In promotional videos of the new robot, Olaf waddles through Disneyland Paris' World of Frozen land at a quick pace as the ...

Disney’s dedicated an entire episode to Olaf and its history of robots on its Walt Disney Imagineering YouTube channel. Olaf was created inside Disney Research’s Zurich, and is decidedly smaller than ...

Olaf just stepped out of the screen and into real life. Disneyland Paris unveiled a next-generation robotic Olaf this week, ...

Imagineering's entertainment robots get cuter and cuddlier as they become more advanced, so surely there's nothing to worry ...

The robot is part of a larger effort to bridge the gap between on-screen characters and real-world park experiences. This new ...

Disney is partnering with Nvidia and Google DeepMind to create an open-source physics engine. The engine will help robots learn to navigate complex tasks. Disney hopes to feature entertainment robots ...

Disney has brought Frozen's Olaf to life with an AI-powered animatronic robot, The three-foot-tall lifelike device is destined to roam around Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Paris from early 2026, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Some robots are cuter than others—but Disney may have just ...

Disney had an exciting announcement coming out of the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. The company plans to implement emotionally intelligent, AI robots into it’s theme park ...

Disney Research Hub has different priorities to other robot developers; its robots need to move effectively and efficiently – but also with a ton of style and personality. This super-cute biped, based ...

Most robots walk like they've soiled themselves; this one walks with a crazy amount of personality. Disney is getting very good at combining the art of character animation with the science of bipedal ...