{"id":917,"date":"2013-04-10T10:16:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T10:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2013\/04\/10\/april-robotics-design-night\/"},"modified":"2013-04-10T10:16:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T10:16:39","slug":"april-robotics-design-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/april-robotics-design-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Robots Steal the Show at Autodesk&#8217;s April Design Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Robots &#8211; and the promise of what they could do for humanity &#8211; have long been one of those far-off, futuristic ideas, similar to flying cars, holograms, or anything else we saw featured on shows like \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Jetsons\">The Jetsons<\/a>.\u201d But recent advancements and new technologies have spurred a renewed interest in robotics and made their development, on both a hobbyist and professional level, the next big trend to watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea233fa7970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Opening\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017eea233fa7970d image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea233fa7970d-800wi\" title=\"Opening\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We here at Autodesk love robots and appreciate their value across the industries we serve. To honor robots and the people and technology behind them, Autodesk recently hosted a robotics-themed Design Night at the&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/usa.autodesk.com\/gallery\/\">Autodesk Gallery<\/a> in San Francisco. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/designnight\">Design Night<\/a>, an event series held on the first Thursday of every month, allows guests to explore different themes \u2013 such as <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com\/products\/biomimicry\">biomimicry<\/a>, light, or robotics \u2013 that challenge the conventionally narrow definition of design. April\u2019s event, timed to coincide with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalroboticsweek.org\/events.php\">National Robotics Week<\/a>, focused on the increasing impact robotic technologies have on our lives, ranging from<br \/>robots that vacuum floors and weld cars, to those that diffuse bombs and fight cancer.<\/p>\n<p>After being greeted by two R2D2 replicas, Design Night guests attended an all-star panel discussion that included <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/homepage.html\">Intel<\/a>&#160;futurist Brian David Johnson, <a href=\"http:\/\/9thsense.com\/\">9th Sense Robotics<\/a>&#160;co-founder Tasha McCauley, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roddenberry.com\/\">Roddenberry Entertainment<\/a>&#160;CEO Rod Roddenberry Jr. and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botndolly.com\/#\/2\">Bot &amp; Dolly<\/a>&#160;founder Jeff Linnell. The panel, moderated by Autodesk\u2019s Jonathan Knowles, explored the current state and future of robotics, including how robots are impacting our lives today and the potential role they will play in the future:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\n&#160;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Attendees also had the opportunity to interact with a veritable galaxy of robots in Autodesk\u2019s &quot;robot science fair&quot; area. In addition to cheering on fighting <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robot-sumo\">SumoBots<\/a>, guests were also invited to interact with robots from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anybots.com\/\">Anybots<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.otherlab.com\/\">Otherlab,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/01\/07\/lego-taking-robotics-to-next-level-with-mindstorms-ev3\/?q5444824=1\">LEGO Mindstorm<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/romotive.com\/\">Romotive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea2341c2970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bowtie\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017eea2341c2970d image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea2341c2970d-800wi\" title=\"Bowtie\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffb60970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FEZ\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffb60970b image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffb60970b-800wi\" title=\"FEZ\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffe07970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robot 1\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffe07970b image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017c387ffe07970b-800wi\" title=\"Robot 1\" \/><\/a><br \/>Also in attendance were two teams of <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/terranovarobotics\/2012-13-season\/2013-norcal-championships\">students<\/a> from Pacifica\u2019s Terra Nova High School, who are competing in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usfirst.org\/roboticsprograms\/ftc\">FIRST Tech Challenge robotics program<\/a>; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0786086\/\">Mark Setrakian<\/a>, designer and creator of SyFy network\u2019s new show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.syfy.com\/robotcombatleague\">Robot Combat League<\/a>, who used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/autodesk-inventor-family\/overview\">Autodesk Inventor<\/a>&#160;software to design the show\u2019s larger-than-life robots. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/\"><em>Engadget<\/em><\/a>, one of the top technology outlets in the US, was on site to speak with Mark about Robot Combat League and the details around how the show\u2019s eight foot tall robots were created. The interview, which also addresses Mark\u2019s inspiration for creating the show and his past experience building animatronics for films can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/04\/06\/the-engadget-interview-mark-setrakian-of-syfys-robot-combat-le\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017d42af0ab5970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FIRST\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017d42af0ab5970c image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017d42af0ab5970c-800wi\" title=\"FIRST\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea17fd74970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RCL Mark Setrakian\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b017eea17fd74970d image-full\" src=\"http:\/\/inthefold.typepad.com\/.a\/6a017c3334c51a970b017eea17fd74970d-800wi\" title=\"RCL Mark Setrakian\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Autodesk welcomes everyone in the Bay Area to join us for the next Design Night, which will take place on Thursday, May 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, from 6-10pm and will focus on \u201cMakers.\u201d Tickets can be purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/designnight_maker.eventbrite.com\/\">here<\/a> and include an open bar, great food, an onsite DJ and a guaranteed good time networking with Autodesk customers, users, executives and guests. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Robots &#8211; and the promise of what they could do for humanity &#8211; have long been one of those far-off, futuristic ideas, similar to flying cars, holograms, or anything else we saw featured on shows like \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Jetsons\">The Jetsons<\/a>.\u201d But recent advancements and new technologies have spurred a renewed interest in robotics and made their development,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companynews","category-manufacturing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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