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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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Conclusion
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