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Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Mon, May 25, 2020, 2:43 PM UTC

iunternik wrote: post #8

Does this mean that robots like this will be cheaper to produce than CGI?

Don't know for sure; if you have a good 3d model you can pose it infinitely, plus when it comes to Disney or Marvel movies, most of the background / environment is CGI as well so putting an animatronic in a CGI environment doesn't make much sense.

Finally, I can imagine the freedom of movement is a lot less in these compared to CGI models.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Mon, May 25, 2020, 2:44 PM UTC

reptation wrote: post #3

Funny, was recently at Disneyworld and impressed by the live-action Cinderella during the nightly fireworks/lights show. Was she a robot?

If it's a show, it's likely a real person; if it's a ride, more likely to be an animatronic.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by MontagFTB » Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:07 PM UTC

“One day at Disney” is a show on Disney+. It’s a collection of shorts describing various jobs within the company. One of them is on this team, discussing this very robot. It has some additional footage and depth not covered in this article. It was my favorite episode of the series.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by dbcurtis » Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:14 PM UTC

If you want to try this at home, check out MIT 6.832 Underactuated Robotics, taught by Russ Tedrake. Lectures available on Youtube.

Sumulating systems similar to the acrobat robot are homeworks. I think all tbe tools are available open source.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by scoot » Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

jeremymcanally wrote: post #9

I think this is going to end up being one of the coolest additions to the parks in recent years. If you haven't seen, they're applying this at Disneyland in the Avengers Campus area to have a "live action" Spiderman flying overhead: https://www.disneytouristblog.com/stuntronics-spider-man-ave...

Same videos as the original post

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by Hokusai » Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:25 PM UTC

iunternik wrote: post #8

Does this mean that robots like this will be cheaper to produce than CGI?

At least the physics look better. Much of the current CGI looks weightless and frictionless, like walking in ice. I guess that it looks more real than CGI because is real and real forces act over the robots.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by gumby » Mon, May 25, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

iunternik wrote: post #8

Does this mean that robots like this will be cheaper to produce than CGI?

Probably not, even though you get a lot of physics “computation” for free, simply because you’re managing physical stuff that gets dirty, jams, needs lubrication, can be stolen etc.

OTOH it’s the only way to do headset-free AR which is impossible with cgi!

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by jeremymcanally » Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:19 PM UTC

scoot wrote: post #15

jeremymcanally wrote: post #9

I think this is going to end up being one of the coolest additions to the parks in recent years. If you haven't seen, they're applying this at Disneyland in the Avengers Campus area to have a "live action" Spiderman flying overhead: https://www.disneytouristblog.com/stuntronics-spider-man-ave...

Same videos as the original post

There is an additional video with the robot dressed as Spiderman.

Did you even click the link?

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by dehrmann » Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:44 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #12

reptation wrote: post #3

Funny, was recently at Disneyworld and impressed by the live-action Cinderella during the nightly fireworks/lights show. Was she a robot?

If it's a show, it's likely a real person; if it's a ride, more likely to be an animatronic.

My guess is that they want to use something like this in a life-action stunt show to augment human actors.

Re: Disney’s flying robot stunt double can pose just like a superhero (2018)

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Post by carapace » Mon, May 25, 2020, 4:54 PM UTC

dbcurtis wrote: post #14

If you want to try this at home, check out MIT 6.832 Underactuated Robotics, taught by Russ Tedrake. Lectures available on Youtube. Sumulating systems similar to the acrobat robot are homeworks. I think all tbe tools are available open source.

http://underactuated.csail.mit.edu/Spring2020/