Disney reproduces 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Groot with a life-sized robot
Disney Imagineers Develop Cutting-edge, Free-roaming Robotic Actor --YouTube
Walt Disney Imagineering started developing a state-of-the-art, free-moving robot actor in 2018.
At first, we started with the development of feet. You can see how you are doing bending and stretching exercises with one leg.
In addition, both feet are aligned and start running.
The torso is united on both feet. A walking test is conducted with safety equipment attached to the main body to prevent falls.
Walking tests are continuing even in 2019 ...
Walk around the Walt Disney Imagineering company.
However, at this point, it seems that there were still cases of falling.
The staff who prepared for the robot to fall was not in time.
After that, fine adjustments will be made ...
Entering 2020 ...
Finally the robot transforms into Groot.
The appearance of Groot that appeared in 'Guardians of the Galaxy: Remix' is as follows.
Appearing while waving like a star who responds to the cheers of the audience.
Groot squinting to see if the lighting is dazzling.
Suddenly I took a pose ...
Groot moves as if it were alive, taking light steps.
At the end, swing the left and right fists around like a boxer to finish.
According to Walt Disney Imagineering, robot actors can express various emotions in style while walking and making gestures. By using a custom authoring tool that combines motion planning and traditional character animation, artists can express expressive movements and interactive movements with robot actors.
Although Walt Disney Imagineering is developing a robot actor Groot, 'We do not plan to use it at Disney theme parks for the time being, but using a prototype in the shape of Groot, it is unique. We are testing features, movements, and functions. 'It seems that it will be a while before we can see robot actors roaming around the theme parks.
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