The Robots of EPCOT Center | Keep Epcot Weird Ep. 2
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2019
- In the second installment of Keep Epcot Weird, we'll be checking out the many different robots that could be found at the park, from the walkaround characters to ones you could only see inside attractions. We'll also be discussing what all happened to some of the ones who were removed as well.
And if you were at all curious about the "solar powed lawn mowers" I mentioned at the end of the video, feel free to read up a bit more on them here:
www.personal.psu.edu/staff/k/j...
forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/e...
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The Robots of EPCOT Center
Music Used:
• Epcot Innoventions Plaza Area Loop (Old): • Epcot Innoventions Pla...
• The Communicore-Innoventions Medley: • The Communicore-Innove...
• SICO et Cloé - mon ami Sico: • SICO et Cloé - mon ami...
• Sico et Cloé - Sico, le Robot: • Sico et Cloé - Sico, l...
(and the little piece of techno that plays during the Tom Morrow 2.0 clip is called "The Robots" by Kraftwerk)
Videos Used: (the description was too long with these included. If you want the full list check out the pastebin link below)
• pastebin.com/rWwsNH0y
Websites/Article Sources (oragized by robot):
SMRT-1
• www.dizavenue.com/2015/07/epc...
• paleofuture.gizmodo.com/smrt-...
• www.themeparktourist.com/feat...
• kungalooshradio.com/2019/02/06...
• disney.fandom.com/wiki/SMRT-1
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communi...
SICO
• www.greatadventurehistory.com/...
• internationalrobotics.com/roc...
GYRO/GERO
• progresscityusa.com/2011/05/25...
• www.burnsland.com/looking-bac...
• www.imaginerding.com/2010/02/0...
• muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Muppet...
Jason (The Living Seas)
• www.intercot.com/edc/LivingSea...
The Bird and the Robot (World of Motion)
• waltdatedworld.com/id61.htm
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_o...
Expo Robotics / Rockin' Robots
• www.intercot.com/edc/fwattr.html
• d23.com/a-to-z/expo-robotics/
• waltdatedworld.com/id114.htm
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communi...
• www.guide-to-disney.com/epcot/...
Tom Morrow 2.0
• d23.com/a-to-z/tom-morrow/
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innoven...)
• touringplans.com/blog/2008/04...
• forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/t...
Alec Tronic
• www.extinctdisney.com/innoven...
• www.intercot.com/discussion/sh...
Epbots (QT1 and Digit)
• forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/h...
• forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/e...
FIRST Championship
• firstwiki.github.io/wiki/frc-...
• www.firstinspires.org/about/h...
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramp_%2...
Thank you for watching, and thank you SICO (for being my friend) - Zábava
"Hello."
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"Well that's enough of that stimulating conversation"
why did they get rid of them
that is one of the funniest things I saw coming from disney in recent times
Fun Size Productions and they said robots can’t throw shade
@@idunnobutyay2520 "Oh, shut up, scruffy! You're not burned, you've just got a healthy glow." ~ SIR, Alien Encounter
@@MarthaRoseQuartz now THAT is some shade
One time, Sico punched me in the face. It was awesome.
"WELL THAT'S ENOUGH OF THAT STIMULATING CONVERSATION"
iconic. it's like the 80s version of push. i love those cute 80s/90s robots... i wish we still got stuff like that today...
Same!
They really should bring Push back. He was always a DELIGHT.
Gosh, I miss how good Epcot was. Especially all of these guys! Also, Tom Morrow 2.0 was auctioned off a few years back. Not sure who bought him. Also, Starnac is currently being used to test out playing ball with an animatronic; Disney posted a whole video of it! He's stripped down to his bare mechanics beside his head, though, but its still recognizably him.
Good catch! I saw that video a while back but didn't notice it was Starnac. Here's that video in case anyone was interested: czcams.com/video/83eGcht7IiI/video.html
My favorite SICO song is hands down “Happy Birthday, Paulie”.
Being french makes the Sico song even more... weird.
Holy heck! I did NOT expect to see the FIRST competition in here! I was one of the students who attended the first event held at EPCOT! Thanks for the unexpected blast of memory!!
Disneyland's Innoventions Tom Morrow is actually the third Tom Morrow. The original was a character in the Flight to the Moon attraction at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland.
Tom Morrow 2.0 is now in the possession of Theme Park Connection, a park surplus seller that once had a physical store but now just operates online. They've put a 12,000 dollar price tag or something on him.
.... okay so everyone should wait while I earn up the money. I want him.
