{"id":62184,"date":"2023-10-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=62184"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T01:24:01","slug":"hardshell-labs-techno-torts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/hardshell-labs-techno-torts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardshell Labs Is Saving One Tortoise at a Time With Autodesk Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When it comes to combatting predatory ravens, scarecrows won\u2019t cut it. Deep in the Mojave Desert, <a href=\"https:\/\/hardshelllabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hardshell Labs<\/a>&#8216; \u201ctechno-torts\u201d are in action to deter ravens and save desert tortoises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet the &ldquo;Techno-Tort&rdquo;&mdash; a Robotic Warrior for Desert Tortoise Conservation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a60-tToFA8U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"aspect-ratio:500 \/ 281;width:100%;height:auto;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the founder of Hardshell Labs, Tim Shields is taking a technological approach to conservation. Over the years, ravens have decimated the desert tortoise population, preying on baby and juvenile tortoises. Their shells are too soft to protect them from a pecking raven. Shields wanted to find a new\u2014yet humane\u2014way to keep the birds from attacking them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe had this idea of, how do you make a fake tortoise?\u201d Shields says. \u201cAnd then I met Frank Guercio, who just has this incredibly absorptive mind. I provided the impetus\u2014try to make a convincing fake baby tortoise\u2014and he took off with that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"designing-the-technotort\">Designing the &#8220;techno-tort&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Using Autodesk Fusion, Guercio designed an imitation tortoise shell that could be 3D-printed to look like the real thing for aversive training. If a raven tries to peck one of the techno-torts, it\u2019s sprayed with artificial grape flavoring of all things. \u201cFor whatever reason, artificial grape flavoring drives birds crazy,\u201d Shields says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guercio credits Fusion 360 with the new designs he can dream up and achieve for Hardshell Labs\u2019 continued conservation efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to import really complex geometries like an organic shape, like a tortoise, is very difficult to do in any sort of industry program,\u201d Guercio says. \u201cWhen it comes to the tortoise specifically, there was so much legwork on the back end to get it into a position where I could then mechanically edit it as an object. Fusion 360 has been a fantastic tool.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe second I became familiar with Autodesk products and really had them available to me, it really opened up the floodgates,\u201d he continues. \u201cWe can create structures inside of the tortoise that was next to impossible about five years ago.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about Hardshell Labs and their techno-tort on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/design-make\/articles\/desert-tortoise-conservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design &amp; Make with Autodesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep in the Mojave Desert, Hardshell Labs&#8217; \u201ctechno-torts\u201d are in action to deter ravens and save desert 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