This document summarizes a panel discussion on robotics. The panelists were Andrew Hessel from Autodesk, Ted Pawella from Dassault Systemes, and Steve Rees from AstraZeneca. They discussed topics like how companies are experimenting with robotics, applications in both the home and enterprise, and whether robotics can support creative processes. The panel also shared videos demonstrating current robotics technologies like delivery robots in labs.

1. Robotics
Panel discussion
• (Chair) Ashley George, Treasurer, Pistoia Alliance
• Andrew Hessel, Distinguished Research Scientist, Autodesk
• Ted Pawella, Sr. Director Portfolio & Product Management, BIOVIA,
Dassault Systemes
• Steve Rees, Vice-President of Screening Sciences and Sample
Management, AstraZeneca

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Chair introduction
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Ashley George
Head of Innovation &
Consumerisation CoE
GSK
Treasurer : Pistoia Alliance

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Meet the Panelists today
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Andrew Hessel
Distinguished Research Scientist,
Autodesk
Ted Pawella
Sr. Director Portfolio & Product
Management, BIOVIA, Dassault
Systemes
Steve Rees
Vice-President of Screening Sciences
and Sample Management, AstraZeneca

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Questions for the audience
• Is your company experimenting with robotics?
• Will robotics come to the home or the
enterprise?
• Can robo-ised processes be creative?
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Definition of Robotics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotics
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• Robotics is the branch of mechanical
engineering, electrical
engineering and computer science that deals
with the design, construction, operation, and
application of robots,[1] as well as computer
systems for their control, sensory feedback, and
information processing.

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Before Robotics comes …….
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Internet of Things
http://blog.atlasrfidstore.com/internet-of-things-and-rfid

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CES 2016 – Robots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEk6SBWAuw0 -- HOVER ABOVE AND CLICK TO START
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What does Pepper mean to me?
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What can we do today?
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• A Lab delivery robot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubMWZvMZTt4 - HOVER ABOVE AND CLICK TO START

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How long before Skynet?
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Lets hear from the Panelists
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Andrew Hessel
Distinguished Research Scientist,
Autodesk
Ted Pawella
Sr. Director Portfolio & Product
Management, BIOVIA, Dassault
Systemes
Steve Rees
Vice-President of Screening Sciences
and Sample Management, AstraZeneca