Tom Morrow 1.0 was ALSO at Magic Kingdom as The Timekeeper..., if you look at him, he pretty much looked EXACTLY like Robin Williams, who voiced the Timekeeper (although he was voiced by Nathan Lane in Disneyland)
edvaira6891 they need to update it
Holy sh*t, I REMEMBER Tom Morrow 2.0 and the Imagineer That show!!! I watched it as a really little kid! It was where I learned about gravity and centripetal force and why you don’t fall out of a roller coaster when you go upside down. Great video, dude, I love this series so far!
I remember when he was talking about the best seat on a Disney ride, and he mentioned Countdown to Extinction. I was so STOKED to see it in person, and in August I got my chance!!!!
Holy shit, I was ON a FIRST team for a while in high school! Of course, it didn't last long. I was a freshman and they clearly didn't need me so I just sort of sat around and watched until I got bored and dropped the club, but it's still damn cool that EPCOT Center hosted the competitions for a while. Just like discovering the SEGA display at Innoventions with the massive NiGHTS into Dreams section, or noting the visual similarities between the Body Wars queue and Neon Genesis Evangelion's NERV HQ, I keep finding more and more that inexplicably links me to this literally magical place.
AortaPlatinum it’s just epcot
The Sega display was awesome. I remember going there in 1995 and freaking out because my hero Sonic was at Disney. And my fictional character crush, Knuckles. When I went back at age 10, they had some Sega Saturn games, but I was more interested in the other technology they had (it wasn't until Sonic Adventure that I officially dropped the franchise. I hated the new look; sort of like Chris-chan hating Sonic Boom's blue arms, but more understandable given I was 10.) I played Saturn for a while until I moved onto something else.
Thank you for the shout out to our beloved Horizon’s Robot Butler!!
Just found this channel and this is fantastic! Epcot was such a strange but special place for most of its life. It really should have stayed that way.
I saw the opening day Epcot video in Defunctland's video for Journey into Imagination. I now know what that robot is! Thank you.
I like how the robot butler’s mouth is very close to Gyro’s. I don’t even know if the two are connected but it’s kinda neat
I enjoy the humor you put into your videos.
Gyro is precious and I'm sad they only lasted a year.
OMG I worked there in 96-97. I remember that robot show event. Thanks for the memories
“...while accompanied by his severed robotic heads... Hey Disney can we just relax for a second? Can you calm down?”
😭Bruh😭
WOW! What a blast from my past. I was there in 1995 with my high school for the FIRST Robotics Competition. I never thought I'd hear that mentioned in a video I was a watching. I've got some great memories from that trip. Thanks for adding it into the video.
My family used to go to Epcot every summer in the 80’s and 90’s. We did go to the Living Seas the first summer after it opened (I think that was January 1986) and Jason was already there. So it was likely there when the Living Seas first premiered.
So glad you mentioned the robotic lawnmower at the end. Was ready to comment on it.
As for robotic arms, you neglected to mention the ones in Test Track version 1, as well as the Sum of All Thrills virtual coaster in Innoventions.
Cool video I really love vintage Epcot, it would be really cool if in a future video you could talk about Epcot's Future Corps.
Appropriate use of Kraftwerk’s “We Are The Robots” @11:38
That's amazing that Epcot hosted a FIRST robotics competition! I'm a FIRST alumni so this makes me really happy.
I remember being able to design a roller coaster. And being able to ride it via VR and being strapped to a robotic arm.
I think I've heard of that - I believe the name was Sum of All Thrills.
Counter Tenor what about test track
I saw some of these robots way back when. SMRT-1 and Alec-Tronic come to mind. But, you forgot the "Robot You Can Ride!" Better known as "The Sum Of All Thrills!" Design your own coaster and ride it in a pod at the end of a robot arm!
Keep up the great job your doing better then park ride history you will be up and past them in no time your work is much appreciated.
Actually!!! There's a white version of Starnac called Sky Cyberguy! He's much much more of a vague robot compared to Starnac, and I've only been able to find two photos of him and a few scarce pieces of newspaper clippings! He was also a show robot for Motorola, but seemed to disappear around 1998.
11:21 best time stamp
This is the best CZcams video I've ever seen. I am psyched af about this series already, and I was FREAKING OUT watching this amazingness. I really hope that this in depth series goes on forever. I am so grateful to you
I remember seeing a remote control garbage can going around and talking to people somewhere. I think it was at animal kingdom.
Oh wow Blast from the Past with Imagineer That! Of COURSE I know Tom Morrow from that show, but I remember seeing him at Innoventions and was so happy. Love that freaky lil dude.
My husband sent me on a goose-chase to find tom morrow 2.0 - so thank you for having it on your list. He knew it, from memory, not from the show - surprise! However, it was a has-been robot in Sharkboy & Lavagirl that sparked his memory to hunt this former robot down. Thanks for the video - saved us from a night of hunting for something we may have never found, otherwise. Cheers
sico mode
This excellent series is making me miss the old edutainment Epcot and agree with the complaints about it turning into Ipcot.
