This document discusses the history and development of animatronics. It begins by defining animatronics as a combination of animation and electronics involving mechanized puppets. It then provides a brief history, noting early examples from China and Leonardo Da Vinci, before discussing popularization in movies like Jurassic Park. Disney is credited with coining the term "audio-animatronics" and developing advanced technologies. Key steps in design like framing, skin/exterior, and assembly are outlined. Potential future applications discussed include artificial zoos, prosthetics, and robotic fish for research.

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2. Animatronics is a cross between
animation and electronics.
What is Animatronics?
Basically, an animatronics is a
mechanized puppet. It may be
preprogrammed or remotely
controlled.

4. The History of Animatronics
Advanced mechanical clocks were built in Europe
which featured animated characters.
The 3rd
and 5th
century BC, Chinese inventors had
designed artificial wooden birds (ma yuan) that
could fly and water clocks which featured
mechanical figurines which chimed the hours
throughout the day.
The father of medieval architecture, Leonardo da
Vinci designed and built the Automata Lion, one of
the earliest described animatrons in history.

5. Popularization of Animatronics
Animatronics became poplar after their appearance in the movies like,
Jurassic ParkE.T. Godzilla
JAWS

6. Audio-Animatronics by Disney
• The term Audio-Animatronics was coined by Walt Disney when he
started developing animatronics for entertainment and film.
• Autonomatronics, was also defined by Walt Disney Imagineers, to
describe a more advanced audio-animatronic technology featuring
cameras and complex sensors to process information around the
characters environment and respond to that stimulus.

7. Purpose of Animatronics
• To attract attention of the mass public for advertisement and display
purposes.
• For making films of bizarre and extinct animals like dinosaurs and
monsters in horror movies.
• To replace live animals in films by animatronics to reduce the risk of
getting hurt in some action sequences.
• Some toys are created using animatronic methodology, which are life
like and are programmed to respond like a real living animal.

8. 2 541 3
Steps involved in designing an
Animatronic

9. Designing an Animatronic
Designing the overall structureDesigning the overall structure

10. Internal frame or skeletonInternal frame or skeleton

11. Exterior or skin (silicone, latex, polyurethane)Exterior or skin (silicone, latex, polyurethane)

12. AssemblyAssembly

13. TestingTesting
Testing can be done either by a puppeteer, as
shown on the figure to the left, or by using a
microprocessor, that can be programmed to
do the required actions in precise timing
without any human interventions.

14. Making a new revolution in the field of Animatronics
• The main purpose of animatronic is for display and films for grabbing the
attention of the audience. But in some places, life like animatronics of
former Presidents and great Scientists are used along with speech
synthesizers to make us relive their histories.
• They can also be used for creating artificial limbs that are controlled by
microcontrollers, which requires a significant advancement and
contribution in the field of ANNs (Artificial Neural Networks) and CNS-
Processor’s Bus interfaces.

15. Making a new revolution in the
field of Animatronics
• One of the biggest ideas of the century involving animatronics is that
to create an entire zoology of diverse animals and birds with their
corresponding realistic behavior and instinct. This creates an artificial
zoo, which does not imprison wildlife and it is also relatively easy for
maintenance and putting up a show as the management desires.
• But this methodology requires careful planning of the design and
implementation of the animatronic models, which also includes the
imprinting of the particular animal’s behavior to be natural and realistic
up to the viewer’s expectations.
• This can be possibly achieved by AI technology.

16. Making a new revolution in the
field of Animatronics
• Animatronics cold also be employed in the field of ichthyology, in which an
artificial fish is designed that is visually similar to the fish under study.
• Using underwater propellers and thrusters or a flexible body and tail lined
with servomotors, this artificial fish could easily mingle with the
corresponding species and attaching a small camera inside of it will enable
the researchers to study and understand the behavior of fish underwater.

17. Find the real one?

18. Meet the former and current president of
America

19. Conclusion

20. Thank You