Disney’s Animatronics Now Play Catch Like the Android Dad You Always Wanted

If you thought Disneyland ’s Hall of Presidents was awe-inspiring before , imagine how great it would beif you could recreate catchwith Abraham Lincoln or Richard Nixon ? That ’s seemingly the goal behind this latest engine room — err , imagineering — breakthrough that permit will let the park ’s non - human characters now interact with guests .

Using external camera on aKinect - like sensing element , that get over the motion of a flip , and algorithms that promise where it will land , the robot appears to track the ball with its eye and is actually able to strive out and make a snatch . Most of the time , at least . If it misses the animatronic looks down at where the testis eventually landed , and either shrugs or shakes its psyche in disappointment , knowing that somewhere the frozen stiff of Walt is secretly looking at it in shame . [ YouTubeviaPopular skill ]

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