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From: tmclain@helios.Stanford.EDU (Tim McLain)
Subject: Disney AudioAnimatronics
Message-ID: <1992Jun9.173659.10628@leland.Stanford.EDU>
Sender: tmclain@helios (Tim McLain)
Organization: stanford
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 17:36:59 GMT
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Much of the recent work for Disney has been done by Animate Systems, Inc. and the
Center for Engineering Design at the Univ. of Utah.  They re-engineered President
Lincoln and then went on to develop a whole series of figures.  The Wicked Witch of
the West in the studio tours TV commercial was done by them.  A video tape of a
Joe Cocker robot has made its way around the robotics community.  They have also done
many figures for EuroDisney World.  This work was directed by Prof. Steve Jacobsen
at the UofU who has an incredible talent for developing mechanical widgets.

Here's some contacts:
Animate Systems Inc.
1780 West 2300 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(801)973-4817

Fraser_Smith@ced.utah.edu

Center for Engineering Design
3176 MEB
Salt Lake City, UT  ?????

Look them up.

-- Tim


