Disney Enterprises, Inc.

The Walt Disney Company

Lance Duane Updyke

Clifford W Wong

Jon Hayes Snoddy

Kyle G Freeman

Raymond J Scanlon

William G Adamson

Michael Richard Honeck

John W Sogge

Jeremie A Papon

Jeremy Andrew Mika

Cory J Rouse

Daniel C Pike

Shelley O Short

Michael Fusco

An interactive autonomous robot is configured for deployment within a social environment. The disclosed robot includes a show subsystem configured to select between different in-character behaviors depending on robot status, thereby allowing the robot to appear in-character despite technical failures. The disclosed robot further includes a safety subsystem configured to intervene with in-character behavior when necessary to enforce safety protocols. The disclosed robot is also configured with a social subsystem that interprets social behaviors of humans and then initiates specific behavior sequences in response.

Interactive autonomous robot configured for deployment within a social environment

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for creating a fluid screen for use in entertainment. Provided is a mechanically simple and effective way of creating a fluid screen which facilitates the projection of still and moving pictures upon it. The fluid screen is generated by pumping water, or other comparable fluid, through a fluid screen nozzle having an axial flow director and a nozzle insert. The fluid, at a given pressure and flow rate, is directed through the axial flow director, past the internal end of the nozzle insert and its transition section and then onto and away from its radial stabilizer. The fluid is guided by the radial stabilizer of the nozzle insert to form the fluid screen. Each of the regions mentioned contribute to creating the desired shape of the projection surface. Performance may be further enhanced by having a flow straightening area adjacent to the axial flow director, a reducer prior to the nozzle insert, and texturing the surfaces of the transition section and radial stabilizer.

Method and apparatus for forming a fluid projection screen

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Simi Valley, CA, United States of America

Lance Duane Updyke