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Computational Design of Mechanical Characters

DisneyResearchHub · demo · Watch on YouTube

Mechanical & precision engineering3D printing, CNC & maker projectsComputer graphics & rendering

What it is

A Disney Research SIGGRAPH 2013 demo of an interactive system that lets non-experts design animated mechanical characters. The user sketches motion curves and the system generates optimized mechanisms and gear trains for 3D printing.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as an example of computational mechanism design, especially in threads on gears, linkages and animatronics.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a good Siggraph 2013 demo about "Computational Design of Mechanical Characters" from Disney”

    Siggraph 2013 demo of Disney's mechanical character design.

    0-_-0, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Disney unveiled an animatronic robot with the same gaze as humans”

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Topics: disney research, mechanisms, gears, 3d printing, siggraph

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