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animatronics, n. pl. orig. U.S.|ænɪməˈtrɒnɪks|
[Shortened form of Audio-Animatronics n. pl. s.v. *audio-animatronic a.]
A technique of constructing robot models in accurate likenesses of humans, animals, etc., which are programmed to perform intricate, lifelike bodily movements in synchronization with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Cf. Audio-Animatronics n. pl. s.v. *audio-animatronic a.
1971Rolling Stone 24 June 35/1 Animatronics is like television with the screen removed. The event can evoke response, but the response cannot affect the ‘performer’, for he (or she or it) is pre-recorded. 1983Financial Times 16 Apr. 11/4 A Disney engineer on secondment from California..waxed eloquently on the sophistication of ‘animatronics’... Singing bears, drunken pirates and gambolling elephants do not merely look ‘realistic’; their programmed movements are uncannily natural. 1989Movie No. 33. 26/2 It's a mixture of actors and animatronics. 1992A. Maupin Maybe the Moon v. 70 To me, the kids looked like animatronics figures, robots from a ride at Disneyland.
So ˈanimatron n.; animaˈtronic n. and a.
1971Rolling Stone 24 June 35/1 Animatrons were one of Uncle Walt's last technological enthusiasms. 1979Forbes (N.Y.) 12 Nov. 177/1 ‘How-about-some-shoes-you'd-pay-twice-as-much-for-anywhere-else,’ yells Stein, his mouth seeming to move independently of the words, like one of those eerie Animatronic Disney robots. 1987Australian 24 Nov. 58/1 The robots, known as animatronics, were made famous by Disneyland with such displays as its Pirates in the Caribbean, Abraham Lincoln and Bear Canyon attractions. 1989Creative Rev. June 54/3 Sitting in their office in a Winston Churchill-style suit is a life-size animatronic of the Prime Minister, which moves and talks according to the taped programme. 1993Daily Tel. 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) p.xxxiii/8 An automatic piano plays, complete with large-as-life animatronic pianist. |