Huge 20 foot tall Animatronic puppets

This is the performance of "Father Frost", one of 6 20 foot tall mechanical puppets made for the production of "The Snowmaiden". Design criteria: it had to be puppeteered by a 100 pound ballerina! Each puppet has 9 degrees of freedom controlled via cables and precision machined pulley mechanisms. Very reliable - 3 years running and no mechanical issues.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• christmas
• ballet
• nutcracker
• animatronic
• disney
• mechanical
• toy
• research
• university
• engineering
• performance
• puppet
• stage
• theater
• magic

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