Disney built an autonomous robot that calculates physics in mid-air to fly like Spider-Man
Published on Dec 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Dec 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM (UTC+4)
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Kate Bain
Disney has designed and built a special robot that can fly through the air and tackle stunts far beyond anything a human stuntman could do.
Disney Imagineers first began work on the ‘stuntronic’ back in 2018 with a Z-shaped robot called Stickman.
Although pretty basic-looking, the bot was able to pull off seriously impressive moves and maneuvers, including in-air somersaults.
Since then, the team at Disney has built on this original design to create some truly impressive stuntronics, including one that soars around the Avengers Campus theme park.
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The Disney stuntronic is a seriously impressive bot
The super-smart stuntronic robot is an incredible bit of engineering for the Disney Imagineers.
The robot is able to pull off mind-boggling superhuman stunts, and uses sensors to help it rotate and glide in a way that can perfectly mimic human movement.
The sensors also help the bot ‘know’ when and how it needs to move.
“Imagineers designed a 90-pound Stuntronics figure to use sophisticated onboard sensors to make its own real-time decisions — all while flying 60 feet in the air,” Disney wrote in a blog back in 2018.
“It knows when to tuck its knees to perform a somersault, when to pull its arms to twist, and even when to slow down its spin to make sure it sticks that perfect landing.”
One of these stuntronic bots was introduced at Disney California Adventure‘s Avengers Campus in 2021.
The robot is designed to look, and more importantly, move just like Spider-Man and can soar a whopping 65 feet into the air.
The robot has some advantages over a human stunt performer
The robot stunt performer has a few clear advantages over its human counterpart.
“There are limitations to what you can do with a human body in an outdoor setting, wearing a full face mask, and to make that really authentic and believable — not just for a 7-year-old but for anybody who’s watching it,” Disney theme park creative executive Dan Fields told the Los Angeles Times.
Whereas when it comes to the stuntronic, not only is it able to ‘wow’ crowds, but it can carry out the same stunt or maneuver time and time again without making a mistake, or getting tired, like a human stunt performer would.
The 95-lb bot can also fly into the air without the need for a safety harness and, if it does accidentally come crashing down to the ground, it won’t break a limb.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
