Editing Audio-Animatronics (section)

{{Short description|Trademark for a form of robotic animation}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2024}}[[File:Carousel of Progress 1900.jpg|thumb|243x243px|Audio-Animatronic of Father John, the main character of the [[Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress]] attraction at [[Magic Kingdom]]]]
'''Audio-Animatronics''' (sometimes shortened to '''AAs''') are a form of [[Mechatronics|mechatronic]] [[puppetry]] trademarked by the Walt Disney Company, and the source of the term [[animatronics]]. 

Audio-Animatronics are created by [[Walt Disney Imagineering]] for use in shows and attractions at [[Disney theme parks]]. They move and often synchronize with audio from an external sound system (generally a recorded speech or song), and are usually fixed to whatever supports them.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Strodder |first1=Chris |title=The Disneyland Encyclopedia |date=2017 |publisher=Santa Monica Press |isbn=978-1595800909 |edition=3rd |pages=63–65}}</ref> They can sit and stand but cannot produce any form of locomotion. 

An Audio-Animatronic differs from an [[Android (robot)|android]] or [[robot]] in that it uses prerecorded movements and sounds, rather than responding to external stimuli.