This class introduces technology in the field of animatronic robotic devices to study, understand and program animatronic movement. Students will program robotic movement, speech, gestures to support speech all while creating true multimedia application of the animatronic robots. As students learn to program animatronic robots, they will also design and build prototypes of props and costuming to support the animatronic creations and storylines. This course serves as an introductory middle school aligned preparation for BioAnimatronics. The course supports and is aligned to various industry sectors for Arts, Media and Entertainment, Manufacturing and Product Development, Health Science and Medical Technology, and Information Communication Technologies at Fontana High School. For the purposes of this course, it will be aligned to the Information Communications Technology Software Systems Development Pathway (174). (Grades: 6th-8th)