How Disney brought a robotic Olaf to life for its new Paris park |
How Disney brought a robotic Olaf to life for its new Paris park
The robot captures the soul of the animated character, thanks to a custom AI engine and clever robotics.
Walt Disney Imagineering has revealed the inner workings of its latest creation: a real-life 3D version of Olaf, the funny snowman from Frozen, complete with a detachable carrot nose that kids can steal.
According to Disney Parks, creating the snowman was a far greater challenge than standard bipedal humanoids, which rely on symmetrical weight distribution to stay upright. Olaf is a physical anomaly: He has a massive, heavy head perched on a remarkably slim neck, with two floating........