When researchers created a robot that replicates the gait of a cartoon character for the first time, it was no big surprise that Disney was involved. Engineers at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) and ...

In an attempt to make its theme parks even more magical, Disney’s Research division is working to develop bi-pedal robots and animatronic characters that walk and move like the lively cartoon ...

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Derek Scherer is a former U.S. army robotics engineer. He now works on special effects animatronics for character robots in movies through his Kansas City firm Golem Group. His film work includes Man ...

If you grew up as a Transformers fan, you tend to remember the series as being about Autobots fighting Decepticons. You’ve likely forgotten the episodes about mermaids, aliens, wizards and the other ...