I can’t tell you how fast things are moving at the moment. In my previous column on the topic of creating an animatronic robot head, I explained how this project came to be. First, my chum Steve ...

Although hexapod robots have been featured on [HAD] many times, this one features a really cool minimalistic design. With few mechanical parts to support the three servos, the “Earthcore Hexapod Robot ...

Ever since Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room opened in 1963, animatronics (automated puppetry that uses prerecorded sounds and movements) has been entertaining people at amusement parks and in film.

Simple robot parts make up the internals. When it comes to sci-fi, it’s hard to go past Star Wars, and many submissions to our contest land in that exact universe. [Kevin Harrington]’s entry is one ...

IVINS, Washington County — When ninth grader Tyson Duran was asked to build a minotaur prop for Vista School's theater production, he didn't just make a costume — he engineered a towering animatronic ...

Disney researchers are developing a new audio-animatronic figure with subtle eye and head movements that could allow characters like Captain Jack Sparrow and Kylo Ren in Disneyland and Disney World ...

As always, things are racing along here in the Pleasure Dome (my office). In the case of my animatronic robot head project, for example, I’m delighted to tell you that I now have my head in my hands, ...