Honorable honorable mention: Alpha5/6 from the PowerRangers. Was he ever in the parks? Don't know, but *they* were!
Hell yeah keep Epcot weird! Just subscribed my man.
When i was little about 4 maybe? i remembered seeing the robot from the Disney show 11;20 and ever since then i would ask people if anyone else ever remembered it and everyone would always say no. Thank you for proving that my mind wasn't making it up all this time.
This robot shit is so tight. Disney taking risks! Unfortunate that so many have been scrapped or removed.
I LOVED Robot and Bird!!! Such a hilarious show with its Vaudeville styled gags!
I love your videos so much!!!!
Thank you for FINALLY addressing both the EPBOTS and FIRST at EPCOT. ive been begging other Disney content creators to talk about them but they havent yet.
Awesome video, yes, let’s please Keep Epcot Weird!
Great vid, breh. Also, huge thanks for bumping the new seasons of BattleBots, BTW. That show kicks butt.
This is so well researched. 🙌 It's a shame EPCOT has fewer robots and animatronics now.
I wonder if Sico had some influence in the visual design of Baymax, or at least what Baymax's endoskeleton looks like. Their head shapes look similar, and Baymax's "face" looks like a smaller version of Sico's.
Also, Alec-tronic sounds like he was voiced by Goofy.
I’d love to see newer and more high tech robots in the park!
These guy's Look awesome Just imagine Since tomarrowland is slowly getting it's revamp Perhaps Some of these guy's are coming back
SICO with those sick beats
That song sounds like the opening to a 80s French anime and I am here for it.
Alec-tronic is the scariest robot there.
Whoa QT1 and Digit are in my 90s OG home videos from Disney when I was 4! I never understood them until now thank you!
Jason wasn't in a "post show" any more than the world's largest aquarium was. The Living Seas was a true pavilion with movies, an elevator simulator, an omnimover ride through the reef and the ability to explore the reef on foot and enjoy many shows and exhibits.
Jason was there the day the pavilion opened but the pavilion was not open when Epcot opened.
Agree with you Wehk. Also, I think the EPCOT Center Jason was a tribute to the Jason and Jason Jr. submersibles from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In the quoted scene, the EPCOT Jason is shown next to a spitting image of the Woods submarine Alvin. Alvin and Jason Jr were used, I think, in the discovery of the Titanic wreck, which happened a few months before The Living Seas opened.
There is some info online about JASON if you actually know what to look for... Try looking for info related to Dr. Robert(Bob) Ballard, who discovered the Titanic and was involved with the exhibit. I recall seeing this attraction before I was involved with his JASON project in school. This animatronic was named after the actual robotic submersible that he used.
Park Ride History I'm very sorry that Tom Morrow 2.0 used to scare you when you were a kid, he did the same thing for me. Along with Disneyland's Tom Morrow.
But a couple of years later, once I watched the commercial segments of Disney Channel imagineer that, Tom Morrow 2.0 became my fascination with robots. Because I remembered watching some TV shows and movies at the time, like whatever Happened to Robot Jones, My Life as a Teenage Robot. Along with the Star Wars movies, the Bicentennial Man and the short circuit movies. I remember watching all of those movies and TV shows, and from that start I got fascinated with robots and of course technology. So later on I got used to Tom Morrow 2.0, along with Tom Morrow 1.0 from Disneyland.
Mainly the way Tom Morrow 2.0 was created, is that yes he is a technological robot. But if you look at his face and almost the material that makes up the character, especially his hands. He was inspired by marionette puppets. So he is half puppet half robot, of something what Disney invented and called mini Medtronic figure.
Disney with use mini Medtronic figures at first with Playhouse Disney Live on stage, then later called Disney Junior Live On Stage. At both Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney California Adventure, so remember the puppets that you saw from those early shows, which is still going on at Walt Disney Studios Paris. Because nowadays the shows have been transformed into Disney Junior dance party.
But anyway if you remember watching those early shows at both of those theme parks, the puppet figures you are actually looking at our half robot and half puppet. Which are eventually called mini matronic figures.
And Tom Morrow 2.0 what's like the first mini Medtronic figure ever designed and created by Disney imagineering, although before him. If you try to look for it on CZcams, before Tom Morrow 2.0 was made. Disney imagineering made a couple of mini Medtronic figures before him, and like I said they were all inspired by marionette puppets. Without the use of strings or wires.
Which meant that they wanted to use puppet techniques and crossover with robotic technology that they've been using for audio-animatronic figures for years and years into them, and the first one that they ever created was Sparky. Sparky with the very first mini matronic figure, and then they created another character name autoMatty, and then another one named Shelly who was eventually a mini metronic mermaid. I don't know if she had been used at Epcot innoventions or Disneyland innoventions, but then after that character another character who looked more robotic what's the name Artieson.
