Episode 5: Anna Pilette - Robotics & Drone Technology

Published: March 19, 2018, 11 p.m.

This episode features Anna Pilette, a Geophysicist and a Technologist out of Portland Oregon. Anna shares her experience working with robotics and drone technology, her thoughts on the future application of this technology, and how she brings her scientific experience together with her artistic interest through her art company, Atomic Dumpling Media. She is also looking for a role working with a drone manufacturer. Learn more about Anna at her website www.aspilette.com .

Anna\u2019s bio:

For over two decades, Anna\u2019s work has been focused on imaging things under the waterline.\xa0 She has worked on a wide number of projects like locating shipwrecks, finding bombs, teaching law enforcement how to find bodies, and more mundane stuff like finding the problems with pipelines.\xa0 Her work has taken her around the world on every type of marine and subsea project that exists.

She\u2019s worked on every commercially based acoustic system, which were originally fixed, towed, and hull mounted sensors.\xa0 Then, in 2008, she began working with autonomous vehicles.\xa0 Since then, she\u2019s extended her work to include remotely operated vehicles and unmanned vehicles of every type.\xa0 Today, Anna specializes in remote sensors though acoustics and optics based on unmanned vehicles.\xa0