When researchers created a robot that replicates the gait of a cartoon character for the first time, it was no big surprise that Disney was involved. Engineers at Carnegie-Mellon University (CMU) and ...

In an attempt to make its theme parks even more magical, Disney’s Research division is working to develop bi-pedal robots and animatronic characters that walk and move like the lively cartoon ...

Many robots are featured in cartoons and animated series. These characters are often faster, stronger, and smarter than their ...

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...

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Derek Scherer is a former U.S. army robotics engineer. He now works on special effects animatronics for character robots in movies through his Kansas City firm Golem Group. His film work includes Man ...

Oscar Jiménez Vargas is an art director and character designer on animation and mobile game projects. With western and ...

Paramount Pictures has rolled out four new character posters for Transformers One (via Toonado.com), putting the spotlight on the movie's leads: Orion Pax/Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth), ...

Folks working as Disneyland mascots may want to start looking into possible employment opportunities for the future. The company's crazed scientist branch, Disney Research, is developing a biped robot ...

The Fantastic Four have received pretty shoddy treatment when it comes to big-screen adaptations, but they haven’t fared much better on the small screen either. Probably one of the worst Fantastic ...

After acquiring the U.S. rights to Hasbro Studios‘ newest “Transformers” series, “Robots in Disguise,” the cable channel will now also air the series in most major foreign territories as well. In an ...

The Transformers film series might've taken some liberties with the design of certain Autobots and Decepticons, but Bumblebee director Travis Knight has revealed that his film is closer in style to ...