Disney Parks using Robots in Upcoming Attractions - Stuntronics - Walt Disney Imagineering

BRINGING HEROES TO LIFE Heroes don’t travel like average people. They have fantastic vehicles, innovative equipment and super-human capabilities. Sure, sometimes they might choose to walk from point A to point B. But other times, they fly. Imagineers developed “Stuntronics” to enable that superhuman flight through the thoughtful and innovative application of technology. This project combines advanced robotics with the exploration of untethered dynamic movement to create realistic aerial stunts that would be humanly impossible. That means when you watch the Stuntronics figure soar through the air, you’ll have a hard time believing your eyes. When heroes fly, they do so with both style and expertise. The Stuntronics figure is no exception. Onboard sensing equips the figure to perform a variety of combinations of flips, twists and poses with repeatability and precision. Quintuple backward somersault with a tucked landing? No problem. Any hero would approve. Angular Momentum and Motion Control But heroes aren’