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Letting it Go: Disney Research's Lab Director on Free Range Robots

As a real-world, free-roaming robot snowman testing ground, one could do far worse than the San Jose Convention Center on GTC day two. It’s no Magic Kingdom, sure, but you’ve got plenty of awe-struck, extremely distracted throngs of humanity to bob and move around. Fresh off his second stage appearance in as many days, Olaf —– and his Disney research designer, Moritz Baecher — decided it was as good a time as any to walk the show floor. Both wore badges.