In Disney ’s continued pursuit to breath life story into all of its toon characters , it might be sound beyond a bare costume . Its enquiry branch just revealed what appear to be the first attempt to make a robotlike version of Tigger , Winnie the Pooh ’s tiger pal , who ’s best jazz for bouncing around on his after part .
The late excogitation from Disney ’s research division can skip around on one leg without the pauperization for a tether to prevent it from fall over , although a cable is seeable in the video which is presumptively used to deliver a continuous provision of power . What ’s important is that eventually this automaton can wander around completely autonomously , which coif it aside from previous attempts at robot locomotion on a single branch .
The golem ’s unmarried peg uses a technology called a elongate pliant actuator in parallel — or LEAP , for forgetful — which employs both an electromagnetic actuator , as well as two compression spring . The position and substantial - time adjustments made to its wooden leg are handled by a pair of standard servo motors , and in its current form it can hop around for up to seven seconds before toppling — or roughly just as long as Tigger can hop on his tail before crashing into something .
Update : Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Research achieve out to us to clarify that the lead seen in this video is actually a nylon cord used to get the automaton in case of a decline to avoid damaging it . It does n’t issue power , as the robot stockpile its own Li polymer batteries onboard supplying all the power it needs .
[ Disney Research ]
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