SIDCDyshana Torres
VP Internal Affairs · SIDC Co-Lead
Builds member systems and co-leads the Siemens Immersive Design Challenge team.
Siemens Immersive Design Challenge
Design beyond the screen.
Our finalist team combines immersive design, digital twins, simulation, automation, and advanced manufacturing to solve a real industrial problem.
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Core contributors
XR
Immersive workflow
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Finalist team
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Room to iterate
The challenge
From bottleneck to autonomous flow.
The team studied how small additive-manufacturing farms lose valuable production time between prints. The answer became RoboRowdy: an autonomous assistant designed around the full operating workflow.
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Discover
Map operators, failure points, constraints, and the real production environment.
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Design
Use collaborative CAD, simulation, and immersive review to evaluate concepts sooner.
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Demonstrate
Communicate the technical system, business impact, and path to deployment.
SIDC team
One system needs many disciplines.
SIDC
SIDCGray Samaniego
Finance Officer · SIDC Business Lead
Guides financial planning, sponsor stewardship, and the RoboRowdy business case.
SIDCIsrael Elizondo
Build Officer · SIDC Team Lead
Leads mechanical development and the multidisciplinary RoboRowdy engineering effort.
SIDCVian Chen
Programming
Develops software and automation systems for the SIDC project team.
SIDCRoman Benavides
Mechanical Design & Assembly
Turns concepts into reliable assemblies through design, prototyping, and integration.
SIDCDarik Pratt
Simulations & Assembly
Supports simulation-led decisions and hands-on project assembly.
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