Editing Audio-Animatronics (section)

==In popular culture==
* Less-sophisticated forms of audio-[[animatronics]] also gained popularity in the 1980s through use at family entertainment centers such as [[ShowBiz Pizza|ShowBiz Pizza Place]] and [[Chuck E. Cheese's]]. At ShowBiz, [[The Rock-afire Explosion]] band was made by [[Aaron Fechter]] and Creative Engineering, who also made other animatronic characters and arcade redemption games. They are also used in film and television [[special effect]]s.
* Several passengers and the crew of a [[Pioneer Zephyr]] are represented in a display of this historic train at [[Chicago]]'s [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]]. Neatly dressed in the proper style of first class passengers of their era, one remarks upon the casual dress of the visitors.
* The [[George Washington Masonic National Memorial]] features an animatronic [[George Washington]].
* [[John Wardley]] is often said to have brought [[animatronics]] to the United Kingdom, utilizing a concept called Ramped Movement, which allowed for smoother movements of the figures. John appeared on ''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' in the 1970s showing a guitar playing animatronic programmed to music. His first project was the creation of the animated show "50 Glorious Years" for Tussaud's "Royalty and Empire Exhibition" at Windsor.
* [[Scissor Sisters]] member [[Ana Matronic]] named herself after animatronics, as a homage to her love of ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''.
* The [[Pennsylvania Lottery]] uses an animatronic [[groundhog]] named Gus (who refers to himself as the "second-most-famous groundhog in Pennsylvania", after [[Punxsutawney Phil]]) as the mascot for television commercials for their instant scratch-off games.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.character-shop.com/gus.html| title= Pennsylvania Lottery's 'Gus the Groundhog'| website= character-shop.com |publisher= The Character Shop, Inc. | access-date= 13 May 2015 }}</ref>
* [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]'s 2015 film ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'' uses the Audio-Animatronics word as a term for their sophisticated android characters.