我在沃尔特迪斯尼世界和迪斯尼乐园工作的所谓“想象者”一直在使用机器人的最前沿，以便将人类的运动和生物的运动复制，我想，鉴于他们的巨大目录。
At the recent RoboBusiness event in Santa Clara, Calif., Martin Buehler, Executive R&D Imagineer, Walt Disney Imagineering, discussed what the company is doing. His team’s most newsworthy project is likely the new Pandora: The World of Avatar, located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, which recently debuted to the public with rave reviews.
Buehler said the attraction’s Na’vi the Shaman of Songs character is the latest and most expressive character they have done to date. Disney’s most advanced character previously had 16 functions—motors or movements—while the Na’vi has 40 movements, all in her head, “to make her super expressive.” In fact, when video of the character was released, it unleashed many debates about whether it was real or CGI.
A big part of a robotic build like this, Buehler said, is reliability. In their world, many of the individual pieces of an attraction are critical—if they go down, they whole ride has to be shut down.
“她现在正在进行日复一日，每天七天，每天七天，每天都在表演。没有休息。因此，我们都去了令人难以置信的长度测试电缆，电线，电机，确保她可靠地运行......我们确保我们的角色，我们只构建一个，是非常可靠的，易于修复。“
This brings to mind the issue of a robot being a character. Buehler said he feels it isn’t only important for Disney.
“We really want to interact with characters,” he said. “We know how to interact with them. They understand us when we talk to them. They can see us. And that’s becoming more and more possible now. We talk to our devices. They can now safely recognize us with the latest iPhone. Who wants to type in a password? You want your bot to recognize you. And when that happens, we are more willing to welcome them. We’re more willing to accept some of the limitations. Even help them out. You ever stand in front of a closed door? I’d be the first one to open the door for [a robot].”
This has implications for other social interactions, such as when we invite robots in our home, whether it be as companions, for elder care or as personal assistants. Buehler stressed that experiences are a critical component of our interaction with robots.
“下一个经历怎么样？”他说。“我们是在使用自动驾驶汽车的创新吗？一旦我们在这些车内，没有任何开车去做，我们要做什么？我们将被娱乐 - 特别是坐在交通一天几个小时。你会怎样做？你一直坐在这个狭窄的空间里。你可能想要把你的车变成办公室。但我们也想玩。也许通过所有这些屏幕，您可以将车辆转为一个惊人的自动现实 - 一个虚拟现实客舱。 Or go completely online and have amazing battles. Star Wars battles or galactic battles against your friends or your fellow commuters. The possibilities out there are endless.”
Filed Under:The Robot Report,Virtual reality
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