Droids in Training: Imagineers Conduct Playtest at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge 

Disney figured out that the best way to simulate droids is to literally build droids.

They remind me of little penguins waddling around. I hope we get more amazing tech like this, because it's amazing.

I love how all of the motions it makes are seamless with each other, it really sells the character and emotion.

An apocalypse occurs, and somehow, these are the only things to survive. 500,000 years later, Star Wars happens again.

The look and behave like little ducklings!!! Cute!

These little guys would be immensely valuable in the children's ward of any hospital.

They found a way to make these tiny droids seems human like but also non threatening. I really like they way the heads wobble when they walk.

The little head shakes is the most precious thing

I love the tech. It sounds like they're using a neural network to take in an animator's example movement combined with adaptive walking algorithm to yield a personality robot that can also walk. I would expect to see some very striking large robots in the future too. This same system would work with that and the engineer mentions it in the video.

They are so cute! Really capture the charm of BD-1. Maybe in a few years they can get this technology to a point where we can build our own BD units at the Droid Depot. I would book a flight and get a day pass to Disney World just for that.

They do have that walking of the penguins at a zoo feel.👍🏆👍

having the 2 antena that can rotate up and down like dog ears is a great touch. Dog ears are great for expressing emotions and feelings. they are like cute robot puppies.

It's great seeing talented people blur the lines between movie magic and science.

This is what we want…let imagineers be free to pursue the ideas they want. Fund them instead of uninspired rides that just put screens on everything and call it an experience. There is a severe need for tangible experiences.

I’m smiling like an idiot this is so CUTE what the heck.

I hope we get to buy a droid like that in the near future

Make recharging docks so they can automatically charge themselves and just walk around forever.

Very cool. Thanks for sharing some of the details behind these!

What a refreshing breath of fresh air, especially amongst the ongoing panderverse reboot failures!

I saw these on a Disney RU-vidr’s channel a couple weeks ago… I instantly fell in love, I can’t wait to someday meet them in person!!

they made robot ducks, and im here for it.

Such amazing work from all!

This is awesome. I think it'd be cool to even have the droids with mis-matching colored parts/missing panels and simulated wear and tear. Would be great for immersion.

Aw, so great! They're earning their gEARS. :-D

this is the future, this is beautiful design and engineering

I think its incredible!!! You guys have made legitimate operational drones from what was once only imaginable or a dream!!! Shows the true potential of our minds with sci-fi!!! If you can dream it up then you might just be able to actually make it work!!!

Animators can bring so much to droids and androids.

Soo adorable. I want to hug them so bad.

Good on you Disney. I bet these droids can get some kind of work done too in the near future.

I can see how animators may soon have a new career bringing robots to life.

Love them, the small size makes them not intimidating at all.

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords!

Robot chickens

Outstanding engineering. Well done.

These are great, but can you do some astromechs too? Just the tri-foot mode with fun animations and whistle language reactivity?

This is amazing! I never thought i would see something like this in my lifetime. Technology has really exploded. Im glad i get to live life during this time of history.

Awesome. Please develop these droids to be autonomous, they will be our next best friends.

More of this in the parks, please.

They are so adorable.

RW:they look like walking WALL-E’s 😍

Amazing! Another reason to revisit Galaxy's edge! And one day... I hope to see moving Darth GONK droid

Jerks are going to kick those things over.

Disney did something correct? Well its about time

Average Consumer: "Soooo when can I buy one?" Disney: "The Disney Vault Record ™says, to ask again another time."

Excellent job everyone!

love the unitree motors in the feet

This robot, for me, has the most advanced walking system I have ever seen, only on side with boston dynamics, but those seems very robotic and programed, not really artificial inteligence, looking forward to see a humanoid robot with a pair of legs like those!

back in the seventies I was in a high school marching band that was invited to perform at Disney World in Florida. We were a "drum and bugle corp" style band usually performing on a football field. So going down "main street" "parade style" was pretty boring.... But where they staged us "band members", behind the scenes just off Main street, was basically a work shop for building all of the "animated devices" that existed back in those days... All sorts of custom things were being built. I thought at that time those Disney employee's had the coolest jobs in the world! You could get paid for making things?!?!? Man! I'm glad to see today that it appears that Disney still has created these awesome gigs for today's maker's!

I ❤ it. The gulf between kids whose parents can take them to Disney and the parents who both work but can't afford both medicine AND food is depressing though.

It's only a matter of time before we get a life-sized working AT-AT 😂

is is so insane ! I am impressed ! wow

I wondered who had been producing the scripts the past few years. Good progress. Keep at, you'll get there eventually.

their behavior look like a real bird

I want one, but then I feel bad that it's alone and so I probably want to get two

Aww, the new Terminator models look so cute---oh wait wrong franchise. I mean, order 66 was carried out by druids that were so cute.

Just stunning...

Now make them bigger and faster and more like chocobo so that I can ride them. They will sell out super quickly.

more like this and ill keep going to the parks!

My heart breaks, because as a little boy growing up I loved Star Wars, to see what Disney has done to to brand. As an Adult I will never step one foot onto Galaxy's Edge.

These are fantastic! Get them in the parks on a regular basis!

EEEEEEE!!!! My techy heart is palpating I'm so excited!!!! Really wish there was a way to learn the repair aspect and really learn how these cuties work ^^ And help keepmthem going to make dreams come true in guest experience ^^

Brilliant!

What the heck these things are so darn cute 😭

This is just amazing 😃👍

Kind of reminds me of the movie long ago "Short Circuit - Number 5 is Alive"

Ah the fungineers at work... make them sing "We're sailors on the moon !". But seriously, the guys did a good job with these lil bots, their movement looks very natural and quirky.

They look like park janitors. Lil cuties though.

Disney would make a fortune if they could encorporate a talking AI with these really cool droids,kids would love these,imagine if they could produce these for £1000 at most with talking AI and market them for kids,wow that Christmas would be the best ever for kids.

One large step closer to the dream of owning a droid.

They have way more character than all the Disney Star Wars movies have combined.

That's amazing

If Amazon can build this as a home companion i would buy one.

we're so close from having real companion droids

These are adorable 🥰 please bring them to Florida!

I can not wait for these to be completely driven by AI very soon!

To be honest, in 10-20 years they will making whole robot characters. Think "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit?" but all the toons are robots. Go to Disney and the Mickey Mouse greeting you will be an actual robot.

The first star wars thing I have liked since Rouge one.

Oh PLEASE have B1 and B2 Battle Droids walking around!!!

Fantastic. Incredible fantasy made real. I wonder how resilient they are, the Nvidia keynote only had Orange and Green on show and Green held back quite a lot - no blue at all. But, Orange was stupendous.

take my money... NOW

what if these cute little puppies join the dark side?

Effing brilliant

i love itt its giving those chicken that wearing sneakers lol

It would be real nice to have a whole guide on how to build these and how they work.

When these things start walking the streets its going to be the best thing ever :D

Next step, walking autonomously following the owner without a remote control.

I looooooove Disney imageneering ❤

This robots are both awesome and cute! Include it in Starwars!

wow what a dream come true for kids

"Fills my heart" ... more like "Fills my pocket"

Not since Wall-E have I wanted to cuddle a little robot! Sooooo cute!!!

You just know some people are gonna physically abuse these things lol

Ok this is pretty fkn cool

They're adorable

Outstanding! Good job! Round of applause! Lol 🤖

Skynet's T-5000 unit quote: "One small step for a droid, one giant leap for droidkind."

Walt would be impressed! 👍

Disney is light years ahead in preparing to clean this place up once we all board the Axiom.👍

Impressive.

Amazing, i want one