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Animatronics is a cross between animation and electronics.

What is Animatronics?

Basically, an animatronics is a mechanized puppet. It may be preprogrammed or remotely

controlled.

The History of Animatronics

Advanced mechanical clocks were built in Europe which featured animated characters.

The 3rd and 5th century BC, Chinese inventors had designed artificial wooden birds (ma yuan) that could fly and water clocks which featured mechanical figurines which chimed the hours throughout the day.The father of medieval architecture, Leonardo da Vinci designed and built the Automata Lion, one of the earliest described animatrons in history.

Popularization of AnimatronicsAnimatronics became poplar after their appearance in the movies like,

Jurassic ParkE.T. GodzillaJAWS

Audio-Animatronics by Disney

• The term Audio-Animatronics was coined by Walt Disney when he

started developing animatronics for entertainment and film.

• Autonomatronics, was also defined by Walt Disney Imagineers, to

describe a more advanced audio-animatronic technology featuring

cameras and complex sensors to process information around the

characters environment and respond to that stimulus.

Purpose of Animatronics• To attract attention of the mass public for advertisement and display

purposes.

• For making films of bizarre and extinct animals like dinosaurs and

monsters in horror movies.

• To replace live animals in films by animatronics to reduce the risk of

getting hurt in some action sequences.

• Some toys are created using animatronic methodology, which are life

like and are programmed to respond like a real living animal.

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Steps involved in designing an Animatronic

Designing an Animatronic

Designing the overall structure

Internal frame or skeleton

Exterior or skin (silicone, latex, polyurethane)

Assembly

Testing

Testing can be done either by a puppeteer, as

shown on the figure to the left, or by using a

microprocessor, that can be programmed to

do the required actions in precise timing

without any human interventions.

Making a new revolution in the field of Animatronics

• The main purpose of animatronic is for display and films for grabbing the

attention of the audience. But in some places, life like animatronics of

former Presidents and great Scientists are used along with speech

synthesizers to make us relive their histories.

• They can also be used for creating artificial limbs that are controlled by

microcontrollers, which requires a significant advancement and

contribution in the field of ANNs (Artificial Neural Networks) and CNS-

Processor’s Bus interfaces.

Making a new revolution in the field of Animatronics• One of the biggest ideas of the century involving animatronics is that

to create an entire zoology of diverse animals and birds with their

corresponding realistic behavior and instinct. This creates an artificial

zoo, which does not imprison wildlife and it is also relatively easy for

maintenance and putting up a show as the management desires.

• But this methodology requires careful planning of the design and

implementation of the animatronic models, which also includes the

imprinting of the particular animal’s behavior to be natural and realistic

up to the viewer’s expectations.

• This can be possibly achieved by AI technology.

Making a new revolution in the field of Animatronics

• Animatronics cold also be employed in the field of ichthyology, in which an

artificial fish is designed that is visually similar to the fish under study.

• Using underwater propellers and thrusters or a flexible body and tail lined

with servomotors, this artificial fish could easily mingle with the

corresponding species and attaching a small camera inside of it will enable

the researchers to study and understand the behavior of fish underwater.

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