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In case you’ve ever been to a Disney park, you’ve in all probability interacted with work from Disney’s Imagineering workforce. Based in 1952, the workforce is tasked with bringing our favourite characters from the display screen into the actual world utilizing cutting-edge robotics know-how.

Be a part of us for an interactive exploration of Disney’s revolutionary use of robots on the Robotics Summit & Expo, which takes place on the Boston Conference Heart on Could 1-2. Disney researchers Moritz Baecher, Morgan Pope, and Tony Dohi will demo Disney’s newest robots and clarify how they’re bringing a few of Disney’s beloved characters to life.

Disney’s keynote session will happen at 10 AM ET on Could 2. You’ll be able to view the entire Robotics Summit agenda right here. Audio system are nonetheless being added.

Baecher is an affiliate lab director of robotics of Disney analysis at Walt Disney Imagineering. There, he leads a strategic program specializing in the event of novel model- and learning-based instruments for the design and management of plausible robotic characters. Baecher’s core experience is the optimum design and management of each smooth and inflexible methods, utilizing a mixture of differentiable simulation and reinforcement studying. Earlier than becoming a member of Disney, he obtained his Ph.D. from the Harvard College of Engineering and Utilized Sciences and his grasp’s diploma from ETH Zurich.

Pope is a Analysis Scientist at Disney Imagineering. He makes a speciality of creating extremely dynamic robotic performances for leisure purposes. Whereas acquiring his Ph.D. within the Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Laboratory at Stanford, he constructed small robots that jumped, flew, perched, and climbed in varied mixtures. At Disney Analysis, he’s the technical lead for the Stuntronics venture that permits actuated figures to carry out untethered, high-velocity gymnastic actions robustly and repeatably.

Dohi is a Principal R&D Imagineer at Walt Disney Imagineering Analysis & Growth the place he conceives new visitor experiences leveraging the newest in know-how and invention. Most just lately, he led the event of Stuntronics know-how, which mixes superior robotics with untethered dynamic motion, permitting autonomous figures with onboard sensors and processors to carry out a wide range of flips, twists, and poses with repeatability and precision.

This would be the largest Robotics Summit ever. It’ll embrace greater than 200 exhibitors, varied networking alternatives, a girls in robotics breakfast, a profession truthful, an engineering theater, a startup showcase, and extra!

New to the occasion is the RBR50 Robotics Innovation Awards Gala. The occasion will embrace a cocktail hour, plated dinner, photograph alternatives, and the possibility to listen to from the Robotic of the Yr, Startup of the Yr, and Utility of the Yr winners. Every RBR50 winner will obtain two complimentary tickets to the Robotics Summit and RBR50 Gala. A restricted variety of tickets can be found to attendees, however they’re promoting quick.

The Robotics Summit & Expo can be co-located with DeviceTalks, an occasion targeted on medical units, and the inaugural Digital Transformation Discussion board. Registration is now open for the occasion.

Sponsorship Alternatives
For details about sponsorship and exhibition alternatives, obtain the prospectus. Questions concerning sponsorship alternatives ought to be directed to Colleen Sepich at csepich[AT]wtwhmedia.com.