"Begin With The End In Mind"

Stephen R. Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Walden 3-D, Inc. (W3D) was incorporated in 1990 with the goal of designing responsive environments, or, to be more specific, redesigning and protypting cities built around people instead of around automobiles.

The urban planning side of W3D has played a backroom discussion role for the last 20 years as the 3-D seismic technologies and related professional activities of the principal, Roice Nelson, have been developed. For the most part, W3D has acted as a 3-D seismic interpretation consulting company for Roice. Several urban planning projects have been undertaken, and a reasonable summary of technologies W3D has developed and their potential impact on urban planning are found in the 375 page presentation on "Galveston Futures: Propsed Prototype Implementation of The Urban Machine," published 02 March 2007. Particularly note the New Home Scenario, the Nine Steps to Rebuilding Galveston Futures, and consider how Robonaut demonstrates automated assembly. Commercializing Robonaut technologies will lead to developments which can advance W3D's mission and initial goals.

AquaRobonaut^SM meets critical needs for subsea development, particuarly in harsh environments like in water depths between 500 and 10,000 feet where much of today's oil exploration frontier exists. Human beings are always able to put things together better than an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle). This is why divers have become such a critical component of the oil industry's advances in laying pipelines and building subsea facilities. AquaRobonaut^SM provides a mechanism for humans to have telepresence in these harsh environments, without having to take the risks associated with decompression sickness, etc. With deep sea drilling rigs costing millons of dollars per day, AquaRobonauts^SM will become a required accessories on each of these deep sea drilling rigs.