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DTSTAMP:20250923T154357
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T100000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Make A Maizey Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn how to leverage U-M’s AI tools to streamline your workflows\, solve unique problems\, and more? Then ‘Make a Maizey’ with the ITS Emerging Technology team! This dynamic workshop will teach you how to create a GPT trained on your custom dataset (Google Drive\, Dropbox\, or website URLs) to extract valuable insights\, discover patterns\, and gain deeper knowledge based on your dataset.\n\nU-M staff\, faculty\, instructors\, and all other interested parties are welcome to attend–bring a laptop to work from and any questions you may have about Maizey!\n\nPlease register for this event on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/jJVp5\n\n**For questions\, please reach out to makeamaizey@umich.edu**
UID:135907-21885681@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/135907
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:In Person,Academic Technology At Michigan,Ai Literacy,Artificial Intelligence,digital technology,Faculty,Free,Genai,Generative Ai,information and technology,information technology,Its,Make A Maizey Workshop,U-m Gpt,workshop
LOCATION:Duderstadt Center - 3336
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DTSTAMP:20251015T141939
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:For All Ages Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:In the 19th century\, new ideas about childhood and education\, along with advances in printing like chromolithography\, made it possible to mass-produce games and toys. These were not only fun to play with but also taught practical skills and moral lessons. Learn about familiar and unique toys and board games throughout American history in the William L. Clements Library’s new exhibit\, “For All Ages” on view weekdays from 12-4 pm between October 3-January 5.\n\nEven though the objects are behind glass\, the co-curators have created an interactive way to explore the display. Visit the exhibit to participate in a scavenger hunt and win a prize!
UID:138977-21884465@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138977
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Exhibit,Free,american history,libraries,Fun,Games,In Person,Library
LOCATION:William Clements Library
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DTSTAMP:20251216T121025
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T120000
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Leveraging Intentional Collisions to Enhance Aerial Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:Committee Chairs: Brent Gillespie and Ella Atkins\n\nZoom Link: https://umich.zoom.us/j/95579522863\n\nAbstract: \nUncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) have become essential in tasks that are too difficult or dangerous for humans. This dissertation was initially inspired by the challenge of making rainforest tree sampling safer for botanists\, who often need to climb dangerously tall trees. Building on this motivation\, we developed a new approach for aerial manipulation that enables interaction with objects of unknown dynamics through intentional collisions using a pogo-stick payload. The key insight is that intentional collisions consolidate all potential disturbance forces into a single impulse\, the outcome of which is hopefully simpler to predict. Given assumptions on the dynamics of the interaction object\, the map from pre- to post-impact states (collision response) is known\, providing an opportunity to choose pre-impact states that will result in recoverable post-impact states.\n\nThe use of intentional collisions with a UAS presents unique challenges due to underactuation. Collision outcomes are set by strike velocity and orientation\, yet hitting a desired point requires full position control. Traditional UAS actuator configurations cannot provide both full position and attitude control authority. This dissertation presents several approaches to mitigate underactuation and enable aerial manipulation with intentional collisions.\n\nTo begin\, this dissertation develops the strategy of using intentional collisions in a flight mode called Velocity Matching. The Velocity Matching flight mode starts in two phases: launch phase and then the Velocity Matching phase. During the launch phase\, the UAS is sped up horizontally to \"launch\" the vehicle\, assumed thereafter to behave ballistically\, towards the target. After launch\, the Velocity Matching phase is entered\, and thrust is limited to the bare minimum thrust required for attitude control. During the Velocity Matching phase the minimal thrust attitude control is used to align the center-of-mass velocity vector of the UAS with the pogo-stick’s orientation at strike. Using simulation and flight tests\, we generate a map from pre-launch modes states into recoverable post-impact states\, allowing for planned strikes.\n\nSecond\, we refine the flight control from Velocity Matching to a cascaded position–attitude switching controller (called Switching Control). In the Switching Control mode\, the UAS flies in position cascaded PID control for most of the trajectory\, then switches at the last moment to attitude cascaded PID control for pre-strike alignment. We also provide a tool to predict the best switching time from an initial displacement\, and we validate the approach experimentally.\n\nFinally\, we develop a new control approach involving an actuated pogo-stick payload controlled via a partial feedback linearizing controller to regulate both UAS position and pogo-stick orientation. After validating the actuated pogo-stick in simulation\, we built a physical cable-driven version that slides along a hemispherical base. This mechanism provides two-degree-of-freedom orientation control (pitch and roll compensation) and keeps the pogo-stick perpendicular to the UAS center of mass\, enabling more favorable\, recoverable collision responses.
UID:142807-21891662@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142807
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Robotics,Robotics
LOCATION:Ford Robotics Building - 2300
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DTSTAMP:20260401T160240
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Watcher of the Sky: Making and Remaking the Detroit Observatory
DESCRIPTION:The Detroit Observatory was once a hub of astronomical discovery that put the University of Michigan on the map as a world-class research institution. A century later\, it was an abandoned building with an uncertain future. From cornerstone to keystone\, from the first director to the people who saved it from destruction\, explore the life of a historic observatory 170 years in the making.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is being developed by student docents at the Detroit Observatory. Presented by the Judy and Stanley Frankel Detroit Observatory\, part of the Bentley Historical Library.\n\n\"Watcher of the Sky\" is now on display at the Detroit Observatory (1398 Ann Street\, Ann Arbor\, 48109). View the exhibit during the Observatory's open hours:\nThursdays\, 12-5 pm\nFridays\, 12-5 pm
UID:138950-21884294@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138950
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:university history,Astronomers,astronomy,bentley historical library,bentley library,Education,educational,Exhibition,free,history,Museum,museums,Science,U-m History,university of michigan history
LOCATION:Detroit Observatory
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DTSTAMP:20251218T142027
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251218T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:BSI Information Sessions- Current UM Sophomores +
DESCRIPTION:We encourage every student interested in or contemplating an undergraduate degree at the School of Information to attend an information session. You will receive an engaging and comprehensive overview of the program\, as well as guidance for the application process. Sessions are hosted on different days and times to accommodate as many students as possible\, and you only need to attend one session before you apply.These information sessions are for Current University of Michigan students who are NOT freshmen.
UID:138564-21883386@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138564
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Virtual
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