CELEBRATION STATION ANIMATRONICS MOVIE
1989 ( 1989): The first A-100 animatronic, portraying the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz, is developed for The Great Movie Ride attraction at Disney-MGM Studios.1982 ( 1982): Ben Franklin is the first animatronic figure to walk up a set of stairs.1980 ( 1980): ShowBiz Pizza Place opens with the Rock-afire Explosion.Cheese (then known as Pizza Time Theatre) is the first restaurant with animatronics as an attraction. The first animatronic figure of a person, that of Abraham Lincoln, is created by Disney for its Abraham Lincoln attraction at the Illinois State Pavilion of the 1964 New York World's Fair. 1964 ( 1964): In the film Mary Poppins, animatronic birds are the first animatronics featured in a motion picture.1963 ( 1963): The first Audio-Animatronics created by Disney, the Enchanted Tiki Birds of Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room, debut at Disneyland.1961 ( 1961): Walt Disney coins the term "Audio-Animatronics" and his WED Enterprises team begins developing modern animatronic technology.1961 ( 1961): Heinrich Ernst develops the MH-1, a computer-operated mechanical hand.The animatronic galloping horse was also on display at the 1939 World's Fair, in a different exhibit than Sparko's. 1939 ( 1939): Sparko, The Robot Dog, pet of Elektro, performs in front of the public but Sparko, unlike many depictions of robots in that time, represented a living animal, thus becoming the very first modern day animatronic character, along with an unnamed horse which was reported to gallop realistically.Ī Billy Bob animatronic with a child at a ShowBiz Pizza Place History Timeline
Audio-Animatronics does not differentiate between animatronics and androids.Īutonomatronics was also defined by Disney Imagineers to describe more advanced Audio-Animatronic technology featuring cameras and complex sensors to process and respond to information in the character's environment. The term Audio-Animatronics was coined by Walt Disney in 1961 when he started developing animatronics for entertainment and film. The term Animatronics is a portmanteau of animate and electronics. Robots (or other artificial beings) designed to convincingly resemble humans are known as " androids".
Since then, robots have become known as more practical programmable machines that do not necessarily resemble living creatures. The oldest extant automaton is dated to the 16th century.īefore the term "animatronics" became common, they were usually referred to as " robots". Greek mythology and ancient Chinese writings mention early examples of automata. Animatronics stem from a long tradition of mechanical automata powered by hydraulics, pneumatics and clockwork. Figures are usually encased in body shells and flexible skins made of hard and soft plastic materials and finished with colors, hair, feathers and other components to make them more lifelike.
Motion actuators are often used to imitate muscle movements and create realistic motions. Animatronic figures can be implemented with both computer and human control, including teleoperation. It is a multidisciplinary field integrating puppetry, anatomy and mechatronics. They are a modern variant of the automaton and are often used for the portrayal of characters in films and in theme park attractions. Tyrannosaurus at London's Natural History MuseumĪnimatronics refers to mechatronic puppets.
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