1 year at Autodesk

It's been more than a year since I joined Autodesk. I haven't posted much online in a while but thought it would be worthwhile starting to write again. My website has moved to www.sachinchitta.com. I'm still transferring over some of my older blog content here.

Yesterday, I got to see the Autodesk Gallery in the One Market building in San Francisco. The Gallery showcases some of the most innovative things built using Autodesk software.The exhibits range from a rocket engine, a hydrogen powered drone to robots (of course)! It's a beautiful space that highlights the use of software tools built by Autodesk to develop state of the art technology that touches the world. This is something I love about working at Autodesk - our products shape the physical world around us. As a mechanical engineer who first started doing design using AutoCAD (in the 90s!), I love knowing that our work shapes atoms as much as bits!

There's been an explosion of interest and innovation in Robotics over the last few years. We've often talked about an inflection point for robots but the real promise always seemed just a little too far. That may have finally changed now - it's been crazy to watch robots being developed for every possible application - picking fruit, painting walls, 3D printing bridges and so much more. Will all these pan out? We don't know yet but it's clear that the convergence of better sensing, deep learning and advanced end of arm tooling is opening up applications that we didn't think were possible just a few years ago. This is what excited me about coming to Autodesk - we live at the intersection of design and make and have the freedom (and the ability) to think about robotic systems in completely different ways. Combine that with incredibly smart people, one of the most respectful environments I've ever worked in, a beautiful office literally on the Bay in San Francisco and we've got the makings of a great experience!

I'm looking forward to exciting things happening in the next few years!