animatronics

English

Billy Bob of the Rock-afire Explosion, an animatronic at ShowBiz Pizza Place

Etymology

Blend of animation +‎ electronics, from the Disney trademark "Audio-Animatronics".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌænɪməˈtɹɒnɪks/
Rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

animatronics (uncountable)

A form of robotics used to create robots that produce preset moves and prerecorded sounds.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
  Claim that Armitage was not a real rat but an animatronics one that she had made in Science class.

Related terms

animatronic

Translations

form of robotics used to create robots that produce preset moves

Finnish: animatroniikka
Portuguese: animatrônica f (Brazil), animatrónica f (Portugal)
Russian: аниматро́ника (ru) f (animatrónika)
Swedish: animatronik c

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