Company Profile of MD Robotics


MD Robotics, formerly known as the Spar Space Systems division of Spar Aerospace, Ltd., is a Canadian supplier to NASA with a well-established reputation for creating the world's most futuristic space robotics. The company's skill in precision movement robotics made it the supplier of choice to re-create one of nature's most fascinating and magnificent creatures everthe dinosaur. MD Robotics, in cooperation with Universal City Development Partners (UCDP) of Orlando, Florida, designed and built three state-of-the-art robotically animated dinosaurs, the first of which it delivered in February 1999.

MD Robotics gained its initial expertise in the development of the space shuttle Canadarm used to manipulate cargo in and out of the shuttle's cargo bay. Although they had no previous experience with theme park attractions or dinosaur robots, the MD Robotics team accepted the challenge to combine their talents with Universal Creative and Hall Train Studios to provide life-like, large-scale, highly realistic "animals brought back from extinction."[1]

Andrew Bolt, the program manager, assembled a cross-functional team consisting of himself; some key engineers with experience in mechanics, hydraulics, controls, software, and electrical design from MD Robotics; the paleo-artist, Hall Train; and the customer. Bolt considered QFD to be an important tool for translating the vague, imagery-based requirements from the animator's storyboards into the detailed specifications needed to accurately budget resources, and then to design and build the creatures. In conjunction with QFD expert, Glenn Mazur, of Japan Business Consultants (Ann Arbor, MI), the team executed and formed a unique QFD template in just three weeks.




Design for Trustworthy Software. Tools, Techniques, and Methodology of Developing Robust Software
Design for Trustworthy Software: Tools, Techniques, and Methodology of Developing Robust Software
ISBN: 0131872508
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 394

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