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ROBOTS—Warm Springs has been tapped as one of the nation’s testing grounds for drones, and that fact is expected to inspire a cottage industry of robotics in Central Oregon. Innovation Day provides a snapshot of the future. They are watching you, so why not watch them for a day? Pre-registration required (soaroregon.com). 7:30 am (robots don’t sleep!). Cascades Academy, 19860 Tumalo Reservoir Rd. Free.

This article appears in Best of Central Oregon 2014.

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PICK: Innovation Day Bend: Aerial Robotics

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 21, 2014

<h1>PICK: Innovation Day Bend: Aerial Robotics</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 21, 2014</p> <p>ROBOTS—Warm Springs has been tapped as one of the nation’s testing grounds for drones, and that fact is expected to inspire a cottage industry of robotics in Central Oregon. Innovation Day provides a snapshot of the future. They are watching you, so why not watch them for a day? Pre-registration required (soaroregon.com). 7:30 am (robots don’t sleep!). Cascades Academy, 19860 Tumalo Reservoir Rd. Free.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/pick-innovation-day-bend-aerial-robotics-2389276/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=32990&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/pick-innovation-day-bend-aerial-robotics-2389276/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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