Video: Disney Unveils Free-Roaming Groot Audio-Animatronic at Disneyland Resort
We previously shared a look at a new free-roaming Groot audio-animatronic coming to Disneyland! Disney has shared another look at this adorable Groot.
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Disney recently shared a video of a Groot playtest at Disney California Adventure. In the video, Imagineers talk to guests about the latest developments in Audio-Animatronic technology including with baby Groot.
In the playtest, Groot and Star Lord have a dance-off with the audience. Guests were very engaged and loved seeing the Baby Groot audio-animatronic.
“We want to bring these characters to life in the most authentic way possible,” says Imagineer Joel Peavy. “For us, that means a walking robotic actor that has a tightly integrated design in a compact platform that can not only move and gesture, but really emote in style.”
Disney also said they have no immediate plans to bring this new robot to the parks. For now, it’s a prototype testing unique traits, gaits, and capabilities.
“Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development is developing a small-scale, free-roaming robotic actor that can take on the role of our similarly-sized Disney characters. Its tightly integrated design provides over 50 degrees of freedom in a compact platform that can walk, gesture, and emote in style. Using custom authoring tools that combine whole-body motion planning and traditional character animation, artists can quickly bring robotic characters to life with expressive motions and interactive behaviors. There are no immediate plans for use in Disney theme parks; however, a prototype in the form of Groot is being used to test unique traits, gaits and capabilities.”
Do you hope we get to see Baby Groot come to the Disney parks in the future?
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