Inside the Smart Digital Lab: Where Emerging Technology Meets the Real World
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“What happens when virtual reality, AI, drones and robot dogs become everyday tools for solving real-world problems?”
Step inside the Smart Digital Lab at the University of Auckland’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and discover how emerging technologies are being used in practical ways across construction engineering and research.
Led by Dr Roy C. Davies, this interactive session will introduce you to technologies including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, laser scanning, IoT devices, drones and robot dogs - not as futuristic concepts, but as tools already being used to explore, test and solve real-world challenges.
Participants will get the chance to experience some of the technology first-hand, from flying a virtual drone and piloting a robot dog to running to safety from a tsunami simulation and crossing a digitally recreated bridge that was laser scanned by drone.
Roy has been working with Virtual Reality in research since the early 2000s and has a particular interest in combining emerging technologies in creative and practical ways. Expect a session that is hands-on, curious and full of opportunities to see how these technologies come together in the real world.
Key Takeaways:
See emerging technology in action: Explore how VR, AR, AI, drones, robotics, laser scanning and IoT are already being used in engineering, construction and research.
Experience the technology for yourself: Get hands-on with interactive demonstrations and discover how multiple technologies can be combined to create practical solutions to real-world problems.
Step inside the Smart Digital Lab at the University of Auckland’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and discover how emerging technologies are being used in practical ways across construction engineering and research.
Led by Dr Roy C. Davies, this interactive session will introduce you to technologies including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, laser scanning, IoT devices, drones and robot dogs - not as futuristic concepts, but as tools already being used to explore, test and solve real-world challenges.
Participants will get the chance to experience some of the technology first-hand, from flying a virtual drone and piloting a robot dog to running to safety from a tsunami simulation and crossing a digitally recreated bridge that was laser scanned by drone.
Roy has been working with Virtual Reality in research since the early 2000s and has a particular interest in combining emerging technologies in creative and practical ways. Expect a session that is hands-on, curious and full of opportunities to see how these technologies come together in the real world.
Key Takeaways:
See emerging technology in action: Explore how VR, AR, AI, drones, robotics, laser scanning and IoT are already being used in engineering, construction and research.
Experience the technology for yourself: Get hands-on with interactive demonstrations and discover how multiple technologies can be combined to create practical solutions to real-world problems.
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Where is it happening?
Faculty of Engineering and Design, the University of Auckland, 22 Symonds St, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand, Auckland
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