UNCSA Faculty of Animatronics. Author of "The Prop Building Guidebook: for Theatre, Film, and TV." He/him.
Winston Salem, NC
Joined January 2009
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It’s here! In my brand-new book, “Prop Building For Beginners,” I give step-by-step instructions for building twenty common props out of cheap and common materials. It’s the perfect book if you want to start building props but don’t know how!
ALT Eric Hart excitedly holds a copy of his book, “Prop Building For Beginners.”
Why is she looking at the back of a TLR camera?
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Robotics and animatronics are a huge passion for Richard and all the team at Wētā Workshop. Join us over the next few weeks as we share our journey into animatronics, and behind-the-scenes highlights working alongside our collaborators at #MackOne Official and #EuropaPark.
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Another robot from Disney! 🕺🏻
Just look at this dancing fella created by Disney Research.
Creating control policies that work on real robots and handling diverse, unseen motions in physics-based character control is still difficult.
The Disney team proposes a two-state solution.
The first step involves learning a latent space encoding with an autoencoder. After encoding, the policy is trained to map kinematic input to dynamic output, ensuring accurate and adaptable movement.
This method eliminates common mode collapse issues and improves motion encoding by separating these stages.
This technique has proven effective in real robots in simulations, marking a significant leap forward in robot control.
Can't wait for it in action live in 2025 :)
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RT to help 1 robot find a new workplace.
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ATTENTION ARTISTS/CREATIVE PROS
Your website could be the reason you're being passed on jobs. Where you post your portfolio is as important as the portfolio itself.
As a working illustrator/Art Director, here are tips for the number 1 glaring issue most artists have.
Here's a🧵
Archaeologists have discovered a room in a 600-year old theater that may have been used as Shakespeare's prop room! msn.com/en-us/news/world/600…
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Jeremy Kipp Walker, Chaz Salembier Join Laika Live-Action Team thr.cm/23d1cxw
I still remember my parents buying "Private Dancer" on tape when it came out (in a long box!) "What's Love Got to Do With It" and "Private Dancer" are indelibly marked into my memories. RIP Tina Turner.
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Congrats to @ericbhart for being named one of the "6 Theatre Workers You Should Know" by American Theatre Magazine!
Hart helps students #RiseToGreatness by bringing his wealth of experience to the classroom & continues to make his mark in the industry through research & writing.
An animatronic baby dinosaur was stolen from a museum, but then a dog found it outside. patch.com/florida/newportric…
Cirque du Soleil needs an Assistant Head of Props for Kooza. Full-time touring job. careers.cirquedusoleil.com/j…
Alice Davis, the Disney pioneer behind the groundbreaking aesthetic of "It's a Small World," has passed away at 93. wdwnt.com/2022/11/disney-leg…
The original E.T. Animatronic is going up for auction, if anyone needs ideas for what to get me for Christmas. nerdist.com/article/original…
The animatronic snake in Anaconda had over 100 joints, took 10 operators, and was slightly smaller than the largest real Anaconda ever found slashfilm.com/1072423/anacon…
Humanoid robot design reveals so many biases we have about work and who should provide our labor. Tesla's new humanoid robot provides its own revelations. Great article here: slate.com/technology/2022/10…
Animatronics are keeping the ancient art of Malaysian shadow puppetry alive. reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
