IAI Presents Horatio "Doc" Beardsley

Goal

Creative Development

Technological Development

Lessons Learned

People

IAI Home

Cycle 4 (Sept/Oct/Nov/Dec, 2001) -

Kevin Auyoung - interaction design, ShowSmith implementation, logo design, hardware design

Tim Eck - mechanism design / fabrication / implementation, animatronic programming, sound production, room design, interaction design

Todd Camill - team advisor, iSPS coding

Jason Lentz - room design / construction, interaction design

Billy Mitas - Doc skin consrtuction, room design / construction, interaction design

Randy Hsiao - ShowSmith software design/implementation

Ron Weaver - script writing, interaction design

Undergraduate Assistance:

Amanda Kraemer - prop design / construction

Jessica M Liberatore - prop design / construction

Special Thanks to:

The IAI team would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their support, advice, and assistance along the way:

Don Marinelli and Randy Pausch, ETC co-directors for their support of the project

The Entertainment Technology Center faculty and students as they continually encourage the team and offer constructive criticism

Dan Schoedel for his assistance in lighting design

Jared Bishop as the voice of the Interminator

Jon Parise for his coding assistance with the Interactive Show Puppeteering System

CMU College of Fine Arts recording studio for sound recording equipment

CMU Drama, Natalie Baker's voice talent class, Producing for Television and Film (Jeramy Byford, Kassity Fojt, Scott Nestel).

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Billy Mitas's "Doc Beardsley Presents..." Workshop

Thanks to the support of these individuals, the technologies invovled, and the work of the Interactive Animatronics Initiative team, "Doc" Beardsley now lives happily at the Entertainment Technology Center. In the future he may consent to participate in live chats with his adoring fans. Until then keep your eyes open for upcoming lectures, speeches, and appearances by this astounding inventor.

The Interactive Animatronics Initiative (IAI) is a joint initiative between the Field Robotics Center (FRC) and the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).