animatronic

British

/ ˌænɪməˈtrɒnɪk /

adjective

of, concerned with, or operated by animatronics

animatronic dinosaurs

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The animatronic Great White gave his engineers as much trouble as it gave Spielberg on set.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Let's hope the giant animatronic elephant hasn't gone rusty in its storage container.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

By a bizarre twist of fate, it ended up in the filmmakers’ possession through eBay, after a man named Juju kept the animatronic in his living room in Florida.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

Using a complex software system, Woliner made the animatronic conversational.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

“Do they still have those animatronic robot characters? They were kind of freaky.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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