Years ago, when you were little, surely one of your dreams was that your parents took you not only to an amusement park, but 'to the park', that is, to that Disney World on duty where you could take pictures with all its characters. After all these years, technology has advanced a lot and, how could it be otherwise, Disney, despite what many think, it is one of the companies most at the forefront of technology of the moment.
Going back to its parks, basically so that we can get an idea of what I say, since the 60s there is a tradition in which that famous parade is celebrated that we all, at some point in our lives, have wanted attend. After all these years, disguised people have been making room for the arrival of automated and animated robots, which are about to undergo a new evolution and give way to a new generation of autonomous robots with their own personality.
Vyloo is chosen to come to life from the latest generation autonomous robots developed by Disney
For now, as specified in the press release officially launched by the American company, these new autonomous robots with their own personality have taken the form of vyloo, those little natives of the planet Berhert that we could meet in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, beings that you can see personally from this week in the park that Disney has in California.
Returning to the statement, the purpose that the company has followed with the design and creation of these small robots is that they are very similar to the real ones, within the possibilities that their engineers have, and that, in addition, they can perform gestures and signals, and even create emotions, to visitors from its famous theme park.
Autonomous robots with their own personality arrive at Disney parks
As has commented nothing less than Leslie evans, Senior Research and Development Officer for Disney:
What we launched was a project to try and bring to life little autonomous animatronic creatures. We were really interested in the idea of creating some little guys who can really respond and interact with guests.
I think a lot of this came out of this desire to start thinking of animatronics as actors, so we can say that we want these characters to be shy, we want them to be outgoing, trying to define them in terms of personality, and then translate all of that. in the technical tools we need to bring the characters to life.
Undoubtedly we are facing a new twist to that concept designed by Disney, that is, as they themselves assure, so far, the performances of their robots in the parks are very good but, unfortunately, they are missing something, that detail that makes them more human and it is precisely at this point where the Vyloo must make a difference since, in addition to performing without errors, robots can now bond with people by showing them reactions.
Vyloo is just the beginning of a new generation of Disney robots
Although there is no detailed information on this type of robot, something on the other hand logical if we take into account that we are talking about a first at Disney parksIt is known that robots have been equipped with sensors and cameras as well as software that does not need a connection to an external auxiliary system that controls the robot.
In the first tests that the Disney robotics team has carried out on its new creatures, analyzing the reaction that people have when interacting with these robots, it has been concluded that they are a success thanks to their good reception. Without a doubt, surely Disney is already working on the design and creation of more autonomous robots of these characteristics to make its parks an emblematic place full of sensations.