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08-12-2008, 06:19 PM
All over the Pittsburgh news:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_582349.html
Disney, CMU to design robots for theme parks
By Mark Houser
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Mouse is coming to Pittsburgh.
Disney and Pixar Animation Studios President Ed Catmull announced Monday at SIGGRAPH, a major computer graphics conference in Los Angeles, that his company is teaming with Carnegie Mellon University and a Swiss institute to create research labs that will design entertainment technology.
Seven or eight researchers and their assistants will work at Disney Research in Pittsburgh at the university's Oakland campus.
CMU professor Jessica Hodgins, whose work as head of the university's Motion Capture Lab focuses on programming robots to move in lifelike ways, will be director of the operation. Its first task will be designing autonomous robotic characters that can entertain crowds at Walt Disney World and the corporation's other parks, she said.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17166468/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news
(video clip of the report on that page)
Disney Taps Carnegie Mellon For Theme Park Research
Robots, Virtual Characters To Interact With Visitors
POSTED: 7:56 am EDT August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 6:49 pm EDT August 12, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University is going to be providing research and development for the Walt Disney Company.
Researchers and eight scientists will soon work with the CMU staff and students to create ways for robots and virtual characters to interact with theme park visitors.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/17167439/detail.html
Disney Begins Research Lab At CMU
POSTED: 9:52 am EDT August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 10:24 am EDT August 12, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- c
The Pittsburgh university and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich are to establish collaborative labs. They will engage in research and development on computer animation, computational cinematography, autonomous interactive characters, robotics and other initiatives.
The work will be done for several Disney companies, including its parks and resorts division, Disney Media Networks, ESPN, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_582349.html
Disney, CMU to design robots for theme parks
By Mark Houser
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The Mouse is coming to Pittsburgh.
Disney and Pixar Animation Studios President Ed Catmull announced Monday at SIGGRAPH, a major computer graphics conference in Los Angeles, that his company is teaming with Carnegie Mellon University and a Swiss institute to create research labs that will design entertainment technology.
Seven or eight researchers and their assistants will work at Disney Research in Pittsburgh at the university's Oakland campus.
CMU professor Jessica Hodgins, whose work as head of the university's Motion Capture Lab focuses on programming robots to move in lifelike ways, will be director of the operation. Its first task will be designing autonomous robotic characters that can entertain crowds at Walt Disney World and the corporation's other parks, she said.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/17166468/detail.html?rss=pit&psp=news
(video clip of the report on that page)
Disney Taps Carnegie Mellon For Theme Park Research
Robots, Virtual Characters To Interact With Visitors
POSTED: 7:56 am EDT August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 6:49 pm EDT August 12, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University is going to be providing research and development for the Walt Disney Company.
Researchers and eight scientists will soon work with the CMU staff and students to create ways for robots and virtual characters to interact with theme park visitors.
http://www.wpxi.com/news/17167439/detail.html
Disney Begins Research Lab At CMU
POSTED: 9:52 am EDT August 12, 2008
UPDATED: 10:24 am EDT August 12, 2008
PITTSBURGH -- c
The Pittsburgh university and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich are to establish collaborative labs. They will engage in research and development on computer animation, computational cinematography, autonomous interactive characters, robotics and other initiatives.
The work will be done for several Disney companies, including its parks and resorts division, Disney Media Networks, ESPN, Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Feature Animation.