How Robot Simulation Brings Olaf to Life

NVIDIA Omniverse
19,607 views March 20, 2026

Did you spot Walt Disney Imagineering’s robotic character Olaf at #NVIDIAGTC? ❄️ Hear Moritz Baecher of Disney Research, Walt Disney Imagineering explain how they’re using the Kamino simulator and Newton, an open-source physics engine co-developed by NVIDIA, Google DeepMind, and Disney Research to bring Olaf to life.

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