Disney’s Parks Revamp Includes Aquatic Robots and Hovering Star Wars Droids

Inside a Walt Disney Co. research and development lab, supported by some heavy-duty scaffolding, sits a wooden manta ray prototype roughly the size of a car. If all goes according to plan, the final version will be able to transform into the Gramma Tala character from Moana, used at a lagoon in a Disney park sometime soon. Down the line, the company will add a fleet of dolphin-like robots to the experience.