Well as you may or may-not be aware, Disney itself is fairly well known for it's development in robotics, and specifically in the area of movement and animatronics. For homework tonight, there are two things I want you to check out:The first, is a project Disney completed a few years ago. They made President Barak Obama. (Well, sort of). Check this video out, how real or not does Obama seem to you?
Then, I want you to check out what Disney is working on currently. Handing an object to a robot, and vice versa, is turning out to be more difficult than you might have thought. Well that's what they are trying to perfect down there at Disney. I want you to check out this short video showing what they are working towards now.
For your response, I want you to focus on your reaction to the robots. Write at least 150 words about how real (or not) these robot movements seem to you. If they had a 'skin' would they fool you? Why or why not.
Oh, and ONE LAST THING
- Not that you need to understand a lot of it, but I also want you to explore a little bit on Disney's robotics page. http://www.disneyresearch.com/research-areas/robotics/. They have a lot of projects going on right now.
Watch/take a look at any one of the other videos/projects on that page. Add two sentences about what you saw to you response.
Good luck
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