Eric Hart

UNCSA Faculty of Animatronics. Author of "The Prop Building Guidebook: for Theatre, Film, and TV." He/him.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

It’s here! In my brand-new book, “Prop Building For Beginners,” I give step-by-step instructions for building twenty common props out of cheap and common materials. It’s the perfect book if you want to start building props but don’t know how!

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

Nice work by Catalyst Engineering.

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

‘The Wild Robot’s Roz welcomes guests to the #BAFTAs at London’s Royal Festival Hall

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

Why is she looking at the back of a TLR camera?

[Marvel Entertainment @Marvel]

We have liftoff.

Marvel Studios' #TheFantasticFour: First Steps lands in theaters July 25.

[Wētā Workshop @WetaWorkshop]

Robotics and animatronics are a huge passion for Richard and all the team at Wētā Workshop. Join us over the next few weeks as we share our journey into animatronics, and behind-the-scenes highlights working alongside our collaborators at #MackOne Official and #EuropaPark.

[Lukas Ziegler @lukas_m_ziegler]

Another robot from Disney! 🕺🏻

Just look at this dancing fella created by Disney Research.

Creating control policies that work on real robots and handling diverse, unseen motions in physics-based character control is still difficult.

The Disney team proposes a two-state solution.

The first step involves learning a latent space encoding with an autoencoder. After encoding, the policy is trained to map kinematic input to dynamic output, ensuring accurate and adaptable movement.

This method eliminates common mode collapse issues and improves motion encoding by separating these stages.

This technique has proven effective in real robots in simulations, marking a significant leap forward in robot control.

Can't wait for it in action live in 2025 :)

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RT to help 1 robot find a new workplace.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

"It's an Eminemobamanon" - me working on the Harris campaign.

[Sara Alfageeh @SaraAlfageeh]

ATTENTION ARTISTS/CREATIVE PROS
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As a working illustrator/Art Director, here are tips for the number 1 glaring issue most artists have.
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[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

Archaeologists have discovered a room in a 600-year old theater that may have been used as Shakespeare's prop room! https://t.co/a6k0MLp0lq

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Behind the scenes of the animatronic Xenomorph for ‘ALIEN: ROMULUS’

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

@hey_its_carly_a You can always do a grad degree at your undergrad! Maybe Animatronics?

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

@PropularScience Our shop calls it the "ugly teenager" phase.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

@PropularScience I can count on one hand at least seven things wrong with this.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Jeremy Kipp Walker, Chaz Salembier Join Laika Live-Action Team https://t.co/OPv3eVnaDF

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

I still remember my parents buying "Private Dancer" on tape when it came out (in a long box!) "What's Love Got to Do With It" and "Private Dancer" are indelibly marked into my memories. RIP Tina Turner.

[Mo 🍉 @ihavefroggy]

The pikachu in the pokemon presents today is going to haunt my dreams

[UNCSA @UNCSchoolofArts]

Congrats to @ericbhart for being named one of the "6 Theatre Workers You Should Know" by American Theatre Magazine!

Hart helps students #RiseToGreatness by bringing his wealth of experience to the classroom & continues to make his mark in the industry through research & writing.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

@volpinprops Ooh, you should put together a list of what those supplies were. It could be useful for anyone starting out, and established fabricators could pick them up for newcomers.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

@mutumbah18 Sure.

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

An animatronic baby dinosaur was stolen from a museum, but then a dog found it outside. https://t.co/i4rX1F4421

[Eric Hart @ericbhart]

Cirque du Soleil needs an Assistant Head of Props for Kooza. Full-time touring job. https://t.co/L9c4F7KoET