Disney is developing high-flying stunt robots for its parks

In Disney movies, heroes soar, swing, stretch, and toss hammers and shields that always hit their marks. But in its parks, Disney's animatronic characters, while uncannily convincing and interactive, mostly just… sit there. Disney's new high-flying, animatronic stunt robots could change that. Developed by Disney Imagineers, the team that designs and builds Disney's theme parks resorts, and attractions, the new robots can be flung through the air, perform aerial stunts, and stick their landings, every time, TechCrunch reports. "The realization we came to after seeing where our characters are going on screen, whether they be Star Wars characters, or Pixar characters, or Marvel characters or our own animation characters, is that they're doing all these things that are really, really active," Tony Dohi, a lead Imagineer, tells TechCrunch.