI", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Friday Night AI: How to Build a Robot from Scratch", "event_subtitle":"How to Build a Robot from Scratch", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Panelists: Zara Burzo, Raphael Fournier, additional panelists TBD\nModerator: Prof. Rada Mihalcea\nOrganizer: Michigan AI Lab, in collaboration with the Ann Arbor District Library\nWhen: September 11, 2026, 6:30pm \u2013 7:30pm\nWhere: AADL Ann Arbor downtown, 4th Floor Meeting Room (343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104)\n\nRobots are among the most challenging automated systems to build because they must operate in the complex and unpredictable physical world. Unlike software-only AI tools, robots require mechanical design, component fabrication, electrical systems, sensing, control, safety, and programming to work together as a single integrated system. A robot that can navigate a room, pick up an object, or respond to a person depends not only on algorithms, but also on sensors, motors, materials, control systems, and careful engineering tradeoffs.\n\nWhat does it actually take to build a robot from scratch? How do designers decide what components it should have, how it should move, and what kind of intelligence it needs? And when a robot fails, how do engineers determine whether the problem lies in its hardware, software, or overall design? Join us for a conversation with Ann Arbor Public School students about how robots are designed, built, and tested, and why making them work reliably in the real world remains such a difficult challenge.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"149738-21907015@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/149738", "building_id":"null", "building_name":"Off Campus Location", "campus_maps_id":"1", "room":"4th floor meeting room (343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104)", "location_name":"AADL Ann Arbor downtown", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Ai In Science And Engineering","Artificial Intelligence","Robotics"], "website":"https:\/\/ai.engin.umich.edu\/events\/friday-night-ai\/september-11-2026\/", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Michigan Artificial Intelligence Laboratory", "group_id":"4254", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_149738_original-1.png" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21907015 } , "149629-21906822": { "datetime_modified":"20260803T102612", "datetime_start":"20260924T130000", "datetime_end":"20260924T170000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-09-24", "date_end":"2026-09-24", "time_start":"13:00:00", "time_end":"17:00:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Donia Human Rights Center and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Workshop | AI & Human Rights Workshop", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Donia Human Rights Center and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Workshop | AI & Human Rights Workshop: Rada Mihalcea (Janice M. 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To develop solutions that are genuinely helpful and safe, we need collaboration among AI researchers, human rights practitioners, domain experts, and impacted communities.\n \n In this workshop, we\u2019ll explore the points of interaction between AI and human rights challenges, and discuss how existing obstacles in human right solutions can inform new research directions in artificial intelligence. U(M) researchers will briefly present on current topics in AI and in human rights, followed by table discussions with domain experts in both human right related issues and AI. 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