Walt Disney Imagineering · Entertainment · 2018
An autonomous, self-correcting aerial-performer robot — effectively a robotic stunt double — from Walt Disney Imagineering, built to make superhero characters fly in park attractions. Slung from a wire like a trapeze artist, the ~90 lb humanoid figure (three body sections joined by two flexible, pneumatically actuated joints) reads its own motion in mid-air with an onboard accelerometer/gyroscope IMU and three laser rangefinders, then tucks or untucks to control its rotation, pose and centre of mass — nailing flips, twists and even a quintuple somersault before sticking a targeted, feet-first landing in a heroic pose. It grew out of Imagineering's BRICK and Stickman research projects and has been used as a flying Spider-Man double at Avengers Campus.
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| Sub-type | Autonomous Aerial Stunt Robot |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2018 |
| Origin | USA |
| Weight | 41 kg |
| Actuator type | Servo + onboard accelerometer/gyro |
| Use cases | Theme-park aerial stunt performance, Superhero flying effects |
| Made in | USA |
