Na'vi Shaman

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The Na'vi Shaman is a highly expressive humanoid/alien-like robot, with fluid movements and lifelike features. She welcomes guests at Na'vi River Journey found in Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park in Florida.

Creator: Walt Disney Imagineering
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Year: 2017
Type: Entertainment, Humanoid

Creator: Walt Disney Imagineering

Country: United States 🇺🇸

Year: 2017

Type: Entertainment, Humanoid

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$Greeting visitors at Na\'vi River Journey at Disney\'s Animal Kingdom park.$

Greeting visitors at Na'vi River Journey at Disney's Animal Kingdom park.

Photo: Kent Phillips

The robot has 9000 parts and 3500 screws.

Photo: Walt Disney Imagineering

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A highly expressive robot.

Video: Walt Disney Imagineering

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Did You Know?

The Na'vi Shaman sings and performs for about 16 hours a day, 365 days a year, with very limited breaks.

The system was custom designed and tested over several years to ensure consistent performance with strong reliability and longevity.

The Shaman is designed with swappable head, arms, and hands for ease of maintenance.

The full figure has 9000 parts and 3500 screws. She weighs 170 kg from the waist up, reaches a wingspan of over 3 meters, and if she were to stand, she would be nearly 3 meters tall.

Motion-capture actors from the original Avatar film provided the performances on which her movements are based.

Specs

FEATURES: With 42 degrees of freedom in the head, the Na'vi figure is able to perform a wide range of facial expressions that emulate emotion and convey feeling. The robot features independent shoulder movements in 9-DoF arms, allowing the figure to animate her shoulders and scapula to create a much richer and realistic body language. The control software uses real-time, model-based collision detection to prevent commanded motions from causing any damage.
HEIGHT: 300 cm | 118 in
LENGTH: N/A cm | N/A in
WIDTH: 305 cm | 120 in
WEIGHT: 170 kg | 375 lb
SPEED: N/A km/h | N/A mph

SENSORS: Rotary encoders for absolute positioning
ACTUATORS: DC motors, many of which are frameless and custom built
POWER: N/A
COMPUTING: N/A
SOFTWARE: Custom control software
DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF): 81 (Head 42 DoF; Arms: 9 DoF x 2; Body: 21 DoF)
MATERIALS: The skeletal body consists mostly of aluminum parts. Custom silicone skin materials.
COST: N/A
STATUS: Ongoing
WEBSITE: https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/