Disney Video: Imagineers Testing Free-Roaming Groot Robot @ Disneyland
Walt Disney Imagineering has been working on a small-scale, free-roaming robotic character for a number of years. The team has created a version of Groot that can walks and dance. The team has moved to the next phase of the project and have been play testing the robot at Disneyland Resort. Here is a video Disney Parks shared of the test as well as a 2001 video from Walt Disney Imagineering featuring an earlier look at the project –
Disney Parks video from June 8, 2023 –
Imagineering Video from April 24, 2021: