Biography

Stefanie Pender is a Senior Research & Design Engineer at the Autodesk Technology Center Boston. She is responsible for hardware integration, and design and programming for robotics research. She deploys industrial robots, mobile robot platforms, robotic quadrupeds, and other CNC technologies to conduct speculative and industry-applied work pertaining to design and make. Before coming to Autodesk, Stefanie was faculty at the Rhode Island School of Design.