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Smithsonian: Interactive Robotics

Robot controls, expert interviews and a media-rich timeline turn robotics research into a visitor encounter.

National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.

Mad’s contribution: Control systems and interactive software
Mad’s contribution: Graphics and interview production
Mad’s contribution: Interactive robotics timeline

Research robot and visitor control station in the Smithsonian robotics exhibit.

Touchscreen presentation of robotics interviews.

Interactive timeline tracing the history of robotics.

Selected timeline entry with audiovisual material.

From research to interaction.

Mad designed and built control systems and interactive software for a DARPA semi-autonomous robotics exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The center station provided controls for the research robot, with related interactives exploring the people and ideas behind robotics.

The team produced graphics and interviewed robotics specialists for an associated media presentation. The visitor experience connected physical interaction with accounts of the research.

A timeline with more to discover.

Mad also created an interactive robotics timeline. Visitors could select entries and investigate the subject through slide shows, video and audio, with color coding connecting entries to different topics.

The scope included graphics, adaptation of client-provided content and interactive programming.

Design. Engineer. Deliver.

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