Background
Hanson,, David Franklin was born on December 20, 1969 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of David Hanson, Senior and Elaine Kay (Ericson) Hanson.
Hanson,, David Franklin was born on December 20, 1969 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of David Hanson, Senior and Elaine Kay (Ericson) Hanson.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film-Video, Rhode Island School Design, 1996. Attended, Brown University. Visiting student, University of California at Los Angeles.
Attended graduate school for aesthetic studies, University Texas, 2002.
Freelance videographer, electronic news gathering Cable News Network, 1993, Music Television, 1995. Freelance artist and designer David Hanson, LLC, 1993—1998. Interim head, sculpture department, lead sculptor, assistant product manager Kern Sculpture Company, 1996—1998.
Sculptor Universal Studios via Adirondack Scenic, Inc., 1998, Walt Disney Imagineering, 1996, 1998—2000, robotics/animatronics designer and technical development, 1999—2001. Artist assistant for Eric Swenson, 2001—2002. Robotics developer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2002.
Studio instructor in graduate industrial design Art Center College Design, Pasadena, 2002. Sculptor, artist assistant robotics designer Paul McCarthy Studios, 2002—2003. Founder, chief scientist Hanson Robotics, Inc., Richardson, Texas, since 2003.
Invited speaker in field.
Member of American Association for Artificial Intelligence, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Visual Sciences Society, Society Photographic Instrumentation Engineers.
Married; 1 child Zeno.