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Animatronics is a combination of mechanics, electronics and creativity that allows you to create moving figures imitating living beings or characters. They can be seen in theme parks, movies, museums or even in shop windows.
The principle is simple: inside the structure are hidden motors, drives and sensors that control movements. Thanks to this, the robot can blink, move its hands, turn its head or even imitate facial expressions. All this is accompanied by synchronization with sound to create the most realistic effect.
Animatronics was born as a tool for cinema, but eventually became a separate art and part of the entertainment industry.
Example Chuck E. Cheese
Few Ukrainians know about this chain (MacDonalds and KFC, probably everyone knows), but a vivid example is the chain of family restaurants Chuck E. Cheese in the USA. There, the main character, mouse Chucky, and his musician friends went «on stage» in the form of animatronic dolls. They sang, played instruments and joked with the visitors. For the kids, it was a real miracle: you're sitting with pizza, and you're like a live cartoon character.
The secret is that the movements are synchronized with the sound, and the thoughtful facial expressions make the mechanical actors look like real ones. This is the main magic of animatronics — to make us believe that we are not faced with a machine, but with a character with character.
Here is a video with footage of the evolution of animatronics of these restaurants.
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