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Inside Disney's Self-Walking Olaf: New Research Details How the Robot Character Works

DisneyResearchHub has published a detailed technical paper outlining how Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development ...
Billings Gazette

Robot beauty: Designer gives animated head a human face

Hertz is an animated robot head he built in about nine months. Hanson and other robot makers believe that social robots, like Hertz, will one day serve a variety of functions: tutor, companion, even ...
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A new animated film follows a lonely dog and his robot friend in New York City

Sometimes friends have a special song that means something to them and only them. For a dog and robot in the animated film "Robot Dreams," it's an Earth, Wind & Fire song - "September." (SOUNDBITE OF ...
Variety

Directors Examine Animated Characters From a Sentient Robot to a Villainous Penguin

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...

‘The Wild Robot' Filmmaker Chris Sanders Hopes His Animated Gem Can Push a New Renaissance for the Medium

[Editor's note: This interview was originally published on November 30, 2024 in advance of our IndieWire Honors Winter 2024 ...