And then last but not least, Tom Morrow 2.0 was created, and turned out to be the most popular mini Medtronic character of epcot's innoventions. Unlike the previous mini Medtronic characters it happened used at epcot's innoventions, Tom looked way more robotic then those characters.
The previous characters had been used at innoventions to talk about technology, and tour people and tell them about Walt Disney imagineering. But then comes Tom Morrow 2.0, who looked more robotic and he not only talked about technology, he was then selected to talk about Walt Disney imagineering.
So basically that's why Tom Morrow 2.0 looks way robotic, then Tom Morrow 1.0 from Disneyland's innoventions. and that's why he was so small as well, he was half robot and he was half puppet.
His legacy started with the idea of taking marionette puppets into a whole new level, with robotic technology and the magic of audio-animatronics
Before the Horizon’s Butler Robot appeared in the One Man’s Dream exhibit it used to be on a 2nd floor balcony inside of the Florida division of Disney Imagineering. A woman and I were tasked to clean those offices on overnight shifts and one night I bumped the robot while wiping the railing and a wing nut fell from its elbow and into a cubical below. I said to my coworker “OMG, I just broke a relic!” 🤣 I found it though and was able to put it back. No harm done. But I found out that at least the arm of that thing is made of wood.
Another great video. Thank you.
I'm into weird and obscure disney facts so this is up my alley!
Alectronic is really creeping me out here.
Tom Morrow ruined my ability to spell tommorrow
I love robots!! Thank you for the wonderful video :)
I can’t wait for the next part
SICO was from rocky iv I'm remember that dude
Can't wait for this to get a copyright strike from Sico.
Sico will be available as an action figure soon in the ReAction line of retro-style Rocky figures. I was actually more excited about that one figure than most of the other figure lines they announced at Toy Fair.
LEAVE TOM MORROW 2.0 ALONE! lolololol
The robot in the Carly Simon video was not Sico, it was a sibling named Pulsar from the Philly nightclub, Pulsations.
in the 80s there was a robot called pulsar d robot he was a brother of fubar d robot
Ep-bots / Epbots are cast members in costumes.
🤣 great laughs in this video!!
One of or the only Tom Morrow 2.0 figure was recently listed on an auction site for Disney props and memorabilia
Can you do the robots at Magic Kingdom like SIR and Timekeeper?
Jesus these are all terrifying
YES! Johnny 5 scared them living crap out of me when I was a kid and these didn’t help my fear of robots.
Your jokes are on point.
Imagine if they reworked the entire future world park to be the work of DuckTales 2017’s Gyro Gearloose.
robot arms made it's way into test track 1st version in case you forgot
Alectronic is my TRUE nightmare fuel. I never could walk by him when I was a kid
Is the American Adventure theme (America, spread your golden wings...) playing at around 6:47?
I miss Tom Morrow (Disneyland). Tomorrowland is at a loss without its mayor.
Shouldn't be recorded? Aw come on, you can't put a price tag on that weirdness. I'm surprised you didn't mention that Tom Morrow 2.0 was voiced by Max "Daxter" Casella.
Smart1 was my favorite robot at epcot.
Y make all theses robots if they are just going to be removed or replaced 🤖
Joseph Mazza Maybe they didn’t it would be replaced so quickly
They should of just kept them all
6:57 very low energy, click on the time stamp to hear him bored
A-100? That's a bit too similar to T-1000. Alec-Tronic gives me creepy Terminator vibes
I loved Bird and the Robot.
Tom Morrow 2.0 was the reason I spelled "tomorrow" as "tommorrow" until I was 13
Glad that little turd is gone
OMG ROBOTS?!
In the Odyssey restaurant the corpse a flayed god hangs
Tom morrow 2.0 is so creepy
Gosh, I wish I could have met GERO.
Am I the only one who thinks gyro sounds like the actress for Betty shambles?
oh shit it actually kind of does
memethyst I was thinking it could be her but I’m not sure if she would have been old enough at that time. She doesn’t seem that old to begin with
@@DontDreamItBeIt98 nah she was probably a kid at that point
yeah- battlebots!!!
Classic Epcot, completely and utterly tacky in both the 80's and 90's, yet charming enough were we miss it, but know none of this could ever come back nowadays.
didn't mention the X-5 competition either!
Push the trash can!!!???
You forgot the Farming Robots.(Horizons)
11:21 exoskeleton
I'm surprised WALL-E didn't appear.
♥ 🤖
What is that background music?
but did you know death robot was maimed in innoventions disneyland 6:50 and so the dise washing robot he can be see on innoventions carousel wall art on the home zone 7:23
Does anyone know where the butler robot is today?