Researchers at Disney Research in Zurich, Switzerland have been hard at
work developing a new process to create ultra-realistic animatronic
characters that will entertain visitors at Disney theme parks across the
world.
This groundbreaking process, which they call "Physical
Face Cloning," works by scanning the head of a human subject and
translating the resulting data into a 3D printing program. The program
takes into account specific features of the face, including skin
elasticity and thickness. The 3D printer then builds a perfect mold of
the subject's face, and attaches a layer of synthetic silicon skin. The
final product is a lifelike robot head with very human details,
including accurate facial expressions and even wrinkles.
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