If you thought Disney ’s only reason for buying Lucasfilm was to make more Star Wars movies , you ’re right smart off . The company is also currently in the process of convert parts of Disneyland and Walt Disney World into sprawl Star Wars - themed ground , and it ’s already test some of the new character it ’s design to interact with guests .
Though the new Star Wars lands are still at least two years away from scuttle , YouTuberDAPs Magicspotted this fresh interactional droid call Jake being test at the Star Wars Launch Bay at Disneyland . It ’s not know if the droid is being controlled behind the fit by an operator , but presumably it will have some degree of autonomous capabilities to avoid crashing into visitor and other obstacle .
Jake also seems to be able to interact with the display at the Launch Bay . When it rolls up to a control panel the droid beeps and bloops at the estimator as its head teacher affect about , which triggers lights and other interactional chemical element .
It ’s nothing especially fancy yet , but it ’s promising . Droids are a big part of the Star Wars experience , and Disney is obviously pass a lot of money to insure its new exhibit furnish the most authentic experience as possible to park node . If you recollect , eight years agoa full - sized version of Wall - E was spottedroaming the car park , so just imagine how far the robotics technology that power that grapheme has been improve .
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